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| |  | Orchestral Favourites Volume VI - Elgar's Nursery Suite
“A highly enjoyable disc of gentle, intimate music which is highly recommended.” Elgar Society Journal “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 booklet notes are a model of their kind.” MusicWeb International, August 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | A Portrait of Elgar
Elgar: | Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Froissart Overture, Op. 19 Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 Dream Children, Op. 43 Salut d'amour, Op. 12 Contrasts, Op. 10 No. 3 Rosemary Nursery Suite Mazurka, Op. 10 No. 1 Sérénade lyrique Carissima May Song Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 Elegy for strings, Op. 58 Sospiri, Op. 70 Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 Suite from the Spanish Lady, op. 89 Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b Bavarian Dances (3) |
“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 as the ideal introduction. This production stands strongly recommended.” Fanfare “The set as a whole can be heartily commended to newcomers to Elgar’s music, and despite the fact that many of the most important works are missing – no symphonies, no concertos – they give a pretty comprehensive view of his orchestral works outside that sphere.” MusicWeb International, August 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | London Philharmonic Orchestra plays Elgar
Elgar: | Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 recorded 1972 Sir Georg Solti Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 recorded 1980 Vernon Handley Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1985 Sir Charles Mackerras Sea Pictures, Op. 37 recorded live 1984 Dame Janet Baker (contralto) Vernon Handley Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 recorded 1954 Alfredo Campoli (violin) Sir Adrian Boult Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 recorded 1972 Paul Tortelier (cello) Sir Adrian Boult Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 recorded 1956 Sir Adrian Boult The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 recorded 1973 Sir Adrian Boult Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 recorded 1972 Sir Adrian Boult Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 recorded 1967 Sir Adrian Boult Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 recorded 1967 Sir Adrian Boult Froissart Overture, Op. 19 recorded 1933 Sir Edward Elgar Elegy for strings, Op. 58 recorded 1933 Sir Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' recorded 1976 Sir Georg Solti Contrasts, Op. 10 No. 3 recorded 1933 Sir Edward Elgar Coronation March, Op. 65 recorded 1935 Sir Landon Ronald Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 recorded 1933 Sir Edward Elgar In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 recorded 1979 Sir Georg Solti Imperial March, Op. 32 recorded 1975 Sir Charles Mackerras |
32-page booklet includes photographs of the conductors at work, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Elgar. “Most cherishable of all is a Sea Pictures with Janet Baker and Vernon Handley, a live recording from 1984 that was rescued from the Capital Radio archives; it's a wonderful alternative to the much-loved LSO/Barbirolli version. Baker's voice is still gloriously rich, and the live occasion inspires a performance of great urgency and intensity. A wonderfully rich collection that all Elgarians should try to hear.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2007 “... the other performance conducted by Handley is a gem ... a live performance of Janet Baker singing Sea Pictures .... Baker is on radiant form passionately engaged and in superb voice too…” International Record Review, June 2007 “....special interest attaches to a previously unreleased recording of the Sea Pictures by Janet Baker …” The Observer, April 2007 “What a brilliant idea of the LPO to gather together Elgar recordings from many different sources, some rare and unexpected. They range from the composer's recordings with the newly founded LPO to Sir Charles Mackerras and Vernon Handley in the 1980s. Most Elgarians will know the great majority, but it is many years since the Campoli recording of the Violin Concerto, fresh and urgent, was freely available.
The nobility in 'Sabbath Morning at Sea' is heart-stopping, from full-throated richness down to a hushed pianissimo on 'brooded soft on waters deep', and the attack in 'The Swimmer' is thrilling. Handley beautifully conjures up the surge of the sea in the brilliant orchestration.
Sir Adrian Boult is the principal contributor to the set in recordings from a number of labels.
The excellent transfer gives wonderful body to the mono recording of the Violin Concerto while Falstaff, Boult's 1956 Nixa recording, has a restricted frequency range but still reveals plenty of detail, the close chilling. It is good, too, to have Paul Tortelier's warm and steadily paced reading of the Cello Concerto, and Handley's noble CfP version of the Second Symphony is valuable for the use of organ to reinforce the bass at a key point in the finale. Mackerras's Imperial March, made for Reader's Digest, is a rarity, and his other contribution, a 1985 Enigma Variations (EMI Eminence), brings an unusually slow 'Nimrod'.
It is good to have Elgar's own beautiful account of the Serenade for Strings, spacious in the slow movement, and his Froissart. From the 1930s, too, an excellent Coronation March by Sir Landon Ronald sounds wonderfully rich for the period. Solti's Decca recordings have tingling clarity and brilliance, warmth and panache.
A wonderfully rich collection that all Elgarians should try to hear. Praise must go to the transfer engineers.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $34.00) | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Elgar- The Collector’s Edition
anon.: | God Save The Queen (arr. Elgar) | Elgar: | Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 Allegri Quartet Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Elegy for strings, Op. 58 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Sospiri, Op. 70 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Froissart Overture, Op. 19 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Dame Janet Baker London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 David Parkhouse Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Hugh Bean (violin) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Nursery Suite Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Severn Suite, Op. 87 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Crown of India, Op. 66: Suite Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Coronation March, Op. 65 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Bavarian Dances (3) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, Op. 86 (after Bach, BWV 537) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Overture in D minor (after Handel, HWV247) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Carillon, Op. 75 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 - Incidental Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Polonia London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Imperial March, Op. 32 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Empire March David Bell London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Beau Brummel Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Collingwood Dream Children, Op. 43 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Collingwood Salut d'amour, Op. 12 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Collingwood Minuet Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner May Song Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Rosemary Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Romance, Op. 62 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Sevillana Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Sérénade lyrique Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Mazurka, Op. 10 No. 1 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Sérénade mauresque, Op. 10 No. 2 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Contrasts, Op. 10 No. 3 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Carissima Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Mina Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 John Ogdon (piano) Allegri Quartet String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 Allegri Quartet Serenade for piano John Ogdon (piano) Concert Allegro, Op. 46 Allegri Quartet The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Richard Lewis (Tenor) & Kim Borg (Bass) Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers & Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli The Apostles, Op. 49 Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), Helen Watts (Contralto), Robert Tear (Tenor), Benjamin Luxon (Baritone), Clifford Grant (Bass) & John Carol Case (Baritone) Downe House School Choir, London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult The Kingdom, Op. 51 Dame Margaret Price (Soprano), Yvonne Minton (Contralto), Alexander Young (Tenor) & John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone) London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Coronation Ode, Op. 44 Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto), Richard Morton (Tenor) & Stephen Roberts (Baritone) Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Band of the Royal Military School of Music & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi' Margaret Marshall (Soprano), Helen Watts (Contralto), Robin Leggate (Tenor) & John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone) Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves The Black Knight, Op. 25 Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf Teresa Cahill (Soprano), Philip Langridge (Tenor) & Brian Rayner Cook (Baritone) London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Spanish Serenade 'Stars of the Summer Night' Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves The Snow Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Fly singing bird Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Caractacus, Op. 35 Peter Glossop (Baritone), Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), Robert Tear (Tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (Baritone), Malcolm King (Bass) & Richard Suart (Bass) Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Caractacus, Op. 35 Peter Glossop (Baritone), Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), Robert Tear (Tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (Baritone), Malcolm King (Bass) & Richard Suart (Bass) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult The Banner of St George London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Benedictus, Op. 34 No. 2 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Te Deum laudamus, Op. 34, No. 1 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Great is the Lord (Psalm XLVIII), Op. 67 Stephen Roberts (Baritone) London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox The Spirit of England, Op. 80 Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano) London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Give unto the Lord (Psalm XXIX), Op. 74 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox O hearken Thou, Op. 64 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Land of Hope and Glory (arr. Arthur Fagge) London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 No. 1 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Ave Maria, Op. 2 No. 2 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Ave maris stella, Op. 2 No. 3 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Vesper Voluntaries, Op. 14 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Angelus Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Organ Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 28 Herbert Sumsion (organ) The Music Makers, Op. 69 Dame Janet Baker London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Starlight Express, Op. 78 Valerie Masterson (Soprano) & Derek Hammond-Stroud (Baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Scenes (6) from the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27 Pleading, Op. 48 No. 1 Three Songs, Op. 59 Two Songs Op. 60 (The Torch; The River) Two Part-songs Op. 71 My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land Op. 18 No. 3 Five Part-songs from The Greek Anthology, Op. 45 The Wanderer The Reveille Op. 54 Four Part-songs Op. 53 Jerusalem Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor, Op. 39 No. 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39 No. 3 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C major, Op. 39 No. 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 - Prelude Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Five Piano Improvisations Sir Edward Elgar Salut d'amour, Op. 12 New Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 (Trio) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar |
Also includes 'The Apostles and the Kingdom - An Illustrated Introduction by Sir Adrian Boult' (2006 remaster)
Elgar is the quintessential English composer. He is loved as our Shakespeare of music, and we turn to him at times of solemn remembrance and national rejoicing. This edition, released to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth, presents all the major orchestral, choral, chamber and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in interpretations by the 20th century’s finest Elgarians. All your favourite Elgar is here, in over 32 hours of music on 30 CDs. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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