Jacqueline du Pre Boxed Set

17 discs of J. du Pre for £22 - how bad can it be

I have her three disc 'best of on EMI' and it is great.

I have her rather fine Beethoven cello sonatas with Barenboim (which I assume are in the box), live form an Edinburgh festival concert not to mention their piano trios, with the addition of Zuckerman (though they're less compelling). Still, as Ian say, at that price you can't go far wrong.

regards, Tam

Personally, I would caution against a 17 cd box set of ANYONE'S music! How much cello can you take?!!!

Peter

Arrived on my doormat yesterday morning...
This is very nice from amazon for only £4.97 : )

Haydn. Cello Concerto no. 1 in C
Haydn. Cello Concerto no. 2 in D
Boccherini. Cello Concerto in B flat

JDP with the English Chamber Orchestra @ 1967

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I saw the 17 CD Set of JDP and wondered about it
myself.. Amazon is very sparce on infomation with
this collection, if it's all sonatas then you'd
end up with a cello shaped head if you played it
all in one go : > but I suppose it does include
orchestras, concertos, quartets etc ?

Every EMI classic CD i've come across lately is very well produced so this new 17 CD set is on
my wish list : )

nymph

quote:

Originally posted by naim_nymph:
I saw the 17 CD Set of JDP and wondered about it
myself.. Amazon is very sparce on infomation with this collection, if it's all sonatas then you'd end up with a cello shaped head if you played it all in one go : > but I suppose it does include orchestras, concertos, quartets?

Every EMI classic CD i've come across lately is very well produced so this new 17 CD set is on my wish list : )

nymph

I don't know all the details, but

Disc 1
Adagio - Moderato (Elgar: Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op.85)
II Lento - Allegro Molto
III Adagio
IV Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
Lento - Con Moto Tranquillo - Lento - Con Moto Tranquillo - Allegramente (Delius:Cello Concerto)
I Allegro Non Troppo (Saint-Saëns:Cello Concerto No.1 In A Minor, Op.33)
II Allegretto Con Moto
III Allegro Non Troppo

Disc 2
I Allegro (Dvorák:Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op.104)
II Adagio Am Non Troppo
III Finale: Allegro Moderato
Silent Woods Op.68
I Nicht Zu Schnell (Schumann:Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op.129)
II Langsam - Etwas Lebhafter - Schneller
III Sehr Lebhaft - Cadenza - Tempo I

Disc 3
I Allegro (Monn: Cello Concerto In G Minor)
II Adagio
III Allegro Non Tanto
I Allegro Moderato (Haydn:Cello Concerto In D, Hob.Viib:2)
II Adagio
III Rondo: Allegro
I Moderato (Cello Concerto No.1 In C, Hob Viib:1)
II Adagio
III Allegro Molto

Disc 4
I Allegro Moderato (Chopin:Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op.65)
II Allegro Con Brio
III Largo
IV Finale: Allegro
I Allegro Ben Moderato (Franck(Arr. Delsart):Cello Sonata In A)
II Allegro
III Recitativo - Fantasia: Molto Lento
IV Allegretto Poco Mosso
Franck (Arr. Delsart): Cello Sonata In A

Disc 5
I Prélude (Bach: Cello Suite No.1 In G)
II Allemande
III Courante
IV Sarabande
V Menuetto I & II
VI Gigue
I Prélude (Cello Suite No.2 In D Minor)
II Allemande
III Courante
IV Sarabande
V Menuetto I & II
VI Gigue
Adagio (Viola Da Gamba Sonata No.2 In D)
Allegro
I Grave (Handel Arr. J W Slatter: Sonata In G Minor)
II Allegro
III Sarabande
IV Allegro

Disc 6
I Adagio Sostenuto (Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.1 In F, Op.5 No.1)
II Allegro
III Allegro Vivace
I Adagio Sostenuto Ed Espressivo (Cello Sonata No.2 In G Op. 5 No.2)
II Allegro Molto Più Tosto Presto
III Rondo: Allegro
I Allegro, Ma Non Tanto (Cello Sonata No.3 In A Op. 69)
II Scherzo: Allegro Molto
III Adagio Cantabile - Allegro Vivace

Disc 7
I Andante - Allegro Vivace (Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4 In D, Op.102 No.1)
II Adagio - Tempo d'Andante - Allegro Vivace
I Allegro Con Brio (Cello Sonata No.5 In D, Op.102 No.2)
II Adagio Con Molto Sentimento D'affetto
III Allegro - Allegro Fugato
12 Variations In G On `See The Conq'ring Hero Comes From Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, Woo.45
7 Variations In E Flat On 'Bei Männern' From Mozart's Die Zauberflöte Woo.46
12 Variations In F On 'Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen' From Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Op.66

Disc 8
I Allegro (Beethoven: Piano Trio In E Flat, Op.1 No.1)
II Adagio Cantabile
III Scherzo: Allegro Assai & Trio
IV Finale: Presto
I Adagio - Allegro Vivace (Piano Trio In G, Op.1 No.2)
II Largo Con Espressione
III Scherzo: Allegro & Trio
IV Finale: Presto
14 Variations In E Flat, Op.44

Disc 9
I Allegro Con Brio (Beethoven:Piano Trio In C Minor, Op.1 No.3)
II Andante Cantabile Con Variazioni
III Menuetto: Quasi Allegro & Trio
IV Finale: Prestissimo
I Allegro Moderato (Piano Trio In B Flat, Op.97 'Archduke')
II Scherzo: Allegro & Trio
III Andante Cantabile
IV Allegro Moderato
Piano Trio In B Flat Woo.39 (1812) - Allegretto
Piano Trio In E Flat (1784) Hess 84 - Allegretto

Disc 10
I Allegro Vivace E Con Brio (Beethoven:Piano Trio In D, Op.70 No.1 -Geister)
II Largo Assai Ed Espressivo
III Presto
I Poco Sostenuto - Allegro, Ma Non Troppo (Piano Trio In E Flat, Op. 70 No.2)
II Allegretto
III Allegretto, Ma Non Troppo
IV Finale: Allegro
10 Variations On Müller's Song 'Ich Bin Der Schneider Kakadu, Op.121a

Disc 11
I Allegro Moderato (Beethoven: Piano Trio In E Flat, Woo.38 1790-91)
II Scherzo: Allegro, Ma Non Troppo & Trio
III Finale: Presto
I Allegro Con Brio (Clarinet Trio In B Flat, Op.11)
II Adagio
III Tema: 'Pria Ch'io L'impregno (Allegretto)
I Adagio Sostenuto (Cello Sonata No.1 In F, Op.5 No.1)
II Allegro
III Allegro Vivace
I Prélude
II Air
III Sarabande
Ivchaconne Légère
V Le Je-Ne-Scay-Qu

HTH Rotf

Thank you Rotf!

I've ordered it! ; )

Kind Regards ~
nymph

this is a no brainer, I remember buying her Elgar Cello Concerto with Sir John Birobolli (sp?) in San Francisco for US$16.99 a while ago. Since then I have bought a couple of her box sets including the Beethoven Sonata set and the "Introduction to Jacqueline Du Pre". I just cannot get tired of her playing, I must have, oh, 3-4 different CDs with her Elgar and at least as many Dvorak.

If I see it locally I would definitely buy it sight unseen.

yeah I ordered it too - thanks for the partial contents ROTF.

Ian

Didn't need much persuading - I bought it today, and have been enjoying the first couple of CDs for most of the evening.

I just pulled the trigger on this too. I have a couple of here EMI sessions but this, at £22 from Amazon was too hard to pass up.
Now what else can I sell on eBay.....

This mega set arrived last week and what a delight it is. Enjoying the beautiful Brahms cello sonatas (disk 13!) at the moment.

The amazon price for this box set has just gone down a fiver to £17.97!

Lots of superb music and fantastic value for money!

regards
nymph

OK talked me in to it.

Just wrapping up that Bach Concertos set for Mrs Sloop's birthday, so Christmas (or part of it anyway) may be sorted with this set.



SJB

quote:

Originally posted by naim_nymph:
The amazon price for this box set has just gone down a fiver to £17.97!

Lots of superb music and fantastic value for money!

regards
nymph

Grrrrrrrrrr.......

it is very good though, mine arrived yesterday so last night I enjoyed the above Brahms that Ian G mentioned. Today I got the Bach Cello Suites on. Beautiful.