Jacqueline du Pre In Portrait

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Movie Reviews of Jacqueline du Pre In Portrait

Movie Review: A Treasure for Any Music Collection
Summary: 5 Stars

Summary of Jacqueline du Pre In Portrait

Jacqueline du Pr? and the Elgar Cello Concerto, a documentary by award-winning film maker Christopher Nupen, explores the artistic personality of one of the finest performing musicians of the twentieth century, with the recurring theme of her special relationship with the Elgar's melancholy Cello Concerto. The film begins with an account of what she did after the onset of her illness when she could no longer perform in public. It ends, at her own request, with a re-edited version of the original portrait film which sketches her childhood and the development of her musical talent, her meeting with Daniel Barenboim and their marriage in 1967, her special relationship with the Elgar concerto and, finally, a complete performance of the work with The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim; a performance which has become legendary.

This DVD portrait also includes Nupen's film The Ghost, which features a performance of Beethoven's Piano Trio No. 5. This is the first in a series of Christopher Nupen films on DVD.

Future titles will include Schubert's The Trout with Jacqueline du Pr? and Andr?s Segovia in Portrait.

Picture Format: 4:3/16:9 . Subtitles: GB, D, F . Sound Format: LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1

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