Jacqueline du Pré - The Concerto Collection

Jacqueline du Pré - The Concerto Collection

Jacqueline du Pré - The Concerto Collection
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Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-06-06
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Hob.VIIb:1: I. Moderato - Cadenza
  2. Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Hob.VIIb:1: II. Adagio - Cadenza
  3. Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Hob.VIIb:1: III. Allegro molto
  4. Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Hob.VIIb:2: I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza
  5. Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Hob.VIIb:2: II. Adagio
  6. Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Hob.VIIb:2: III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza
  7. Cello Concerto In B Flat: I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza
  8. Cello Concerto In B Flat: II. Adagio non troppo
  9. Cello Concerto In B Flat: III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza
Music CD 2
  1. Cello Concerto In A Minor Op. 129: Nicht zu schnell
  2. Cello Concerto In A Minor Op. 129: Langsam - Etwas lebhafter - Schneller
  3. Cello Concerto In A Minor Op. 129: Sehr lebhaft - (Cadenza) - Im Tempo - Schneller
  4. Cello Concerto No. 1In A Minor Op. 33: Allegro non troppo
  5. Cello Concerto No. 1In A Minor Op. 33: Allegretto non troppo
  6. Cello Concerto No. 1In A Minor Op. 33: Un peu moins vite
  7. Cello Concerto In G Minor: I. Allegro
  8. Cello Concerto In G Minor: II. Adagio
  9. Cello Concerto In G Minor: III. Allegro non tanto
Music CD 3
  1. Cello Concerto In B Minor Op. 104: I. Allegro
  2. Cello Concerto In B Minor Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo
  3. Cello Concerto In B Minor Op. 104: III. Finale (Allegro moderato)
  4. Silent Woods Op. 68
  5. Cello Concerto: Lento
  6. Cello Concerto: Con moto tranquillo
  7. Cello Concerto: Lento
  8. Cello Concerto: Con moto tranquillo
  9. Cello Concerto: Allegramente
Music CD 4
  1. Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
  2. Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: II. Lento - Allegro molto
  3. Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: III. Adagio
  4. Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non troppo
  5. Don Quixote: Introduction (Massiges Zeitmass)
  6. Don Quixote: Theme: The Knight Of The Mournful Countenance (Massig)
  7. Don Quixote: Variation I: The Adventure With The Windmills (Gemachlich)
  8. Don Quixote: Variation II: The Battle With The Sheep (Kriegerisch)
  9. Don Quixote: Variation III: Discourse Between Knight And Squire (Massiges Zeitmass)
  10. Don Quixote: Variation IV: The Adventure With The Pilgrims (Etwas breiter)
  11. Don Quixote: Variation V: The Knight's Vigil (Sehr langsam)
  12. Don Quixote: Variation VI: The Meeting With Dulcinea (Schnell)
  13. Don Quixote: Variation VII: The Ride Through The Air (Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher)
  14. Don Quixote: Variation VIII: The Voyage In The Enchanted Boat (Gamachlich)
  15. Don Quixote: Variation IX: The Combat With The Two Magicians (Schnell und sturmisch)
  16. Don Quixote: Variation X: The Defeat Of Don Quixote (Viel breiter)
  17. Don Quixote: Finale: Don Quixote's Death (Sehr ruhig)

Music reviews of Jacqueline du Pré - The Concerto Collection

Music Review: Great performances, by one of the greatest cellists!
Rating: 5 Stars

If there is one word for describing Jacqueline du Pre, it is MUSIC. She was the embodiment of music itself, because she gave all to the music she played. Some do not like her playing because it is too emotional. I echo the other reviewer's sentiments in that music is there to be played. Played with emotion. Music is about transmitting emotion to the listener, and du Pre was one of the best examples of how that could (and should) be done. Here, EMI has remastered and reissued most (I say most, because one concerto - the Lalo- has been omitted in this otherwise full compilation of du Pre's concerto recordings) of du Pre's concerto recordings. The Haydn concerto in C, is undoubtedly one of the most touching accounts, with its romantic sentiments. The same can be said of the Haydn in D and the Monn concerti, with the broad tempi, quite relaxed, and very opposite of Period performances Completely incorrect stylistically, but the performances are so moving and involved that all the fuss about stylistic correctness is throuwn out the window. I dare say that one is not going to get a more impassioned account of the Haydn C major concerto. It is among my absolute favourites. The Boccherini concerto is another matter. The version du Pre plays is not the original, but a mixture of the original, with bits borrowed from other Boccherini cello concertos, combined with Romantic styling by Grutzmacher (the 'editor' of the concerto). I don't like it as much as the Haydn concertos, but still it receives a bravura performance by du Pre with the English Chamber Orchestra under Barenboim. The Schumann and Saint-Saens concerti are unsurpassed for their passion and imaginativeness. The Schumann is tragic, but ends triumphantly, in a way that only du Pre could make it sound like that. The Saint-Saens is a less musically significant piece, but in du Pre's hands, it sounds like an important work. Dvorak's cello concerto is one of the greatest pieces in the cello repertoire, with its grand writing and poignancy. While du Pre's Dvorak concerto is not the best version one can buy, for the recording quality is notoriously horrible, with the orchestra sounding so distant from the cellist (who is placed far too forward) it is certainly one of the most outspoken and yes, impassioned accounts, interpretation-wise. Emotionally, it outdoes the justly famous Rotropovich/Karajan version. But the other Dvorak piece in this collection, the Silent Woods, is so touching that one is bound to cry at some stage of the 6-minute piece. The Delius concerto is a very rhapsodic, but a very engmatic one. Technically it is very demanding, because for once the technical difficulties are really due to the musical difficulties. It is hard to make sense of the work unless you are absolutely sure of its musical structure. But du Pre makes this sound easy, fully capturing the rhapsodic nature of the work, and sings beautifully. It was du Pre's first concerto recording, under one of the most arrogantly aristocratic conductors (arrogant to soloists, I mean, as he didn't regard them highly. But for du Pre, he was more than generous), Malcolm Sargent. The Elgar had to be included, didn't it? I mean, it is one of the great classics of the century. So there is nothing more to say about the Elgar. The Strauss tone-poem Don Quixote is a strange work, because it has a solo cello part (with a solo vioin and viola, who are usually members of the orchestra), a solo part that can be a soloist or the principal cellist from the orchestra cello section. It is strange, because the cello part is the most significant solo part, yet 80 per cent of the time it is outplayed by the orchestra, because the 'solo' cello plays the part of the orchestral cello section. But as to this performance, it was a run-through for a concert. Klemperer was supposed to be the conductor but he pulled out at the last minute and Boult was engaged. This historical recording does not sound like a run-through, although it si a bit messy at times ensemble-wise. But du Pre plays with absolute commitment. Her playing of the Finale must be one of the most poignant ever. The conductor's 'bravo' and the unanimous applause of the orchestra adds to the magic. I apologise for the long review, but if you have read this far, then I will say if you like du Pre and the cello, then this set is essential, and at mid price for CDs that would otherwise be full price and in single CDs, it is a bargain.
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