Since you are interested in Elgar: Cello Concerto / Enigma Variations / Froissart / Starlight Express / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / PROKOFIEV / TANEYEV / CUI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art OF Oda Slobodskaya - The Decca & Rymington van Wyck recordings Oda Slobodskaya (soprano) & Ivor Newton (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Born in 1888, the Russian soprano Oda Slobodskaya won a scholarship for secondary education but, having completed her schooling, to her displeasure, found herself working with her parents in a second hand clothes shop. |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Savitri / 7 Part-Songs / Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda / etc Osian Ellis (harp) Janet Baker, Robert Tear & Thomas Helmsley / The Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This classic performance will be difficult to better...Janet Baker gives a radiant and most moving interpretation of the title role" (Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - July 2011) |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Pineapple Poll / Henry VII / Victoria and Merrie England Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "its glowing ambience casts a pleasing bloom over the spirited and elegantly polished playing of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Mackerras conducts with great warmth" Penguin Guide (Pineapple Poll) |