Elgar - Cello Concerto; Sibelius - Violin Concerto (CD + DVD)
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Label: Barbirolli Society
Cat No: SJB110203
Format: CD + DVD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 14th May 2021
Contents
Artists
Jacqueline du Pre (cello)Alfredo Campoli (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Halle Orchestra
Conductor
John BarbirolliWorks
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Artists
Jacqueline du Pre (cello)Alfredo Campoli (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Halle Orchestra
Conductor
John BarbirolliAbout
Such unique associations naturally gave any performance of the work under his baton an exceptional interest, and when one encounters a performance of the Elgar Concerto by du Pré with Barbirolli conducting in Moscow in January 1967 our interest is greatly heightened. Throughout, du Pré plays seemingly without effort, with consistent beauty of tone and expressive eloquence. If Elgar’s Cello Concerto was unknown to Moscow audiences, we can hear that this utterly compelling performance left the audience spellbound.
Born in Italy in 1906 to a musical family (his father was a violin teacher, his mother a professional singer) Alfredo Campoli shared Barbirolli’s Italian heritage and English upbringing. Campoli’s career was made in Britain and spread world-wide with a series of much admired recordings on the Decca label.
Campoli was renowned for the rich singing quality of his tone, and in this 1964 performance of the Sibelius Concerto we may witness those qualities anew from the opening bars of the work. Campoli is magnificent and backs Barbirolli’s unfolding of the musical drama to the hilt: this is a ‘live’ performance, broadcast from Salford in the BBC’s International Concert Hall series – a true ‘living organism in time’, as all great music (and great music-making) should be. Soloist and conductor together give a performance of fire and concentration, often with exciting brilliance, and extremely compelling. Campoli delivers his part without showmanship but with extraordinary inner fire and intensity, displaying a wonderfully accurate technique that makes the most formidable passages evince a range of feeling and warmth of expression that may surprise some listeners.
This is a 2-disc set (CD + DVD). The CD has audio recordings of the Elgar and Sibelius performances. The DVD has the video recording of the same Sibelius performance.
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