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Jacqueline du Pré was recognized during her brief prime as one of the supreme cellists of the 20th century, with an intense commitment and a well-honed technical mastery to back up her heaven-sent talents. She seemed to inhabit every piece she played and the public responded joyfully to her interpretations of such concertos as the Elgar and the Schumann, as well as the sonatas of Beethoven, Brahms, Franck et al. She was also at the centre of an extraordinary group of young friends who set the classical musical agenda for the 1960s. The way her career was snatched away from her by a remorseless illness, leading to her early death, has inevitably cast a romantic glow over her life story. So it is salutary to visit or revisit this treasury of her recordings - almost all of them painstakingly remastered from the original tapes, and including previously unissued performances - and remind ourselves just how great she was. Album Tracks 1. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 I. Prélude 2. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 II. Allemande 3. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 III. Courante 4. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 IV. Sarabande 5. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 V. Menuetto I & II 6. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 VI. Gigue 7. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 I. Prélude 8. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 II. Allemande 9. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 III. Courante 10. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 IV. Sarabande 11. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 V. Menuetto I & II 12. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 VI. Gigue 13. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65 II. Scherzo. Pizzicato 14. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65 IV. Marcia 15. 7 Canciones populares españolas No. 1, El paño moruno (Arr. Maréchal for Cello and Piano) 16. 7 Canciones populares e
