Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal ...

Natalie Clein is the first female cellist to record Elgar's concerto since Jacqueline du Pré made it her trademark in 1965, but she's having to struggle with unsought comparisons to a tragic legend.

The concerto was the English composer's last major work for orchestra, as well as his most confessional. In this recording, cellist Jacqueline Du... Quiet Anguish In Elgar's Cello Concerto Quiet ...

Kanneh-Mason has recorded Elgar’s monumental work at just 20 – the same age Jacqueline du Pré was when she set down her iconic take on the concerto. At just 20, the ‘Royal wedding’ cellist has ...

One hundred years ago this summer, Edward Elgar completed a concerto that became one of the linchpins of classical cello repertoire. The piece was thrust into popular consciousness more than four ...

In Gramophone's February issue we celebrate the legacy and extraordinary musicianship of English cellist Jacqueline du Pré, 50 years after she made her iconic Elgar Cello Concerto recording. There's ...

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Think of a great performer like Luciano Pavarotti or Glenn Gould and chances are you think of "Nessun Dorma" and the Goldberg Variations, too. Here are the works associated with ten great performers.

Jacqueline du Pré’s offstage persona was irreverent, kind and compassionate. She had a mind that was both keenly intelligent and relentlessly curious. Onstage she was known to give everything to the ...

British composer Edward Elgar wrote his cello concerto in 1919 — soon after the end of World War I — and it's suffused with the dark weight of that war. That in itself is noteworthy, because ...

The celebrated young American cellist walks us through her recording of this "devastating" concerto written just after the end of World War I. She... Alisa Weilerstein Plays Elgar: Exploring Music ...