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Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Enigma Variations, Cello Concerto, Marches – LSO Live
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Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Enigma Variations, Cello Concerto, Marches

Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Enigma Variations, Cello Concerto, Marches

  • Catalogue Number LSO0572
    UPC 0822231157229

    Released 24 November 2023

    Producers
    James Mallinson (Symphonies, Intro & Allegro, Enigma Variations)
    John Boyden (Cello Concerto, Marches)
    Andrew Cornall (Tallis Fantasia)

    Engineers
    Classic Sound Ltd (Intro & Allegro, Enigma Variations, Tallis Fantasia)
    Tony Faulkner (Symphonies)
    Tryggvi Tryggvason (Cello Concerto, Marches)

    Recorded
    2001 (Symphonies), 2005 (Intro & Allegro), 2007 (Enigma Variations), and 2020 (Tallis Fantasia) in the Barbican Hall, London, and in 1988 at Walthamstow Town Hall, London (Cello Concerto, Marches)

    Format
    4 CD in cartonsleeves in clamshell digibox
    Booklet in English, French & German

    Compatible with all CD players

  • ***** “Their Enigma is one of the most beautifully played I can recall, and certainly one of the most moving accounts … This superlative performance is coupled with an equally dazzling account of the Introduction & Allegro”
    – Sunday Times (Elgar: Enigma Variations, Introduction & Allegro)

    ***** “The first symphony sounds terrific and Davis’s ripe, expansive reading is deeply satisfying (*****). The second symphony is if anything even better”
    – Mail On Sunday (Elgar: Symphony No. 2)

    ***** “a radical version that sweeps away preconceived notions about the work. The headiness of Davis’s approach is matched by the lushness of the LSO’s playing and a sumptuous recording”
    – The Guardian (Elgar: Symphony No. 2)

£21.99

London Symphony Orchestra 

Since the London Symphony Orchestra’s foundation in 1904, the music and spirit of Sir Edward Elgar have lived in the Orchestra’s blood. Elgar conducted the LSO during its very first 1904–5 season of concerts, and the Orchestra’s first Principal Conductor, Hans Richter, was a devoted champion of the composer’s music both at home and abroad.

Combining a remastered collection of the LSO’s finest Elgar recordings, this album demonstrates the enduring significance of the composer’s work for the LSO, and showcases performances by conductors Barry Tuckwell, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Sir Colin Davis and Sir Antonio Pappano. The album features critically acclaimed, award-winning recordings of Elgar’s Symphonies Nos 1–3, alongside orchestral favourites including Elgar's "Enigma" Variations, Cello Concerto, Imperial March and Pomp & Circumstance Marches.

Composer  
Sir Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor  
Sir Colin Davis, Barry Tuckwell, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Sir Antonio Pappano
Performers  
London Symphony Orchestra, Felix Schmidt (Cello)
Track list

Disc 1

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55 [Remastered]
Sir Colin Davis

  1. I. Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro
  2. II. Allegro molto
  3. III. Adagio
  4. IV. Lento - Allegro

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, Op. 39
Barry Tuckwell

  1. III. March No. 3 in C Minor
  2. II. March No. 2 in A Minor
  3. V. March No. 5 in C Major

Disc 2

Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 63 [Remastered]
Sir Colin Davis

  1. I. Allegro vivace e nobilmente
  2. II. Larghetto
  3. III. Rondo. Presto
  4. IV. Moderato e maestoso

Elgar: Coronation March, Op. 65
Barry Tuckwell

  1. Coronation March, Op. 65

Elgar: Imperial March, Op. 32
Barry Tuckwell

  1. Imperial March, Op. 32

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, Op. 39
Barry Tuckwell

  1. I. March No. 1 in D Major

Disc 3

Elgar: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 88 (posth.) [Remastered]
Sketches elaborated by Anthony Payne
Sir Colin Davis

  1. I. Allegro molto maestoso
  2. II. Scherzo. Allegretto
  3. III. Adagio solenne
  4. IV. Allegro

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sir Antonio Pappano

  1. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, Op. 39
Barry Tuckwell

  1. IV. March No. 4 in G Major

Disc 4

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
Sir Colin Davis

  1. Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47

Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma"
Sir Colin Davis

  1. Theme (Andante)
  2. I. C.A.E. (L'istesso tempo)
  3. II. H.D.S-P. (Allegro)
  4. III. R.B.T. (Allegretto)
  5. IV. W.M.B. (Allegro di molto)
  6. V. R.P.A. (Moderato)
  7. VI. Ysobel (Andantino)
  8. VII. Troyte (Presto)
  9. VIII. W.N. (Allegretto)
  10. IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
  11. X. Intermezzo. Dorabella (Allegretto)
  12. XI. G.R.S. (Allegro di molto)
  13. XII. B.G.N. (Andante)
  14. XIII. Romanza. *** (Moderato)
  15. XIV. Finale. E.D.U. (Allegro)

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Felix Schmidt

  1. I. Adagio - Moderato
  2. II. Lento - Allegro molto
  3. III. Adagio
  4. IV. Finale. Allegro

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