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Special offer. Barry Wordsworth Conducts Elgar

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

Barry Wordsworth Conducts Elgar
The programme's a generous one, with the Royal Philharmonic sounding in eminently healthy fettle...But there's precious little about these performances that lingers in the memory. Take Cockaigne:...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2012

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

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The programme's a generous one, with the Royal Philharmonic sounding in eminently healthy fettle...But there's precious little about these performances that lingers in the memory. Take Cockaigne:...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2012

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Brand new recordings of Elgar, one of Britain’s finest composers, by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and distinguished British conductor Barry Wordsworth.

Includes the complete Pomp and Circumstance Marches.

Recorded last year at the RPO’s London home, Cadogan Hall.

Contents and tracklist

Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'
Work length16:28
Excerpt,Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Work length1:32
Theme. Andante
Track length1:32
Elgar: Variation 1
Work length2:02
C. A. E. (the Composer's Wife) —
Track length2:02
Excerpt,Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Work length2:25
Variation 2: H. D. S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell) —
Track length0:52
Variation 3: R. B. T. (Richard Baxter Townshend) —
Track length1:33
Elgar: Variation 4
Work length0:32
W. M. B. (William Meath Baker) —
Track length0:32
Excerpt,Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Work length2:13
Variation 5: R. P. A. (Richard Penrose Arnold) —
Track length2:13
Elgar: Variation 6
Work length1:18
Ysobel (Isabel Fitton) —
Track length1:18
Elgar: Variation 7
Work length1:03
Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
Track length1:03
Elgar: Variation 8
Work length2:08
W. N. — (Winifred Norbury)
Track length2:08
Elgar: Variation 9
Work length4:10
Nimrod (a. J. Jaeger) —
Track length4:10
Excerpt,Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Work length3:51
Variation 10: Intermezzo. Dorabella (Dora Penny) —
Track length2:47
Variation 11: G. R. S. (George Robertson Sinclair)
Track length1:04
Elgar: Variation 12
Work length2:51
B. G. N. (Basil G. Nevinson) —
Track length2:51
Elgar: Variation 13
Work length2:55
Romanza. (Lady Mary Lygon) —
Track length2:55
Elgar: Variation 14
Work length5:59
Finale. E. D. U. (the Composer)
Track length5:59
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39
Work length25:01
No. 1 in D Major
Track length6:07
No. 2 in A Minor
Track length2:38
No. 3 in C Minor
Track length5:38
No. 4 in G Major
Track length5:03
No. 5 in C Major
Track length5:35

Awards and reviews

September 2012

The programme's a generous one, with the Royal Philharmonic sounding in eminently healthy fettle...But there's precious little about these performances that lingers in the memory. Take Cockaigne: Wordsworth certainly knows his way around the metropolis but neither is he, in all honesty, the most personable nor illuminating guide.

4th August 2012

The Cadogan acoustic lets individual voices shine through in an account of Cockaigne bursting with lively vulgarity. Cornets and trombones are extra-prominent. It bounces along, and Wordsworth doesn’t overdo the tiny stops and starts.
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