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Elgar - A Self-Portrait / Irwin, Elder, Hallé Orchestra

1 CD / Halle Records / 2009-02-10

Works: Edward Elgar: Froissart Overture, Op. 19; Dream Children, Op. 43; The Music Makers, Op. 69; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasie and Fugue for Organ in C minor, BWV 537
Performers: Irwin, Jane
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra Chorus

Mark Elder and Halle continue their journey through Elgar's work with this delightful CD. Froissart was Elgar's first large-scale composition for full orchestra....continue...

English Rhapsody - Delius & Butterworth / Elder, Hallé Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Halle Records / 2008-11-11

Works: George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green Willow; Frederick Delius: Irmelin; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Percy Grainger: Brigg Fair; E...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Taylor, Joseph
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra Chorus

The folk song "Brigg Fair" was collected by Percy Grainger in Lincolnshire in 1905. In 1906, Frederick Delius heard Grainger's choral setting of the tune....continue...