Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / 'Cockaigne' Overture
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Concert Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) Op.40 - Philharmonia Orchestra
- I. Adagio - Moderato - Jacqueline Du Pre
- II. Lento - Allegro Molto - Jacqueline Du Pre
- III. Adagio - Jacqueline Du Pre
- IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, Ma Non Troppo - Jacqueline Du Pre
- I. Sea Slumber-Song - Janet Baker
- II. In Haven (Capri) - Janet Baker
- III. Sabbath Morning At Sea - Janet Baker
- IV.Where Corals Lie - Janet Baker
- V. The Swimmer - Janet Baker
Music reviews of Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / 'Cockaigne' Overture
Music Review: Wonderful performances and remastering
Rating: 5 Stars
This legendary Du Pre recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto is certainly one of the titles I've been waiting to see in the Great Recordings of the Century. Du Pre gives a passionate reading of the concerto, capturing all the pathos in this immensely tragic work, with able support from Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra, drawing upon his expertise in this music. Barbirolli and the LSO also ably support Dame Janet Baker in her rendition of the Sea Pictures. Dame Janet sings with a light touch and a tonal beauty that befits the music, and one can hear everyone making the most of this underrated Elgar work and unearthing the many nuances in his depiction of the sea.
You'll wonder what the Cello Concerto and the Sea Pictures have in common besides boasting great performances in this disc. Well, from my reading of it, they both harbour sentiments of unpredictability in life. The Cello Concerto is laden with yearning for a lost world, a world torn apart by the First World War, and the Sea Pictures features some depictions of how the sea destroys love.
As expected, this reissue in the Great Recordings of the Century series offers the best remastering that these performances could ever deserve. They emerge as if they were clean, full and vibrant recordings that sound like they were only recorded yesterday. My only quibble is that the CD producers decided to throw in the Cockaigne Overture, which is a rather frivolous piece in relation to the deep, sober mood of the original record. I know that we must get bang for our dollars with the capacity of a CD, but the Cockaigne really spoils the mood of the other two pieces. Thankfully the listener can programme it out and get to the Concerto and the Sea Pictures.
But don't let this deter you from grabbing a copy of this legendary recording that surely deserves its coveted place in this superb EMI series.
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Description of Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / 'Cockaigne' Overture
This is rightly regarded as the finest recording of Elgar's attractive and elegiac Cello Concerto. It's held in almost irrationally high esteem in the UK, largely because of the universal affection for Jacqueline Du Pré, the wife of Daniel Barenboim, whose early death from multiple sclerosis cut short what would have been a stellar career. This disc is equally noteworthy for Janet Baker's magnificent singing of the Sea Pictures, the composer's only orchestral song cycle. It's not Elgar's fault if the tune of the last song sounds like an excessively inflated version of "Hello, Dolly!" A classic then, even if neither work is a raging masterpiece. --David HurwitzClassical CDs
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