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Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2; Sospiri; Elegy / Royal Stockholm PO, Oramo

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Sospiri; Elegy for Strings, Op. 58
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: ; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The collaboration between BIS and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) began some 30 years ago, and has resulted in a number of discs conducted...continue...
Recording information: Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden....continue...

Elgar: The Starlight Express / Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Elin Thomas, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78; The Starlight Express, suite for 2 voices & orchestra (arranged by Andrew Davis); Clive Carey: Songs (3) from "The Starlight Express", for voice & orchestra
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

This fairytale melodrama was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland, for a West End theatre production staged during World War...continue...
Recording information: Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, Lon (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Plac...continue...

This England - works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten / Carlos Kalmar, Oregon SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes")
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: ; Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Pentatone releases its second album with the Oregon Symphony, playing 'This England.' PentaTone has already planned a third album with these forces in 2013 as...continue...
Personnel: Nancy Ives (cello).

Recording information: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon (2012-02-18_2012-02-19&2012-)....continue...

Elgar & Delius: Cello Concertos; Songs of Farewell; Sea Pictures. / Jacquelin du Pre, cello; Janet Baker [Limited Ed.]

2 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sea Pictures, Op. 37; Frederick Delius: Songs of Farewell, for double chorus & orchestra, RT ii/9; A Song Before Sunrise; Concerto for Cello, RT vii/7
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; du Pre, Jacqueline
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Penguin Guide
Jacqueline du PrT's unsurpassed recording of the [Elgar] Concerto hardly needs any further recommendation from us, spontaneous in its freely rhapsodic style but with...continue...

Elgar: Enigma Variations; In The South

1 Super Audio CD / Octavia Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Ensemble: Sydney Symphony

The "Composer Festival," presented by the Sydney Symphony conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, featured Edward Elgar in 2008. This volume features the Enigma Variations, Elgar’s best-known...continue...
Recording information: The Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House (11/12/2008-11/14/2008)....continue...

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Ashkenazy

1 Super Audio CD / Octavia Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Ensemble: Sydney Symphony

The first volume of the series features the Symphony No. 1, one of the composer’s two completed symphonies, which enjoyed enormous success after its premiere...continue...
Recording information: Sydney Opera House Recording Studio (10/31/2008); The Concert Hall of the Opera House (10/31/2008); Sydney Opera House Recording Studio (11/03/2008); The Concert Hall of the Ope...continue...

Tasmin Little plays works by Elgar

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; Work(s); The Crown of India, Op. 66; Polonia, Op. 76
Performers: Little, Tasmin
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

The long - awaited and much anticipated recording of Tasmin Little's Elgar Violin Concerto will be released this November, 100 years after the work's first...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (05/24/2010-05/26/2010)....continue...

The Floral Dance and Other Peter Dawson Favourites [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Katie Moss: The Floral Dance, for voice & piano; William Percy French: Phil the Fluter's Ball; Leslie Coward: Wandering the King's Highway, for voice & orchestra; Ernest Newton: The Drum Major; Wilfr...
Performers: Yurisich, Gregory
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David

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Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano, Vol. 2

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Edward Elgar: Speak My Heart, song for voice & piano; Is she not passing fair?, song for voice & piano; Songs (2 completed of 4), for voice & piano, Op. 31; The Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, no 1; The Lan...
Performers: Jarnot, Konrad; Mees, Reinild; Roocroft, Amanda

The second release in Channel Classics' project to record Elgar's complete songs for voice and piano features the eloquent British soprano Amanda Roocroft and British...continue...
Recording information: Muziekcentrum Frits Philips Eindhoven (04/2008/01/2009)....continue...

Contrasts

1 Super Audio CD / Aliud / 2009-08-04

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Totus tuus, for chorus, Op. 60; Jaakko Mäntyjärvy: Ave Maria d'Aosta, for chorus; I was glad, for chorus; Come Away, Death, for chorus; Coen Vermeeren: Keanskes...
Performers: de Vries, Rudmer; Hoekstra, Bauke [Bass (Vocal)]; Yabe, Noriko
Conductors: Bergen en Henegouwen, Geert-Jan van Beijeren

Recording information: Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Oosthem (Fryslân) (04/04/2008-03/13/2008)....continue...

The Trumpets that Time Forgot / Freeman-Attwood, Wallace

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Joseph Rheinberger: Sonata for violin, cello & organ in C minor, Op. 149; Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Edward Elgar: Sonata for Organ no 2 in B flat, Op. 87a
Performers: Carey, Colm; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 5

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 429/L 132; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199...
Performers: Adlam, Derek; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Feng, Ning; Giacometti, Paolo; Hoppe, Thomas; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Jarnot, Konrad; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Mees, Reinhild; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Qiao, Ta...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Bach Society

Channel Classics' fifth mid-priced Super Artists on Super Audio sampler could not be more varied. The musical selections on this disc travel from Bach to...continue...

Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano Vol 1 / Roocroft, Jarnot, Mees

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Self-Banished; Song Cycle, Op. 59; In moonlight; Pleading, Op. 48; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Sea Pictures, Op. 37; The Wind at Dawn; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 41; Dry those...
Performers: Jarnot, Konrad; Mees, Reinhild; Roocroft, Amanda

To mark last year’s 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), Channel Classics, in cooperation with the Amsterdam-based Twentieth-Century Song Foundation, has...continue...

Elgar: Symphony no 3, etc / Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 (incomplete; completed by Anthony Payne); Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode; Pomp and Circumstance March no 6, for orchestra (completed by Anthony Payne)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Following the success of Symphony No. 1, which was Gramophone's Editor's Choice, and Symphony No 2 which was Classic FM magazine's Disc of the Month,...continue...

Elgar: Symphony no 1, etc / Brabbins, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa / 2007-11-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; The Kingdom, Op. 51
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: Flemish Radio Orchestra

Elgar on Glossa? And why not, when it brings together one of the UK’s leading conducting talents in Romantic music with the committed advocacy of...continue...

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem; Elgar, Davies, Turnage, etc

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2007-10-23

Works: Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, for orchestra, J. 205; Mark-Anthony Turnage: Three Screaming Po...
Performers: Long, Scott
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Elgar: Symphony no 1, Organ Sonata / Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Sonata for Organ in G major, Op. 28
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

" Richard Hickox is back on sovereign form for Elgar. The BBC Welsh forces are world-class here, in a reading that pulses along with clarity...continue...

Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc / Davis, London SO

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2007-06-12

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47
Performers: Alberman, David; Hugh, Timothy; Lauri, Carmine; Nikolic, Gordan; Vanderspar, Edward
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Davis is marvellous at bringing out the subtleties of Elgar's orchestration. Subsidiary middle voices that are often inaudible at the hands of less...continue...

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Davis, Rendall, et al

2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2006-10-10

Works: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Rendall, David; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

"This new recording from the LSO and Sir Colin Davis is so detailed in its emotional responses-so magical is Davis's phrasing that there are times...continue...

Encores - Bach, Widor, Handel / Virgil Fox

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue for organ in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 (BC J66); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Trio Sonata for Organ no 6 in G major, BWV 530; G...
Performers: Fox, Virgil [Organ]

Organist Virgil Fox combined mastery of the king of the instruments with an unerring showmans instinct to make every concert and recording an unforgettable event....continue...

Sir Edward meets Father Willis - Elgar / Simon Nieminski

1 Super Audio CD / Pro Organo / 2006-03-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Polonia, Op. 76; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Characteristic Pieces (3), Op. 10; Enigma Variations; Beau Brummel, incidental music
Performers: Nieminski, Simon

Elgar: Symphony no 2 / Richard Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Elgar's Symphony No. 2 is influenced by a visit to Tintagel, a village on the coast of Cornwall, and the home of Alice Stuart-Wortley, perhaps...continue...

Elgar: Violin Concerto; Vaughan WIlliams / Hahn, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending
Performers: Hahn, Hilary
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra