Orchestral, Incidental Music, Elgar (composer)
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Sir Edward Elgar: The Crown of India
RecommendedClare Shearer (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Barbara Marten (narrator), Deborah McAndrew (narrator) & Joanne Mitchell (narrator)
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The music… is from start to finish authentic middling Elgar, highly enjoyable and well worth revival. Gerald Finley shines as St George in 'The Rule of England', however embarrassing the words.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th November 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Falstaff, Orchestral Songs; Grania and Diarmid
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The performances of the songs are ardent, warm and full of conviction. As ever Roderick Williams sounds completely on the composer’s side. But after Falstaff it’s all too clear that they really... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Symphonique
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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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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Elgar: The Starlight Express
RecommendedElin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
While the lyrics tend to the arch or winsome, most of the music is vintage light Elgar, and beautifully performed...This is a very valuable addition to the Elgar discography. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Very Best of Military Bands
Royal Marines Band, Coldstream Guards Band, Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards Band, Scots Guards, Band of the Welsh Guards, Grenadier Guards Band
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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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Elgar: The Spirit of England, Carillon & With Proud Thanksgiving
Judith Howarth (soprano), Simon Callow (speaker)
London Symphony Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Paul’s, John Wilson, Ben Palmer
Throughout the programme Wilson proves himself to be a very successful and sensitive Elgarian. In the bombastic sections he is willing to give the orchestra their head but more impressively... —
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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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