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Elgar - Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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[Petrenko’s love for Elgar] can be felt throughout this performance too: in the sumptuous but textured orchestral sound (beautifully recorded), in the attentive phrasing and in the power of... —
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Record Review, 8th April 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. 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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In 1968, when Sir Adrian Boult recorded the two Elgar Symphonies for Lyrita, he wrote an open letter to Gramophone, couched diplomatically but reflecting his fury that at the sessions his recording... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Collection Winner
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From the wonderful lyrical springboard opening right through to the final slow fade there’s a singing line that rises, falls and snakes its way through everything…The Serenade for Strings here... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Boult’s Elgar: The Forgotten Recordings
Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Chorus, Sir Adrian Boult
Boult find[s] at times an almost ethereal lightness. The Choral Songs are still rarities, studio performances from the BBC Chorus in 1967, and Boult's memories of his encounters with Elgar are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Archive Issue of the Month
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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 —
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Building a Library, April 2006, Mid-Price Choice
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They are superb performances, with plenty of electricity and sense of occasion, well deserving the enthusiastic audience applause. The sublime and tragic Larghetto of No. 2 in particular is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2010, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Symphony No. 2 & Sea Pictures
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
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The performance itself is consistently impressive. At its heart is a grave, sensitive account of the slow movement… Opening the programme is a surging, ebullient rendition of Elgar's Italian... —
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Elgar: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Enigma Variations, Cello Concerto, Marches
Barry Tuckwell (horn), Felix Schmidt, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Antonio Pappano, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
