ON THS DAY | Elgar's Cello Concerto Premiered On This Day in 1919

The concerto did not achieve wide popularity until the 1960s when a recording by Jacqueline du Pre caught the public imagination and became a classical best-seller

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Edward Elgar Cello Concerto

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 premiered on this day in 1919.

The first performance was given by Felix Salmond, with Elgar conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

JACQEULINE DU PRE | ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO IN E MINOR  | DANIEL BARENBOIM & LONDON PHILHARMONIC 

 

Elgar: Cello Concerto & Sea Pictures |CD|

Jacqueline du Pré

Janet Baker

Sir John Barbirolli & London Symphony Orchestra

Release Date: September 18, 2015

Warner Classics