Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures

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Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London 19th August 1965 Janet Baker - Sea Pictures/ Sir John Barbirolli conducting London Symphony Orchestra Jacqueline Du Pre's career lasted just 11 years, but within that space of time she achieved a reputation as one of the finest cellists of the twentieth century. Not long afer her debut in 1961, at the age of 16, she played the Elgar Cello Concerto in public for the first time with great success. In August 1965 she recorded the work for HMV. Her conductor was