
If multiple sclerosis had not tragically curtailed Jacqueline du Pré’s career and shortened her life, would the music industry at large still treat her as
These are classic recordings, which isn’t to say that they are necessarily the best recordings. Barbirolli’s version of the Cockaigne Overture always has been compromised
The differences between this and other Jacqueline Du Pré versions of Elgar’s Cello Concerto have less to do with conductor and orchestra than with Du
There’s something creepy, even sick, in the way the British music industry and press has made a fetish out of the careers of female artists
Jacqueline Du Pré is so beloved in the U.K. for her excellent recording of the Elgar Concerto, and her reputation is so sacrosanct that we
You cannot deny the big-boned exuberance and animal energy Jacqueline du Pré brings to the Schumann Cello Concerto. Subtle she ain’t. Abetted by Daniel Barenboim’s
This is a set that even Celibidache fans may find hard to love. The playing of the Swedish Radio Symphony, with which the conductor gave
This recording of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto was recorded live at the Stockholm Konserthus in the November, 1967. Almost from the outset the mood is set
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