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Elgar's Enigma Variations - Documentary and Performance [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-02-24

Works: Sir Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

In an acclaimed BBC drama-documentary filmed in the rolling Malvern Hills Sir Andrew Davis unravels the mystery of the famous musical puzzle contained in Elgar's...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, DTS
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Holst: The Planets Op. 32; Elgar: Enigma Variations Op. 36 / Boult, Barbirolli, BBC SO, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-12-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Boult, Adrian, Sir; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra

The Holst comes from a recording made in 1945 in Bedford where the BBC had been evacuated. Barbirolli's Enigma Variations was recorded in 1947....continue...

England: Worcester, Malverns / Edward Elgar [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Sir Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Salut d'amour, Op. 12

The places visited in this DVD are principally in the west of England, the heart of 'Elgar Country', with its half-timbered houses, great cathedrals and...continue...
Run Time: 52 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS Stereo Surround, Dolby Digital
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Elgar: Enigma Variations, Nursery Suite, etc / Menuhin, Royal PO

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-06-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Nursery Suite; Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saint-Saëns, Elgar / Toscanini, NBC SO

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-04-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

While we're on the subject of comparing pressings...as Shuichiro Kawai writes, "Hearing that Toscanini's HMV LPs sound better than those of RCA, I have collected...continue...

Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc; Britten / Harper, Haitink

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2005-10-18

Works: Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra, Op. 47; Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"; Benjamin Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8
Performers: Crehan, Dermont; Gunes, Rusen; Harper, Heather; Jackson, Mark; Nolan, David
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

As Principal Conductor, Bernard Haitink presided over some of the London Philharmonic Orchestras most memorable and exciting years in the 1970s. LPO presents live accounts...continue...

Surround Yourself with Elgar / Boughton English SO

1 DVD Audio / Nimbus Records / 2005-05-10

Works: Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"; Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Froissart Overture, Op. 19
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

This release features over 88 minutes of works by Edward Elgar! William Boughton, founder of the English Symphony Orchestra, is one of Britain's most admired...continue...

Heritage & Legacy / Bostock, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 2003-04-11

Works: Frederic Austin: The Sea Venturers; Alexander Mackenzie: Colomba, Op. 28; Charles Villiers Stanford: Shamus O'Brien; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Edward Elgar: Variat...
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

We often read about the "British Musical Renaissance" by which commentators usually mean the music written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries typlified...continue...

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc / Seaman, et al

1 CD / IMP Classics / 2000-06-26

Works: Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra, Op. 47; Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"; Falstaff, Op. 68
Conductors: Seaman, Christopher
Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc / Bernstein, BBC Symphony

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 1984-07-11

Works: Edward Elgar: The Crown of India, Op. 66; Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra