Building a Library, Elgar (composer)
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Elgar: Violin Concerto
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Little and Davis steer a near-perfect path between the English stoicism and continental passion that lies at the heart of this glorious score. Positioned naturally against the orchestra, Little... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, October 2021, Also Recommended
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Solti seems freed from emotional inhibitions, with every climax superbly thrust home and the hushed intensity of the glorious slow movement captured magnificently on CD — More…
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Building a Library, April 2006, Mid-Price Choice
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The main focus of this disc from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé is an outstanding recording of the First Symphony, but I chose it here mainly because of the first-rate account of In the South.... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2009
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Building a Library, October 2016, Historic Choice
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Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 RecommendedStaatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
This is a superb, in fact I feel justified in calling it a great, Elgar Two. It's difficult to know where to start in listings its excellences...But one must start and finish with Barenboim's... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2015, First Choice
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Elgar: Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68, etc.
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
As digital Falstaffs go, Sir Andrew Davis's 1995 account with the BBC SO remains arguably the front-runner. If both Elgar himself and Barbirolli impart the greater vulnerability and compassion... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2005, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Building a Library, March 2001, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Enigma Variations
RecommendedYehudi Menuhin (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra & Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar
a passing of the musical baton from one generation to the next if ever there was one, and a very moving one at that. Elgar's reading is an aptly broad, reflective one, while Menuhin's playing... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2001, Historic Choice
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