Tracklist

Concerto In E Minor Opus 85
A1	1st & 2nd Movements	12:14
A2	3rd & 4th Movements	17:18
Sea Pictures, Opus 37
B1	Sea Slumber Song	4:59
B2	In Haven	2:06
B3	Sabbath Morning At Sea	6:12
B4	Where Corals Lie	4:08
B5	The Swimmer	6:02

Credits

• Cello – Jacqueline du Pré (tracks: A1, A2)
• Composed By – Sir Edward Elgar
• Conductor – Sir John Barbirolli
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Janet Baker (tracks: B1 to B5)
• Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*

Notes

Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London 19th August 1965

Janet Baker - Sea Pictures/ Sir John Barbirolli conducting London Symphony Orchestra
Jacqueline Du Pre's career lasted just 11 years, but within that space of time she achieved a reputation as one of the finest cellists of the twentieth century. Not long afer her debut in 1961, at the age of 16, she played the Elgar Cello Concerto in public for the first time with great success. In August 1965 she recorded the work for HMV. Her conductor was Sir John Barbirolli, a famous Elgar interpreter who as a young man had known the composer. Though Du Pre went on to make many other superlative recordings it is in the Elgar "Concerto", and this recording, that she is most remembered. The work's richly romantic, nostalgically autumnal mood is a fitting and appropriate memorial to an artist who performing career was cruelly cut short by a disease at the age of 42.

In August 1965, Barbirolli made a second Elgar recording with another outstanding young artist, the mezzo-soprano Janet Baker, whose finely sung, imaginative interpretation of the beautiful song cycle "Sea Pictures" makes an ideal coupling for Du Pre's performance.

The famous LP is available in Testament's audiophile reissue. Authentic analogue techniques have been employed in making transfers from the original recording, and high-quality 180 gram pressings have been made from virgin vinyl. The record is issued in a special limited collectors' edition.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: Side 1: ASD 655 A-01-01-2
• Matrix / Runout: Side 2: ASD 655 B-02-01-2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ALP 2106, ALP. 2106	Elgar*, Jacqueline du Pré, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra*, Janet Baker	Elgar*, Jacqueline du Pré, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra*, Janet Baker - Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures ‎(LP, Mono)	His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice	ALP 2106, ALP. 2106	UK	1965
TC-ASD 655, 10 0276 4	Elgar*, Jacqueline Du Pré, Janet Baker, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra*	Elgar*, Jacqueline Du Pré, Janet Baker, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra* - Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	His Master's Voice, EMI	TC-ASD 655, 10 0276 4	UK	Unknown
ASDM 655	Jacqueline Du Pré, Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra*, Sir John Barbirolli, Elgar*	Jacqueline Du Pré, Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra*, Sir John Barbirolli, Elgar* - Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures ‎(LP, RE)	His Master's Voice	ASDM 655	New Zealand	1976
ASD 655, ASD. 655	Elgar*, Jacqueline Du Pré, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra*, Janet Baker	Elgar*, Jacqueline Du Pré, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra*, Janet Baker - Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures ‎(LP)	His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice	ASD 655, ASD. 655	UK	1965
CDC 47329	Elgar* - Jacqueline du Pré - Sir John Barbirolli - London Symphony Orchestra* - Dame Janet Baker*	Elgar* - Jacqueline du Pré - Sir John Barbirolli - London Symphony Orchestra* - Dame Janet Baker* - Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures ‎(CD, Album)	EMI Classics	CDC 47329	Canada	1991

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