That brilliant keyboard player Iain Farrington – pianist and organist – features as pianist in his own revelatory version of Elgar’s Concert Allegro for piano, in a version for piano and orchestra recorded with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Vass. Written in 1901, the Concert Allegro was long forgotten until it was rediscovered and performed in 1969. Written for Fanny Davies as a ‘Concerto (without orchestra)’, Elgar is reported to have considered recasting it as a work for piano and orchestra, and in realising this intention Iain Farrington has given us music not only brilliant and powerful in its piano writing but also emphasising the broad second tune. Iain Farrington playing his transcription of Elgar’s Second Symphony for piano solo is a triumph, brilliantly conceived and powerfully executed.