Sir Edward Elgar
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Special offer. Elgar Remastered
By Lani Spahr
Beatrice Harrison (cello), Princess Victoria H.R.H. (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Festival Choir, Sir Edward Elgar, Lawrance Collingwood
So many details in the First Symphony stand out as never before. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Special offer. Elgar: From the Archives, Vol. 1
Marjorie Hayward (violin), Una Bourne (piano)
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, The London String Quartet, New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar, Henry Wood
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The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2009
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Building a Library, October 2016, Historic Choice
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Special offer. Elgar conducts Elgar
RecommendedBeatrice Harrison (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2008
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Yehudi Menuhin: The Great Violin Concertos
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe, Constantini Silvestri, Walter Susskind, Efrem Kurtz, Sir Edward Elgar
He was a child prodigy whose early virtuosity blossomed into genius, unmatched throughout his life by any of his contemporaries……...He was one of the greatest violinists of the century. —
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Enigma Variations
RecommendedYehudi Menuhin (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra & Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar
a passing of the musical baton from one generation to the next if ever there was one, and a very moving one at that. Elgar's reading is an aptly broad, reflective one, while Menuhin's playing... —
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Building a Library, July 2001, Historic Choice
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The Menuhin Century - The Historic Recordings
Yehudi Menuhin (violin, narrator, viola), Abraham Makarov (piano), Stéphane Grappelli (violin, piano), Alan Clare (piano), Chris Karan (drums), Lennie Bush (double bass), Ken Baldock (double bass), Tony Crombie (drums), Ike Issacs (guitar), Ronnie Verrell (drums), Max Harris (piano), Jan Blok (guitar),...
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