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Elgar: Enigma Variations
& other orchestral works
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux (narrator), Yann Ghiro (clarinet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Exceptional Elgar. ‘Nimrod’ has the grandeur of a Bruckner slow movement. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Disc of the month
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Special offer. Elgar: The Longed-for Light
RecommendedElgar's Music in Wartime
Simon Callow (speaker), Simon Callow (speaker) & Susan Gritton (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson
Here's a supremely enjoyable Elgar survey centred around a clutch of works composed during the Great War...Throughout, the BBC Concerto Orchestra respond with bright-eyed conviction and commendable... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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For the fallen: Elgar & Bax
Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Joshua Ellicott (narrator), Jennifer France (soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Sir Mark Elder
Elgar’s beautifully imagined score [of A Voice in the Wilderness] is graced with two very fine performances, from Joshua Ellicott’s narrator (his delivery and accent are pitched exactly right),... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Choral
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