Ballet, Elgar (composer)
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Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Elgar: The Longed-for Light
RecommendedElgar's Music in Wartime
Simon Callow (speaker), Simon Callow (speaker) & Susan Gritton (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson
Here's a supremely enjoyable Elgar survey centred around a clutch of works composed during the Great War...Throughout, the BBC Concerto Orchestra respond with bright-eyed conviction and commendable... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68, etc.
RecommendedEnglish Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd Jones
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Building a Library, March 2005, First Choice
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Special offer. Milhaud: La création du monde - Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée - Ward: Fumes - Elgar: Enigma Variations
Philzuid, Duncan Ward
Duncan Ward’s Philharmonie Zuidnederland pace and balance these wide-eyed works admirably. —
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Haitink's first recording with the LPO proves to be one of the highlights of the set, an account of Dvorák's Cello Concerto with Maurice Gendron rich in poetry and ardour. —
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Great Violinists - Albert Sammons
RecommendedAlbert Sammons (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamilton Harty
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Spirit of England II
Martin Jones (piano)
English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, William Boughton
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Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores
Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Julian Jacobsen
The result – lovingly presented and played with consummate finesse – is like a selection box of handmade musical confectionery. What strikes you first is the seriousness and craft with which... —
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Dance!
Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
There are...treasures, all led by this charismatic musician with great verve and style in a hugely enjoyable and imaginative programme delivered with all of Hope’s customary panache. —
