Elgar: Concert Allegro

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Farrington's idealized versions is quite superb and his performance... really holds up the work as a significant addition to the repertoire...one can have little doubt that the piano arrangement... — International Record Review, March 2011 More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 2010
Catalogue No: CDLX7259
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch
Length: 77 minutes

Elgar: Concert Allegro, Op. 41: For Piano And Orchestra (1901, Arr. 2007)

Work length11:56

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Iain Farrington

Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63

Work length55:23

Album only

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Iain Farrington

For Solo Piano: I. Allegro Vivace E Noblimente (1911, Arr. 2009)

Track length17:25

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For Solo Piano: II. Larghetto (1911, Arr. 2009)

Track length14:48

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For Solo Piano: III. Rondo: Presto (1911, Arr. 2009)

Track length8:19

$1.50

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For Solo Piano: IV. Moderato E Maestoso (1911, Arr. 2009)

Track length14:51

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Elgar: Two Piano Improvisations

Work length10:04

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$2.80

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Iain Farrington

I. Improvisation No. 2 In G Minor (1929, Trans. 2004)

Track length4:41

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$1.40

II. Improvisation No. 5 In D Minor (1929, Trans. 2004)

Track length5:23

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$1.40

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That brilliant keyboard player Iain Farrington – pianist and organist – features as pianist in his own revelatory version of Elgar’s Concert Allegro for piano, in a version for piano and orchestra recorded with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Vass. Written in 1901, the Concert Allegro was long forgotten until it was rediscovered and performed in 1969. Written for Fanny Davies as a ‘Concerto (without orchestra)’, Elgar is reported to have considered recasting it as a work for piano and orchestra, and in realising this intention Iain Farrington has given us music not only brilliant and powerful in its piano writing but also emphasising the broad second tune. Iain Farrington playing his transcription of Elgar’s Second Symphony for piano solo is a triumph, brilliantly conceived and powerfully executed.

World premiere recordings: recorded at Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 28th July 2010 & Potton Hall, Suffolk, 3rd & 4th August 2010

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March 2011

Farrington's idealized versions is quite superb and his performance... really holds up the work as a significant addition to the repertoire...one can have little doubt that the piano arrangement [of Symphony No. 2] works most viably on its own terms, not just as a homage or academic exercise but as a satisfying symphonic experience.

20th February 2011

Farrington makes the most of several trademark Elgarian flourishes and sweeping themes, much enhanced by some majestic playing from the Bournemouth players. His formidable pianism comes to the fore in his impressive reduction of the emotional second symphony...exquisite insights into the mind of a giant of English music.

Elgar: Concert Allegro

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