Delius / Elgar: Cello Concertos

DU PRE, JACQUELINE

Delius: Songs of Farewell Royal Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Cello Concerto Jacqueline du Pré (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

“Jacqueline du Pré’s unsurpassed recording of the [Elgar] Concerto hardly needs any further recommendation from us, spontaneous in its freely rhapsodic style but with a very special kind of meditative feeling. A concerto that should be in every collection.” - Gramophone