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Elgar - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
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Special offer. Elgar Remastered
By Lani Spahr
Beatrice Harrison (cello), Princess Victoria H.R.H. (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Festival Choir, Sir Edward Elgar, Lawrance Collingwood
So many details in the First Symphony stand out as never before. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Doric String Quartet, Edward Gardner
Complex, multi-faceted, subtly changeable Elgar…Gardner is a master of transitions: the gradual transformation of scherzo to slow movement is only the most striking, but there are plenty of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, June 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 1)
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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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Performance takes on an urgent narrative as Vasily Petrenko brings his own brand of Russian authority to the music. —
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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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The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2009
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Building a Library, October 2016, Historic Choice
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Barenboim sets subtly different tempos for passages that often run directly on from each other, but he also pushes round corners at which other conductors linger…the Staatskapelle Berlin sustain... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Orchestral
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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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These live performances of the composer’s two official symphonies date from 2018 and 2021. They show conductor, orchestra and music working together in perfect harmony. Obvious signs? Well,... —
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Special offer. Elgar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, In the South & other orchestral works
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Orchestral
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