Deryk Barker wrote:

>Irene Scopelliti ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>>Does anyone agree with me that Jaqueline du Pre's performance of Elgar
>>cello conc.  is the greatest one above all?
>
>Yes, lots of people, although I'm not one of them.  I still think that the
>1928 recording by Beatrice Harrison and the composer has the edge.

I'm also an Elgarian who has never gone overboard over Du Pre's
Elgar Concerto.  My reaction is that it's good *if you like it done like
that*, which I don't.  Deryk mentions Harrison with Elgar and I share
his veneration for that.  I also like, as does Roger Hecht, Navarre with
Barbirolli.  Another favourite of mine is Tortelier with Boult.  Among more
recent recordings there is a lot to be said for Julian Lloyd-Webber with
Menhuin of fond memory.  I prefer all of those to Du Pre.

Tony Duggan
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom.