Offer,Elgar: The Starlight Express
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
While the lyrics tend to the arch or winsome, most of the music is vintage light Elgar, and beautifully performed...This is a very valuable addition to the Elgar discography. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week5th November 2012
Contents
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: Song. To the Children (Organ-Grinder)
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Roderick Williams
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: In the village of Bourcelles…
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: Just then a lamplighter…
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: At that time, Henry had told him about the old railway
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: … the mother of them all
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: Oh! But I'm forgetting the most important one of all
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: They were always eager to hear his poetry
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: And suddenly a new, enormous thing stirred in their father's heart
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: As though on cue
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow
Elgar: The Starlight Express, Op. 78, Act I: To the Children. That's odd, said Mother
- Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Callow, Peter Thomas