Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
The most authentic recordings are made when the composers themselves lead the baton. And so the classical audience can be lucky that Edward Elgar, one of the greatest masters of English music history, was able to record his own works for the record. For the first time ever, Elgar's electric recordings from the years 1925 to 1934, the year of his death, come together in a box as one of the most interesting sonic legacies in history. Many know the English late Romanticist almost only as the creator of the popular "Pomp and Circumstances" marches that were made for the festivities of the British royal family, or as a composer of the "Enigma Variations". But his concerts are also among the pillars of the repertoire: the violin concerto was recorded by Elgar in 1932 with the 16-year-old Yehudi Menuhin, the cello concerto in 1928 with the dedicatee Beatrice Harrison. The nine CDs show that Elgar enthusiastically took advantage of the revolutionary recording technique of his day: Much of his work is included on the nine CDs - including his two symphonies, a wealth of suites and stage music, his famous adaptation of Bach's Fantasie und Fuge c minor "and the" string serenade ". A highlight are excerpts from 1927 from his oratorio "The Dream of Gerontius" with Margaret Balfour, Steuart. web
Credits :
ft. Yehudi Menuhin, Tudor Davies, Margaret Balfour, Horace Stevens, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar (Klavier & Dirigent), Haydn Wood u. v.a.
