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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Elgar: Cello Concerto & Sea Pictures
“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.” Penguin Guide | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tasmin Little plays Ravel, Poulenc, Debussy & Delius
Showcasing violinist Tasmin Little’s impressive versatility, these recordings highlight her sensitivity to both orchestral and chamber works. From the lyricism and blues-inspired melodies of Ravel’s Violin Sonata to the impassioned melodies of Delius’s Double Concerto, Little’s playing breathes life into every aspect of the music. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Delius: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto & Cello Concerto
These three major concertos by Frederick Delius involving solos string instruments are here brought together on the same disc for the first time. The Violin Concerto, Double Concerto, and Cello Concerto are performed by exclusive Chandos artists strongly associated with British repertoire. Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra have already released one Delius disc this year (CHSA5088 – Appalachia and The Song of the High Hills), of which International Record Review (IRR) said: ‘I am absolutely certain that this is the greatest performance and recording of Delius’ Appalachia which has ever been put on disc... it would be hard if not impossible to imagine a more magnificent performance of this masterpiece... the playing is unfailingly beautiful and infused with sensitivity, brilliance of technique and vividness of colour’. Tasmin Little, who won the Critics’ Choice Award at this year’s Classic BRIT Awards, is the soloist in the Violin Concerto. This is not a virtuosic showpiece in the ordinary sense; instead the solo part stays harmonically connected with the orchestra throughout; in fact, it seems to grow out of its textures. The work is composed in a single long span, divided into three clear sections in which different moods succeed one another, sometimes passionately spontaneous, sometimes dreamlike, sometimes fiery. Paul Watkins is the soloist in the Cello Concerto, which Delius regarded as his personal favourite among his concertos. It was the last work that he was able to complete in his own hand before experiencing the onset of the devastating effects of syphilis: paralysis and blindness. Tasmin Little and Paul Watkins join forces in the rarely performed and recorded Double Concerto, which represents Delius at his most inspired: the work is warmly evocative as well as strong and memorable. The soloists get to showcase their abilities in music that is both passionate and tranquil. “Little is every bit as persuasively expressive as on her earlier recordings with Charles Mackerras. Paul Watkins provides the partnership you'd expect from such a fine chamber musician in the Double, and copes effortlessly with the problems of the original version of the Cello Concerto. Andrew Davis paces everything magisterially, always allowing enough space at moments of hushed stillness.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ***** “These studio performances, with two committed soloists accompanied by the BBC Symphony under Andrew Davis, do not put a foot wrong. Paul Watkins invigorates the ‘Cello Concerto’; Tasmin Little captures a strain of lyrical introspection in the ‘Violin Concerto’. But the music meanders – the ‘Double Concerto’ especially.” Financial Times, 8th October 2011 *** “Not only does she surmount every technical hurdle with ease, her tone remains wonderfully pure and heart-warmingly expressive. Little's partnership wioth Paul Watkins strikes me as an especial success; indeed, theirs is the most tenderly lyrical and raptly spontaneous performance of the Double Concerto to have yet my way...No self-respecting Delian can afford to be without this indispensable issue.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 “a magical, sensuous flow is the presiding quality of this superior performance by Little. Watkins is no less captivating in the Cello Concerto, and they are superb together in the Double Concerto, with its heart-easing slow second section.” Sunday Times, 2nd October 2011 “if ever a disc was going to make a case for any of these pieces, it's this one. There is wonderfully idiomatic support from Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony, as both Tasmin Little's account of the Violin Concerto and Paul Watkins's of the cello work seize every opportunity to inject incisiveness and dramatic shape into the music.” The Guardian, 27th October 2011 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jacqueline du Pré - The Concerto Collection
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| |  | Jacqueline du Pré: The Complete EMI Recordings
Bach, J S: | Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007 7 January 1962, BBC Studios, London Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008 26 January 1962, BBC Studios, London Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D major, BWV1028 15 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Ronald Kinloch Anderson Adagio (from Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV564) 15 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Roy Jesson | Beethoven: | Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (complete) and variations Recorded live: 25-26 August 1970, Usher Hall, Edinburgh Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb major, Op. 1 No. 1 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, Op. 1 No. 2 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 44 'Variations on an Original Theme' 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke' 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 9 in B flat major, WoO 39 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Allegretto in E flat major for Piano Trio, Hess 48 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost' 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 6 in E flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Variations in G major on Wenzel Muller's Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 8 in E flat major, WoO 38 29, 30 December 1969 & 3 January 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Pinchas Zukerman (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 11 'Gassenhauer', for clarinet, cello & piano 30 January & 30 March 1970, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gervase de Peyer (clarient) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1 11 December 1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Daniel Barenboim (piano) Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 19-23 December 1965, Abbey Road Studios, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich (piano) Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 19-23 December 1965, Abbey Road Studios, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich (piano) | Boccherini: | Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat major, G 482 17 & 24 April 1967, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | Brahms: | Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38 20 May & 18 August 1968, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Daniel Barenboim (piano) Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 20 May & 18 August 1968, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Daniel Barenboim (piano) Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38 April 1968, London Daniel Barenboim (piano) Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 April 1968, London Daniel Barenboim (piano) Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival: 3 September 1962, Freemason's Hall Ernest Lush (piano) | Britten: | Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65 25 February 1965, BBC Studios, London Stephen Kovacevich (piano) | Bruch: | Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 15 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gerald Moore (piano) Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 June 1968, London Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | Chopin: | Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 10-11 December 1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Couperin, F: | Concert No. 13 (les Goûts réunis) in G major, à deux instrumens à l’unisson 17 March 1963, BBC Studios, London William Pleeth | Delius: | Cello Concerto 12 & 14 January 1965, Kingsway Hall, London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | Dvorak: | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 11 November 1970, Medinah Temple, Chicago Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim Waldesruhe (Silent woods) for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5 11 November 1970, Medinah Temple, Chicago Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | Elgar: | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 19 August 1965, Kingsway Hall, London London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | Falla: | Suite populaire espagnole 22 March 1961, BBC Studios, London Ernest Lush Jota (No. 4 from Siete canciones populares españolas) 21 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London John Williams (piano) | Fauré: | Élégie in C minor, Op. 24 1 April 1969, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gerald Moore (piano) | Franck, C: | Cello Sonata in A major (arr. Delsart) 10-11 December 1971, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Handel: | Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 287 )arr. J W Slatter) 22 March 1961, BBC Studios, London | Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) 13 December 1967, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 17 & 24 April 1967, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | Lalo: | Cello Concerto in D minor Recorded live: 4 & 6 January 1973, Severance Hall, Cleveland Cleveland Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words for Cello & Piano, Op. 109 15 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gerald Moore (piano) | Monn: | Cello Concerto in G minor 20 September 1968, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Valda Aveling (harpsichord continuo) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | Paradis: | Sicilienne 16 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gerald Moore (piano) Sicilienne (arr. Dushkin) 8 October 1963, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gerald Moore (piano) | Saint-Saëns: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 24 September 1968, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne 21 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Osian Ellis (piano) | Schumann: | Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 7-8 April & 11 May 1968, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road. London New Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 16 July 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gerald Moore (piano) Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 8 October 1963, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Gerald Moore (piano) | Strauss, R: | Don Quixote, Op. 35 6-7 & 9 April 1968, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Herbert Downes & Desmond Bradley New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | Tchaikovsky: | Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist' Recorded in concert by Israel Radio: July 1972, F. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv Daniel Barenboim (piano) & Pinchas Zukerman (violin) |
Jacqueline du Pre’s career, though tragically brief, coincided with a golden age of recording. This 17-disc treasury unites her entire EMI Classics legacy and includes – for the first time on CD – two Bach sonata movements from her 1962 debut recital for the label. Interpretations long recognised as classic are joined by further rarities, among them the Lalo Cello Concerto, recorded with Daniel Barenboim and the Cleveland Orchestra in 1973, and, from 1968, Strauss’s Don Quixote under Sir Adrian Boult. This collection includes the very latest Abbey Road remasters of Du Pré’s recordings in one definitive boxed set and offers the listener the ultimate listening experience with a fantastic clarity of sound and dynamic range. The collection includes a full-colour 32-page booklet detailing the life and art of Du Pré in both words and pictures as well as a timeline overview of her career. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Delius: 150th Anniversary Edition
Delius: | Sleigh Ride Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Marche Caprice ed. & arr. Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Over the hills and far away ed. Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Dance Rhapsody No. 2 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Dance Rhapsody No. 1 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham On the mountains Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham The Walk to the Paradise Garden London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli A Song of Summer London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Irmelin Prelude London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Late Swallows Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Appalachia (Variations on an old slave song) (includes rehearsal footage) Ambrosian Singers, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Paris - Song of a Great City Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras In a Summer Garden Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Piano Concerto in C minor Piers Lane (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Florida Suite Revised and edited by Sir Thomas Beecham Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Brigg Fair Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Summer Evening arr. Beecham Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Koanga: La Calinda arr. Fenby Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Air and Dance Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Hassan: Intermezzo & Serenade arr. Beecham Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Aquarelles (2) arr. Fenby The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner Lebenstanz Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves North Country Sketches Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Sea Drift John Noble (baritone) Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Cynara John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Violin Concerto Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies Double Concerto for Violin and Cello Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies Cello Concerto Jacqueline du Pré (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Dance arr. Eric Fenby Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby Koanga: La Calinda arr. Eric Fenby Elena Duran (flute) Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby Air and Dance arr. Eric Fenby Elena Duran (flute) Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby Five Little Pieces arr. Eric Fenby Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby Sonata for string orchestra arr. Eric Fenby Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby String Quartet (1916) Britten Quartet Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Eric Fenby (piano) Violin Sonata No. 2 Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Eric Fenby (piano) Violin Sonata No. 3 Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Eric Fenby (piano) Legende Tasmin Little (violin), John Lenehan (piano) Cello Sonata Moray Welsh (cello), Israela Margalit (piano) Dance Igor Kipnis (harpsichord) Twilight Fancies Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) To be sung of a summer night on the water, No. 1 (wordless) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger Wanderer's Song Baccholian Singers of London The Homeward Way Marjorie Thomas (mezzo) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Twilight Fancies orch. Beecham Elsie Suddaby (soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Whither (Autumn) orch. Beecham Elsie Suddaby (soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham The Violet orch. Gibson Elsie Suddaby (soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Whither (Autumn) Dora Labbette (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham The Violet Dora Labbette (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham I-Brasîl Dora Labbette (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Young Venevil sung in German Dora Labbette (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Twilight Fancies Dora Labbette (soprano), Sir Thomas Beecham (piano) Cradle song Dora Labbette (soprano), Sir Thomas Beecham (piano) The Nightingale (from Five Songs from the Norwegian) Dora Labbette (soprano), Sir Thomas Beecham (piano) Irmelin Rose from Seven Danish Songs Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) So white, so soft, so sweet is she from Four Old English Lyrics Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) La lune blanche Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) To the queen of my heart (from Three Shelley Songs) Heddle Nash (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano) Love’s Philosophy (from Three Shelley Songs) Heddle Nash (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano) Caprice & Elegy Beatrice Harrison (cello) Chamber Orchestra, Eric Fenby Eventyr (once upon a time) Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley Hassan - incidental music Martyn Hill (tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone) Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Vernon Handley Songs of Sunset Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves An Arabesque John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves A Mass of Life Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves Requiem Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Meredith Davies Idyll 'Once I passed through a populous city' Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies A Song before sunrise Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Songs of Farewell Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent Koanga Eugene Holmes (Koanga), Claudia Lindsey (Palmyra), Raimund Herincx (Don José Martinez), Keith Erwen (Simon Perez), Jean Allister (Clotilda), Simon Estes (Rangwan) London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Sir Charles Groves A Song of the High Hills Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves A Village Romeo and Juliet Benjamin Luxon (Manz), Noel Mangin (Marti), Colin Manley (Sali - as a child), Wendy Eathorne (Vrenchen - as a child), Elizabeth Harwood (Vrenchen), Robert Tear (Sali), John Shirley-Quirk (The Dark Fiddler) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Meredith Davies Fennimore and Gerda Elisabeth Söderström (Fennimore, Gerda), Brian Rayner Cook (Niels Lyhne), Robert Tear (Erik Refstrup) Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Chorus, Meredith Davies |
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