Jacqueline Du Pre

Jacqueline du Pré In Portrait - Films by Christopher Nupen (2012) [DVD9 NTSC] {Allegro Films}
DVD9 -> 7.04 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 / 4:3 | English Dolby AC3, 2 ch | ~ 150 m | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 109 Mb | 5% repair rar | subs: German, French, Spanish
© 2012 Allegro Films / Argos Prod. / Christopher Nupen Films | A 14CN D
Classical / Documentary / Сoncerts

This is a re-issue, in an improved version, of Christopher Nupens best-selling DVD previously released through Opus Arte it now appears on the Christopher Nupen Films label for the first time. As usual with Christopher Nupen DVDs, this one contains two films: the famous portrait film of Jacqueline du Prй which includes the complete Elgar cello Concerto in a performance which has become legendary and a performance film, The Ghost (Beethovens Trio Op. 70 No. 1) with Daniel Barenboim and Pinchas Zukerman; described by the French opera and film director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle as the most successful translation of musical performance onto the screen that he had ever seen. And, also as usual with Christopher Nupen films, these are lit, shot and edited in the style of cinema film, not television. The results are visually impressive and totally unlike what usually appears on television screens an important, defining characteristic of this DVD.

With the appearance of the excellent "les intouvables" collection of du Pre's EMI recordings, a codification which includes a sampling of most everything, why on earth would one opt to glance at the individual selections? The reasons are twofold: First, with the collection one may hear the works together, never fully appreciating their accomplishments individually and that in order to experience the mastery and history of the recordings one might choose to hear them separately. Second, the works as separately released also carry in addition to a complete chronolgic and historic arrangement (see e.g., the last Haydn concerto), the individual recordings coprise additional works meant to be included within their respective final format.