Building a Library, Elgar (composer)
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Elgar: Violin Concerto
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Little and Davis steer a near-perfect path between the English stoicism and continental passion that lies at the heart of this glorious score. Positioned naturally against the orchestra, Little... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, October 2021, Also Recommended
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Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Doric String Quartet, Edward Gardner
Complex, multi-faceted, subtly changeable Elgar…Gardner is a master of transitions: the gradual transformation of scherzo to slow movement is only the most striking, but there are plenty of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, June 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 1)
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 RecommendedPaul Groves (Gerontius), Alice Coote (Angel), Bryn Terfel (Priest/Angel of the Agony)
Halle, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Sir Mark Elder
Paul Groves's sophisticated, elegant tenor is not ideally the sort that should be essaying this role. With Bryn Terfel… sounding a little frayed, Alice Coote makes the biggest impact. It's... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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Elgar: Violin Concerto RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
Zehetmair...is able to marry impassioned purpose with appreciation of Elgar's complexity...Mark Elder's direction is stunning...there's a warm glow about the Hallé sound that adds an extra strand... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2012, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Concerto
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Solti seems freed from emotional inhibitions, with every climax superbly thrust home and the hushed intensity of the glorious slow movement captured magnificently on CD — More…
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Building a Library, April 2006, Mid-Price Choice
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The main focus of this disc from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé is an outstanding recording of the First Symphony, but I chose it here mainly because of the first-rate account of In the South.... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2009
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Building a Library, October 2016, Historic Choice
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exceptionally searching readings...These are dedicated performances which understandingly bring out the contrast between the expansive Quintet, bold in rhetoric, and the more intimate Quartet,... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2003, First Choice
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This is a superb, in fact I feel justified in calling it a great, Elgar Two. It's difficult to know where to start in listings its excellences...But one must start and finish with Barenboim's... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2015, First Choice
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Awards:
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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