Elgar - Elegy for strings, Op. 58
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English String Music
RecommendedSinfonia of London & New Philharmonia Orchestra, with the Allegri String Quartet, Sir John Barbirolli
This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest records —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Special offer. Elgar: Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68, etc.
RecommendedEnglish Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd Jones
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Building a Library, March 2005, First Choice
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there are times when a recording of a popular classic comes along that's so fresh, understanding and heartfelt that it demands to be approached solely on its own terms. Paul Watkins's Elgar... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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Elgar - The Fringes of the Fleet
RecommendedRoderick Williams (solo baritone), Nicholas Lester, Duncan Rock, Laurence Meikle (baritones)
Guildford Philharmonic, Tom Higgins
The admirable Roderick Williams is entrusted with the lion's share of duties and he is ably abetted by his three vocal colleagues; the Guildford PO, too, is on its toes under Tom Higgins's watchful... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th November 2009
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English String Music. Elgar: Introduction and Allegro & Serenade - Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves & Tallis Fantasias
Allegri String Quartet (string quartet), Sinfonia of London, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
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Sir John Barbirolli conducts English String Music
Sinfonia of London & New Philharmonia Orchestra, with the Allegri String Quartet
Sir John Barbirolli
This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest records —
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Elgar: Piano Quintet, Spanish Lady Suite, La Capricieuse, Elegy & Serenade Op.20
Academy of St.Martin in-the-Fields & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, The Schubert Ensemble, Neville Marriner & Gavin Sutherland
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the Delius items...are lovely performances, warm, tender and eloquent. They are superbly played and recorded in a splendid acoustic. The recording is beautifully balanced - the distant cuckoo... —
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Elgar: Orchestral Works
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Allegri String Quartet (string quartet), Kim Borg (bass), Richard Lewis (tenor), Peter Dawson (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia of London, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers,...
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Stockholm strings may not sound very full or burnished at the fuller end...but they are supreme in atmospheric pianissimos...It's typical of the thoughtful Oramo, too, that he chooses to fill... —
