Elgar - Rosemary
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Orchestral » Overtures
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Elgar Remastered
By Lani Spahr
Beatrice Harrison (cello), Princess Victoria H.R.H. (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Festival Choir, Sir Edward Elgar, Lawrance Collingwood
So many details in the First Symphony stand out as never before. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Elgar: The Longed-for Light
RecommendedElgar's Music in Wartime
Simon Callow (speaker), Simon Callow (speaker) & Susan Gritton (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson
Here's a supremely enjoyable Elgar survey centred around a clutch of works composed during the Great War...Throughout, the BBC Concerto Orchestra respond with bright-eyed conviction and commendable... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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The Elgar Edition: The Complete Electrical Recordings
RecommendedSteuart Wilson (Gerontius), Margaret Balfour (Angel), Herbert Heyner (The Priest/The Angel of the Agony), Tudor Davies (Gerontius), Horace Stevens (The Angel of the Agony), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Margaret Balfour (contralto), Beatrice Harrison (cello), Sir Edward Elgar (piano)
London Symphony...
This 9-disc set gathers all of the recordings of Elgar himself conducting (mainly with the LSO), including the Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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These fine pieces are expertly done by Peter Pettinger… full marks to Chandos. —
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All in all, with its full-bodied playing and open emotions, this is an album that should redefine what it means to be ‘very British’. —
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…the principal focus of this disc is the composer's solo piano arrangement of the Enigma Variations, and unlikely as it might seem the music sound surprisingly effective in this form. …Wass... —
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Orchestral Favourites Volume VI - Elgar's Nursery Suite
English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton
This is really a very worthwhile survey of the lighter Elgar, and the performances are up there with the best. The recording is naturally resonant but has plenty of presence, and David Threasher’s... —
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Boughton elicits solid, brilliant, feeling performances ... As these performances meld something of Boult's propulsion and body with an approximation of Barbirolli's swing, they might serve... —
