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Elgar: The Longed-for Light - Elgar's Music in Wartime / Susan Gritton, soprano; BBC Concert Orch., Wilson

1 CD / SOMM / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Polonia, Op. 76; Carillon, Op. 75; Sospiri; Une voix dans le désert, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 77; Carissima; Le drapeau belge, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 79; Rosemary ("Tha...
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Wilson, John

Recording information: Watford Colosseum (02/13/2012-02/15/2012)....continue...

Elgar: The Fringes of the Fleet

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: John Ansell: Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture), for orchestra; Windjammer Overture, for pops orchestra; Edward Elgar: The Fringes of the Fleet, pieces (4) for baritone solo, 3 baritones & orchestra;...
Performers: Lester, Nicholas; Meikle, Laurence; Rock, Duncan; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Higgins, Tom

The major work on this recording is Elgar's The Fringes of the Fleet, here receiving its first fully professional orchestral recording in 92 years....continue...
Recording information: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London NW3 (05/09/2009/05/10/2009)....continue...

Beecham Collection - Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma", etc

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D major, G 490; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Zémire et Azor, opera in 4 acts; Spoken Word: Work(s); Franz Liszt: Die Lorelei, song for voice & orchestra, ...
Performers: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Civil, Alan; Raisbeck, Rosina
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

A concert program of works such as these featured on this recording was familiar fare in the Beecham years. The Boccherini and Gretry come from...continue...

Elgar: Enigma Variations, Sea Pictures, In the South / Weldon, Philharmonia Orchestra, London SO

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Sea Pictures, Op. 37; Enigma Variations
Conductors: Weldon, George
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

George Weldon had a colorful career as a conductor. He was the very popular chief conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra until he...continue...

New Horizons - Karg-Ellert transcription of Elgar: Symphony no 1, etc / Mark Bebbington

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Alan Bush: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in B minor, Op. 2
Performers: Bebbington, Mark

Your eyes have not deceived you. Indeed, this is a piano transcription of the Elgar First. Following its premiere, the demand for the Symphony was...continue...

Kodály: Music Makers, etc; Elgar / Oxford Orchestra, etc

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Sarolta Kodály: Kodály's The Music Makers; Zoltán Kodály: The Music Makers, an Ode, for chorus & orchestra; Summer Evening (Nyári este), for orchestra; Edward Elgar: The Musi...
Performers: Kodaly, Sarolta
Conductors: Williams, Howard
Ensemble: Oxford Chamber Choir; Oxford Chamber Orchestra