Elgar Rediscovered: An Anthology of Forgotten Recordings

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May Grafton (narrator & piano), Alfredo Campoli (violin), Harold Pedlar (piano), Stanley Roper (organ), Baker (piano), Fred Taylor (baritone), Frederic Austin (baritone), Maartje Offers (contralto), Albert Sammons (violin), Gerald Moore (piano), May Grafton (piano)

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Copiously detailed presentation and judicious transfers grace a fascinating issue that all experienced Elgarians are sure to appreciate. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: SOMMCD0167
Label: Somm
Length: 76 minutes

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Elgar: Elegy for strings, Op. 58

Work length4:04

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BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Edward Elgar

Spoken Introduction

Work length0:17

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May Grafton (narrator)

Elgar: Sonatina

Work length3:38

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May Grafton (piano)

I. Andantino

Track length1:24

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II. Allegro

Track length2:14

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Excerpt, Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20

Work length2:47

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Alfredo Campoli & His Salon Orchestra

Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Work length3:23

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Alfredo Campoli (violin), Harold Pedlar (piano)

Elgar: Coronation March, Op. 65

Work length7:54

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Landon Ronald

German: Coronation March and Hymn

Work length6:55

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Landon Ronald

Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44

Work length4:03

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The Imperial Bandsmen

Coronation Ode, Op. 44: I. Introduction: Crown the King

Track length4:03

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Elgar: Scenes (6) from the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27

Work length7:24

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Sheffield Cathedral Choir, Leeds Cathedral Choir
Henry Coward
Recorded: December 1912
Recording Venue: United Kingdom

No. 1. The Dance [Sonnenbichl]

Track length3:43

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No. 3. Lullaby [In Hammersbach]

Track length3:41

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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1

Work length2:59

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Stanley Roper (organ), Baker (piano)
Sheffield Cathedral Choir
Henry Coward

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Part I: Kyrie eleison

Track length2:59

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Elgar: Fringes of the Fleet

Work length7:46

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Fred Taylor (baritone)
Recorded: June 1917
Recording Venue: London, United Kingdom

No. 1. The Lowestoft Boat

Track length3:40

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No. 2. Fate's Discourtesy

Track length4:06

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Elgar: Pipes of Pan

Work length3:40

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Frederic Austin (baritone)

Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37

Work length3:10

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Maartje Offers (contralto)
Sir John Barbirolli

Sea Pictures, Op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie

Track length3:10

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Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61

Work length15:20

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Albert Sammons (violin)
Henry Wood
Recorded: April 1916
Recording Venue: London, United Kingdom

I. Allegro

Track length3:50

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II. Andante

Track length3:35

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III. Cadenza: Lento

Track length4:14

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length3:41

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Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12

Work length3:04

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Albert Sammons (violin), Gerald Moore (piano)

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We are proud to issue a CD of Elgar recordings including the first ever release of Elgar’s April 1933 recording of his Elegy Op. 58 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In August 1933 Elgar recorded the work for a second time with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and it was this recording that was released shortly after Elgar’s death in 1934. In 2015 a test pressing of the earlier recording was discovered and is now being released for the first time. There is no doubt that this recording has more energy with a greater sense of ‘line’ and ebb-and-flow than the later performance and its neglect by Elgar and HMV is something of a mystery. In addition the CD contains a recording of the composer’s Sonatina played by its dedicatee, Elgar’s niece May Grafton. Privately recorded in 1958 at her home by the Elgar biographer, Jerrold Northrop Moore, this is an enchanting reminder of a close relationship that flourished particularly when Miss Grafton acted as Elgar’s secretary. The great violinist Albert Sammons performed the Elgar concerto with the composer over many years. However, they were each contracted to different record labels so in 1929 Sammons recorded the concerto complete with the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra conducted by Sir Henry Wood. Sixteen years earlier, in October 1916, Sammons and Wood made the first recording of the concerto in a version cut by Wood to fit on four sides of 78 rpm discs which Columbia released at the end of 1916. This recording has not been reproduced in any other form since its release in 1916, until now. Sammons’s masterly technique is also displayed in his final Elgar recording — Salut d’amour which concludes this CD but there are several other treasures on the same disc. SOMM is now filling in the gaps with recordings which have not been heard since their original release.

Artists

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alfredo Campoli & His Salon Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Imperial Bandsmen, Sheffield Cathedral Choir, Leeds Cathedral Choir, Edward Elgar, Landon Ronald, Henry Coward, John Barbirolli, Henry Wood

Reviews

July 2017

Copiously detailed presentation and judicious transfers grace a fascinating issue that all experienced Elgarians are sure to appreciate.

9th July 2017

Not essential listening, perhaps, but intriguing.

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