· Edward Elgar is without doubt the most important English composer of his generation. His works are written in the idiom of late 19th-century Romanticism and are characterized by bold tunes, striking colour effects, and mastery of large forms.

· This new recording presents two of Elgar’s most important and popular orchestral works, the “Enigma Variations” and the “Cello Concerto”, music of great and universal emotional impact and scope.

· Soloist is the Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima, one of the most original and foremost musicians of his time. He has collaborated with Riccardo Muti, Yo-Yo Ma, Ivan Fischer, Viktoria Mullova, Ruggero Raimondi, Yuri Bashmet, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Giovanni Antonini, Ottavio Dantone, Stefano Bollani, and with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Moscow Soloists, Berlin Konzerthausorchester, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Il Giardino Armonico, Accademia Bizantina, Holland Baroque Society and Budapest Festival Orchestra.

· Filippo Arlia is one of the most brilliant and versatile musicians of today. He is conductor and founder of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria.