du Pre, Barenboim BEETHOVEN CELLO Angel 3823 3LP sealed
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Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - THE FIVE CELLO SONATAS OF BEETHOVEN - Angel SCB-3823 3LP Box - BEST!
I only saw her perform twice.
On stage, when she walked out, you'd swear she was mainline Connecticut.
Maybe a Vassar girl, Bryn Mawr. Then, well, she'd start to play, and go entirely someplace else.
Looking down, leaning over the front of her cello, she would at first scowl at the bowing, as if to beg more of the notes. Her head would bob, her face aglare, her eyes saying, "Where are you?!!"
Helpless in our seats, we were mere witnesses to the great battle on. But then it came---oh yes---she knew it would, she now helpless, slowly leaning back, chin floating up and to the side, eyes closed, legs splayed, astride upon the song… Alas, Jacqueline du Pre only played this way for a very short time. She was mercilessly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which robbed her talent and eventually took her life at the age of 42.
This is her Beethoven, complete. It is especially notable because Barenboim is at piano, an artist who partnered so very well with her.
Their boxed set, factory sealed, first seeing light of day in your hands.
Among us, surely, are great artists who stand by the fire. But only a few, a scant few, step right in.
Note that the shrink is popped on the spine.
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33 RPM, LP
