Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture / Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1 - 5 (recorded 1926-33)
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Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture / Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1 - 5 (recorded 1926-33)
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Elgar
[ Naxos Historical Elgar Conducts Elgar / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 26 February 2011
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"No one has conducted Elgar better than Elgar himself. The daringly fast tempos, the transparency of texture, flexibility of phrasing and sheer spring in the attack that he calls out of players he knew well, are the absolute benchmarks for how this music should be performed."
(BBC Music)
"The sound is hardly state-of-the-art, but it's clear, powerful and focused, with background hiss virtually eliminated… No one has conducted Elgar better than Elgar himself. The daringly fast tempos, the transparency of texture, flexibility of phrasing and sheer spring in the attack that he calls out of players he knew well, are the absolute benchmarks for how this music should be performed."
(BBC Music)
Tracks:
Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39
