Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jacqueline Du Pré, Daniel Barenboim, New Philharmonia Orchestra ‎– Cello Concerto In A Minor - Cello Concerto N°1 In A Minor - New Vinyl Lp 2018 Warner Classics 180gram Reissue - Classical

Street Date: 5/11/18

This LP comes from the 5xLP boxset that was released in November 2017 for the 30th anniversary of death of Jacqueline du Pré; it uses the 24-BIT/96kHz remastering made at Abbey Road in 2011 for Japanese SACD versions. “It is good to be reminded of du Pré’s vivid, intense and joyful music-making”, wrote Gramophone of this pairing of cello concertos by Schumann and Saint-Saëns. “[The Schumann] has that kind of spontaneous freedom of line that made her account of the Elgar so famous. Her delicacy of response in the slow movement is matched by a romantic flair which carries the outer movements along so admirably. Barenboim directs a sympathetic accompaniment, following her subtle manipulation of rubato with complete understanding.”