Introduction and Allegro; Enigma Variations / Our Hunting Fathers (Rec 1984/86)
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ELGAR / BRITTEN
Introduction and Allegro; Enigma Variations / Our Hunting Fathers (Rec 1984/86)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
[ LPO Live / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 3 July 2005
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"Life enhancing music-making. Essential supplementary listening for devotees of Elgar and Britten. Harper and Haitink add nitro-glycerine to Britten's early masterpiece."
(MusicWeb June 2005)
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH MusicWeb June 2005
"Life enhancing music-making. Essential supplementary listening for devotees of Elgar and Britten. Harper and Haitink add nitro-glycerine to Britten's early masterpiece."
(MusicWeb June 2005)
As Principal Conductor from 1967-1979, Bernard Haitink presided over some of the London Philharmonic Orchestra's most memorable and exciting years. Live accounts of great British music by Elgar and Britten from the late 1970s and early 1980s capture the animation of this special relationship - one of the greatest in London's musical history.
Introduction and Allegro recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 27 November 1984. Our Hunting Fathers recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 14 August 1979. Enigma Variations recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 August 1986.
Tracks:
EDWARD ELGAR 1857-1934
Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra, Op.47 (1904-1905)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN 1913-1976
Our Hunting Fathers, Op.8 (1936)
Words by W.H. Auden
EDWARD ELGAR 1857-1934
Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma' for orchestra, Op.36
