Special offer. Elgar: A Self-Portrait
Jane Irwin (mezzo soprano)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Chorus, Mark Elder
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
…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...
Special offer. Elgar: A Self-Portrait
Jane Irwin (mezzo soprano)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Chorus, Mark Elder
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
…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...
About
'The Orchestra's playing and the Hallé Choir's singing blazed with conviction and Jane Irwin was in rich voice as the mezzo soloist.'
(The Sunday Telegraph, reviewing the live performance)
Contents and tracklist
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
Prelude
Track length11:26
This track is only available as an album download.
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineAwards Issue 2005Editor's Choice
September 2005
…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 the most convincing I have ever heard. The couplings, especially an unusually cogent and exciting Froissart, are a delight to hear.
Awards Issue 2005
The centrepiece is The Music Makers, here given a performance that is above all refined, with the full-ranging recording bringing out the subtlety of Elgar's orchestration.
Elder, an inspired Elgarian who has a special relationship with this music
