Orchestral, Overtures, Elgar (composer)
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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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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.
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
As digital Falstaffs go, Sir Andrew Davis's 1995 account with the BBC SO remains arguably the front-runner. If both Elgar himself and Barbirolli impart the greater vulnerability and compassion... —
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Building a Library, March 2005, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Elgar: A Self-Portrait
Jane Irwin (mezzo soprano)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Chorus, Mark Elder
…Elder maintains a tension and sense of belief that The Music Makers very seldom receives. Beautifully balanced and superbly paced, this deeply sympathetic and intensely-felt reading is perhaps... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Sir Colin Davis Anthology
Limited Edition of 5000
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,... —
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Special offer. Sir Adrian Boult conducts Elgar & Wagner
BBC Symphony Orchestra, with BBC Chorus, Sir Adrian Boult
what treasure-trove it comprises...Not only do the BBC SO play with heartfelt commitment...but the 88-year-old Boult directs with unerring grip and thrusting vigour...So where's the rub? Well,... —
