Artist
Jacqueline du Pré
Personb. 1945 · Oxford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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Bio
Jacqueline du Pré was an English cellist whose expressive playing and technical brilliance brought her international acclaim in the 1960s. She became especially associated with the Elgar Cello Concerto, which she recorded with Sir John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra in 1965. Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, diagnosed in 1973, and she retired from public performance soon afterward. Du Pré remains one of the most celebrated cellists of the twentieth century, remembered for the warmth and intensity she brought to the Romantic repertoire.
Popular tracks
- 18:00
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
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- 27:58
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
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- 315:28
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: I. Allegro
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- 45:15
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio
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- 512:18
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: IV. Allegro - Allegro ma non troppo
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- 613:18
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: II. Adagio ma non troppo
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- 713:37
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale. Allegro moderato
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- 84:35
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: II. Lento - Allegro molto
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- 97:58
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
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- 102:50
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le cygne (Version for Cello and Harp)
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- 115:53
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio
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- 123:00
Von Paradis: Sicilienne (Arr. Dushkin for Cello and Piano)
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Albums
Dvorák & Elgar Cello Concertos
Album · 1995
Elgar: Cello Concerto & Sea Pictures
Album · 2004
Cello from the Heart
Album · 2025
Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 & Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Album · 1965
The Great Cello Concertos: Dvořák, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, Haydn...
Album · 2024
Beethoven: Piano Trios
Album · 1989
"Le cygne / The Swan" - Sicilienne, Élégie & Other Cello Favourites
Album · 2025
Beethoven: Piano Trios & Variations
Album · 1970
Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Lalo: Cello Concerto - Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Album · 2022
Haydn & Boccherini: Cello Concertos
Album · 2022
A Jacqueline du Pré Recital
Album · 2022
Haydn & Monn: Cello Concertos
Album · 1969