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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Collector's Edition: The Masterpieces (30 CDs at a special price)
Vernon Handley / Adrian Boult / Sir John Barbirolli / Janet Baker / Robert Tear / Charles Groves / Jacqueline du Pre / etc

[ EMI Classics / 30 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Thursday 1 January 2009

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.

NOTE: Unfortunately the booklet has some hand written marks on several of the pages

Tracks:

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

Three Bavarian Dances
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
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Overture in D minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Carillon
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
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
Music Group of London

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 Apostles and the Kingdom
An Illustrated Introduction by Sir Adrian Boult (2006 remaster)

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
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

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
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

Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar

and much much more