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Elgar Conducts Elgar-The complete recordings 1914-1925

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-12-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Carissima; The Sanguine Fan, ballet, Op. 81; The Fringes of the Fleet, pieces (4) for baritone solo, 3 baritones & orchestra; Carillon, Op. 75; Polonia, Op. 76; Starlight Express, Op. 7...
Performers: Hall, Marie; Harrison, Beatrice; Mott, Charles; Nicholls, Agnes
Conductors: Elgar, Edward, Sir

Andrew Neill writes in his note: "Edward Elgar became an early star of the gramophone and the recordings he made (and supervised) between 1914 and...continue...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

The Composers Conduct

2 CD / Widescreen / 2010-11-05

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Concerto for Piano in G major; Albert Roussel: Le Festin de l'araignée, ballet, Op. 17; Le jardin mouillé, for voice & piano, Op. 3/3; Invocation, for mezzo-so...
Performers: Croiza, Claire; Long, Marguerite; Roussel, Albert
Conductors: Ravel, Maurice; Roussel, Albert; Schmitt, Florent; Elgar, Edward, Sir

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
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The Great Violin Concertos - Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, et al / Yehudi Menuhin

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C major ("Il piacere"; "Il Cimento" no 6), Op. 8; Concerto for Violin in C m...
Performers: Bennett, William; Cocker, Paul; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Malcolm, George; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Menuhin, Yehudi; Silvestri, Constantin; Kurtz, Efrem; Enescu, George; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Wöldike, Mogens; Boulez...
Ensemble: ; Bath Festival Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Lysy; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Polish Chamber Orchestr...

This elegant 10-CD boxed set contains the greatest violin concerto recordings from Menuhin's extensive catalog, the absolute cream of the crop, including Vivaldi's Four Seasons;...continue...

Composers in Person

22 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38; Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39; Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43; A Bit Drunk (Kicsit ázottan), burlesque for piano n...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bartok, Bela; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Croiza, Claire; C...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Hindemith, Paul; Khachaturian, Aram; Honegger, Arthur; Straram, Walther; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Coppola, Piero; Glazunov, Alexander; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Pfitzner, Hans; Milhaud, ...
Ensemble: ; Percurama Percussion Ensemble

These 22 CDs offer a stunning range of modern composers performing their own works either on the piano, organ or violin, or else from behind...continue...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Elegy for Strings, Op. ...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Ben-Tovim, Atarah; Borg, Kim; Bramma, Harry; Cahill, Teresa; Case, John Carol; Chapman, Michael; Cook, Brian R...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Groves, Charles, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Collingwood, Lawrance; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Robinson, Christopher; del Mar, Norman; Hal...
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

Following the releases of the Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert Collector's Edition Boxed sets, EMI Classics is now proud to present the Elgar Collector's Edition. To...continue...

Elgar Conducts Elgar

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-10-09

Works: Edward Elgar: Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Cello; Nursery Suite
Performers: Harrison, Beatrice; Walker, Gordon
Conductors: Elgar, Edward, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
... Dutton's revised transfers of these three works specially valuable, particularly the 1928 recording of the Cello Concerto with Beatrice Harrison. It now has...continue...

British Composers Conduct on Acoustic

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-10-09

Works: Frederic H. Cowen: Butterfly's Ball, concert overture for orchestra; Frank Bridge: The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100; Gustav Holst: Beni Mora, oriental suite for orchestra, Op. 29/1, H. 107; Charl...
Performers: Barratt, Harry; Beckwith, Arthur; Henry, Frederick; Mott, Charles; Stewart, Frederick; Williams, Harold
Conductors: Cowen, Frederic H.; Bridge, Frank; Holst, Gustav; Stanford, Charles V.; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Ronald, Landon

Elgar: Symphonies no 1 & 2, etc / London PO, et al

5 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2007-04-24

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Elegy for Strings, Op. 58; Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Froi...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Cameron, Alexander; Chambers, John; Friend, Rodney [Violin]; Willison, John
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Ronald, Landon; Handley, Vernon

"Most of the recordings have been issued before, but a handful -- Baker's Sea Pictures and Mackerras' Imperial March -- have rarely if ever been...continue...

Bruch: Violin Concertos / Menuhin, Ronald, London SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) Import / 1999-11-16

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61
Performers: Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Ronald, Landon; Elgar, Edward, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Yehudi Menuhin was 15 years- and 16 years-old respecively for these recordings of the Bruch and Elgar Violin Concertos. In transfering these recordings, engineer Mark...continue...