The Complete EMI Recordings
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Performer: Jacqueline du Pr?Performer: William Pleeth
Performer: Gervase de Peyer
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer: Luigi Boccherini
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Composer: Max Bruch
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Composer: Francois Couperin
Composer: Frederick Delius
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Composer: Edward Elgar
Composer: Manuel de Falla
Composer: Gabriel Faure
Composer: Cesar Franck
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Composer: Edouard Lalo
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat, WoO.38 - I. Allegro moderato
- Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat, WoO.38 - II. Scherzo: Allegro, ma non troppo & Trio
- Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat, WoO.38 - III. Finale: Presto
- Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op. 11 - I. Allegro con brio
- Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op. 11 - II. Adagio
- Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op. 11 - III. Tema: 'Pria ch'io l'impregno (Allegretto)
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata #1 in F, Op. 5 #1 - I. Adagio sostenuto
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata #1 in F, Op. 5 #1 - II. Allegro
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata #1 in F, Op. 5 #1 - III. Allegro vivace
- F. Couperin: Les Gouts- Reunis - Treizieme Concert a deux instruments a l'unisson - I. Prelude
- F. Couperin: Les Gouts- Reunis - Treizieme Concert a deux instruments a l'unisson - II. Air
- F. Couperin: Les Gouts- Reunis - Treizieme Concert a deux instruments a l'unisson - III. Sarabande
- F. Couperin: Les Gouts- Reunis - Treizieme Concert a deux instruments a l'unisson - IV. Chaconne legere
- F. Couperin: Les Gouts- Reunis - Treizieme Concert a deux instruments a l'unisson - V. Le Je-ne-scay-quoy (Gayement)
- Handel: Sonata in G minor HWV287 - I. Grave
- Handel: Sonata in G minor HWV287 - II. Allegro
- Handel: Sonata in G minor HWV287 - III. Sarabande
- Handel: Sonata in G minor HWV287 - IV. Allegro CD 6
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Introduction: Don Quixote Sinks into Madness
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Theme: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation I: The Adventure with the Windmills
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation II: The Battle with the Sheep
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation III: Discourse between Knight and Squire
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation IV: The Adventure with the Pilgrims
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation V: The Knight's Vigil
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation VI: The Meeting with Dulcinea
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation VII: The Ride through the Air
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation VIII: The Voyage in the Enchanted Boat
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation IX The Combat with the Two Magicians
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Variation X: The Defeat of Don Quixote
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op.35- Finale: Don Quixote's Death
- Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor- I. Pr?lude: Lento - Allegro maestoso
- Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor- II. Intermezzo: Andantino con moto
- Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor- III. Introduction: Andante - Allegro vivace
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38- I. Allegro non troppo
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38- II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto & Trio
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38- III. Allegro
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- I. Allegro vivace
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- II. Adagio affettuoso
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- III. Allegro passionato
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- IV. Allegro molto
- Boccherini: Cello Concerto No.9 in B Flat G.482- I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza - Tempo I
- Boccherini: Cello Concerto No.9 in B Flat G.482- II. Adagio non troppo
- Boccherini: Cello Concerto No.9 in B Flat G.482- III. Rondo: Allegro -? Cadenza - Tempo I
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A, Op.69- I. Allegro, ma non troppo
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A, Op.69- II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A, Op.69- III. Adagio cantabile
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A, Op.69- IV. Allegro vivace
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2- I. Allegro con brio
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2- II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.5 in D, Op.102 No.2- III. Allegro - Allegro fugato
- Falla arr. Maurice Mar?chal: Suite populaire espagnole- El pa?o moruno
- Falla arr. Maurice Mar?chal: Suite populaire espagnole- Asturiana
- Falla arr. Maurice Mar?chal: Suite populaire espagnole- Jota
- Falla arr. Maurice Mar?chal: Suite populaire espagnole- Nana
- Falla arr. Maurice Mar?chal: Suite populaire espagnole- Canci?n
- Falla arr. Maurice Mar?chal: Suite populaire espagnole- Polo
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.68- I. Allegro non troppo
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.68- II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto & Trio
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.68- III. Allegro
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- I. Allegro vivace
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- II. Adagio affettuoso
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- III. Allegro passionato
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op. 99- IV. Allegro molto
- Bruch: Kol Nidrei Op.47
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99- I. Allegro vivace
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99- II. Adagio affettuoso
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99- III. Allegro passionato
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99- IV. Allegro molto
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50- I. Pezzo elegiaco (Moderato assai - Allegro giusto
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50- II. Teme con variazioni
- Paradis arr. Dushkin: Sicilienne
- Schumann: Fantasiest?cke, Op.73- I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
- Schumann: Fantasiest?cke, Op.73- II. Lebhaft, leicht - Coda: Nach und nach ruhiger
- Schumann: Fantasiest?cke, Op.73- III. Rasch und mit Feuer - Coda: Schneller
- Mendelssohn: Song without Words in D, Op.109
- Faur?: El?gie in C minor, Op.24
- Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV564 - Adagio
- Saint-Sa?ns: Carnaval des animaux - Le cynge
- Falla arr. Maurice Mar?chal: Suite populaire espagnole - Jota
- Britten: Cello Sonata in C, Op.65- II. Scherzo: Pizzicato
- Britten: Cello Sonata in C, Op.65- IV. Marcia
- Paradis arr. Dushkin: Sicilienne
- Schumann: Fantasiest?cke, Op.73
Music reviews of The Complete EMI Recordings
Music Review: Bad times for the world, but good times for the admirers of Jacqueline Du Pr?
Rating: 5 Stars
These are bad times for the world at large - as I write, the US financial system is threatening a giant systemic collapse, the US are mired in Irak and Afghanistan, with Russia occupying half of Georgia a new Cold War is looming large, Chinese babies are dying by the hundreds from poisoned milk, Iran and Korea won't be stopped from becoming nuke, and Paris Hilton is off her medication again - but these are great times for the music lovers and buyers of CDs (are there many of these left?). Now EMI is releasing these gigantic boxes with the complete EMI recordings of such and such, and at prices so low they are tantamount to steals. This one cost me less than 3 dollars per CD, postage included, and it's even cheaper now on the marketplace, three months later. A complete Karajan is out (88 + 72 CDs in two boxes and I've just bought the first one for 1,70/CD), Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter, Marcelle Meyer (and that box adds non-EMI recordings as well, from Hispavox and Columbia), Yves Nat, and Cziffra is announced. What a boon!
More, of course, for those who, for whatever reasons, did NOT already purchase the individual issues or reissues whenever they appeared - which happens to be my case with Du Pr?'s CDs (choice will be more agonizing for Oistrakh and Cziffra). One possible reason is that Du Pr?'s choice of repertoire was a little too Catholic for my taste. Had she recorded, say, Bloch's Schelomo and Voice in the Wilderness or Kodaly's Solo Cello Sonata, those are probably CDs I'd already have in my collection. Her Elgar with Barbirolli is considered a benchmark recording - but unlike many I personally don't warm up too much for Elgar's Cello Concerto - and no offense to those who think otherwise. So the only one I had was the Brahms Sonatas with Barenboim.
Fact is, about all the material on this set had been issued or reissued earlier. I can now consider myself fortunate NOT to have bought the 1994 French EMI Introuvables 6-CD set, Les introuvables de Jacqueline du Pr?, or earlier discs first released on EMI's mid-price Studio line, of which some found their way on "Introuvables", such as Jacqueline du Pr? - Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Franck: Sonata in A / Barenboim, Beethoven: Cello Sonatas 3 & 5 with Stephen Bishop from 1965, Jacqueline du Pr? - Her Early BBC Recordings Volume 1 ~ Bach, Falla, Britten / Luch, Kovacevich and Her Early BBC Recordings, Vol. 2 (early BBC recordings from 1962-5). Or again EMI's 1995 CD releasing for the first time the miraculously salvaged tapes of a recording session from 1968 of Strauss' Don Quixote begun under Klemperer and continued under Boult from 1968 (integral with the orchestra's applause at the end), and Lalo's Cello Concerto, recorded live in Cleveland with Barenboim in 1973, two compositions not hitherto in Du Pr?'s discography (Strauss: Don Quixote; Lalo: Cello Concerto, now on CD 12) or their 2-CD compilation released in 1996 in the UK, Jacqueline du Pr? - a lasting inspiration, which had the small but valuable and rare encores now on CD 17. Even the alternative recording of Brahms' two Cello Sonatas with Barenboim, recorded in mono a few months before their official studio recording and used on Christopher Nupen's documentary on Du Pr?, featured on CD 15, had been published by EMI in 2002 with the same coupling, Bruch's Kol Nidrei with orchestra, with Barenboim conducting the Israel Philharmonic (Brahms: Cello Sonatas; Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Jacqueline Du Pre).
Ultimately, judging from the copyright dates, the only items that seem to make their first appearance on CD with this set are the alternative recordings of Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicilienne and Schumann's Fantasiest?cke op 73 with Gerald Moore, made on October 8 1963 (CD 17 tracks 12-15). If I understand the copyright indications, these are actually the recordings that were published on LP back then (on a 45 Single, HMV 7EP 7180, an info I retrieved on the Net) and it is earlier and unpublished takes, from July 16 1962, that have been previously issued on CD (CD 17 tracks 1-4). The liner notes are of no use whatsoever on all these matters. They consist of a short eulogy by the same Christopher Nupen who made the above-mentioned documentary of Du Pr?.
I am also extraordinarily puzzled by the absence, on CD 5 on my set, of the Adagio and Allegro from Bach's Viola da Gamba Sonata BWV 1028. That was one of Du Pr?'s first recordings, made in 1962 with harpsichordist Ronald Kinloch Anderson. My puzzlement is even greater as, while it is not featured on the set's track listing on EMI Classics website, it is indeed announced as part of that set on many websites I've checked, along with an alternative recording of Beethoven's 1st Cello Sonata with Barenboim, made in studio in 1971 and which should have been on CD 11 (and who is responsible for the botched track listing on the present entry, I wonder). So what's the deal here? Anyway, as it stands, "complete" this set is not quite.
I won't enter the fray of interpretive comments. There are those who consider these recordings, or some of them, as "definitive", and some who don't. In my case, as I mentioned, Du Pr?'s repertoire isn't usually the one I am most familiar with. Suffice to say that, whatever one's opinion on her interpretations, they always belong to the "significant" ones, those one needs to have heard and refer to when one has a keen interest in the composition involved.
For that compilation EMI has used whatever remastering they had for their last CD reissue (an info retrieved on EMI Classics website), which means that those with the earlier reissues will find no sonic improvement here. Sonics are variable of course. There is some saturation in the climaxes of Dvorak's Concerto, but I've read that this was always the case. The early BBC recordings as well as those from the film (CD 15) sound distant and hollow. The Beethoven Cello Sonatas were recorded live at the 1970 Edinburgh festival, which had its share of coughers. No big deal in view of the set's significance - and price.
Oh - and the 15-CD Perlman edition (The Perlman Edition (Box Set)) is NOT a complete EMI recordings. So I'll just wait until the economy turns around. Now that's going to take quite some time.
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > General
- Trios
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
- Boccherini, Luigi
- Bolcom, William
- Brahms, Johannes
- Britten, Sir Benjamin
- Bruch, Max
- ( C ) > Couperin, Fran?ois
- ( D ) > Delius, Frederick
- Dvor?k, Anton?n
- ( E ) > Elgar, Sir Edward
- ( F ) > Falla, Manuel de
- Faur?, Gabriel
- Franck, C?sar
- ( H ) > Haydn, Franz Joseph
- ( L ) > Lalo, Edouard
- ( M ) > Mendelssohn, Felix
- ( S ) > Saint-Sa?ns, Camille
- Schumann, Robert
- Strauss, Richard
- ( T ) > Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich > All Works by Tchaikovsky
- Forms & Genres > Concertos > General
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > General
- Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- General
- Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > General Modern
- Instruments > Keyboard > Organ
- Reeds & Winds > English Horn
- Oboe
- Strings > Cello
- Violin
- Bach, Johann Sebastian - Works by J.S. Bach
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Works by Beethoven
- Boccherini, Luigi - Works by Boccherini
- Brahms, Johannes - Works by Brahms
- Britten, Sir Benjamin - Works by Britten
- Bruch, Max - Works by Bruch
- Elgar, Sir Edward - Works by Elgar
- Haydn, Franz Joseph - Works by Franz Joseph Haydn
- Mendelssohn, Felix - Works by Mendelssohn
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( C ) - Couperin, Fran?ois - General
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( D ) - Dvor?k, Anton?n - General
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( F ) - Faur?, Gabriel - General
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( F ) - Franck, C?sar - General
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( S ) - Saint-Sa?ns, Camille - General
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