GREAT RECORDINGS phase 12

BRAHMS: CELLO SONATAS
Jacqueline du Pré & Daniel Barenboim
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'The playing of Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim is quite extraordinarily expressive and beautiful and the EMI engineers find the richness and warmth for Brahms without any loss of clarity.' (Gramophone)

Award: Choc du Monde de la Musique, France

Though multiple sclerosis prematurely curtailed her career, and tragically took her life at the age of 41, Jacqueline du Pré's reputation as one of the great cellists of the 20th century is assured, not least through the few recordings she was able to make during her short career.

This CD represents both her artistry as a chamber music player and her musical (as well as marital) partnership with Daniel Barenboim in these famous studio recordings of the two Brahms Cello Sonatas.

Twenty years separate these two masterworks: the first, written in 1866, tends to take a backwards glance to Classical, if not Baroque times, while the second, on a grander scale, is far more typical of Brahms, the great Romantic composer.