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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

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...

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: Dream of Gerontius, Music Makers / Barbirolli, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Edward Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Borg, Kim; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar: Sea Pictures / Sarah Connolly, Simon Wright, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69; Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Performers: Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]
Conductors: Wright, Simon

"Sarah Connolly is here in Janet Baker territory, but her individuality means that comparisons do not arise. Simon Wright conducts a moving performance of The...continue...

Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2; Pomp & Circumstance Marches; Enigma Variations

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-10-10

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Pomp and Circumstance March no 3, for orchestra in C minor, Op. 39/3; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; In the So...
Performers: Rigby, Jean; Sheen, Graham
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

British Composers - Elgar: The Music Makers, etc / Boult

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-01-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Choir

"I am happy to report that the classic Boult reading here restored to the catalogs is one of the finest realizations of the work I...continue...

Elgar: Sea Pictures, The Music Makers / Thomson, Finnie

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-02-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37; The Music Makers, Op. 69
Performers: Elms, Roderick
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra