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Elgar (1857-1934) BRITISH ORCHESTRAL MUSIC (Including Orchestral Poems, Suites, Serenades, Variations, Rhapsodies, Concerto Overtures etc) A Discography of CDs & LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Born in Broadheath, Worcestershire, Elgar was the son of a music shop owner and received only private musical instruction. Despite this he is arguably England's greatest composer some of whose orchestral music has traveled around the world more than any of his compatriots. In addition to the Symphonies, his Cello and Violin Concertos and Enigma Variations are his other orchestral masterpieces. His many other works for orchestra including the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Falstaff and Cockaigne Overture have been recorded numerous times. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924. Adieu (orch. H. Geehl, 1932) George Hurst/Bournemouth Sinfonietta ( + Enigma Variations, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Sérénade Lyrique, Salut d'Amour, Dream Children, Contrasts, Soliloquy for Oboe and Orchestra, Caractacus - Woodland Interlude, Falstaff - 2 Interludes, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 - 5, Sospiri, Beau Brummel – Minuet, The Spanish Lady –Burlesco, 3 Bavarian Dances, The Starlight Express - Waltz and Sursum Corda) CHANDOS TWOFER CHAN 2414 (2 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: POLYDOR 2583 359) (1976) David Lloyd-Jones/BBC Concert Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto, So Many True Princesses, The Immortal Legions, Stars of the Summer Night, Collins: Elegy in Memory of Edward Elgar and Haydn Wood: Suite of Four Edward Elgar Songs). DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7148 (2005) Air de Ballet (1887) David Lloyd-Jones/ BBC Concert Orchestra ( + Bavarian Dances, Sevillaña, Salut d’amour, Minuet, Chanson de Nuit, Chanson de Matin, Sérénade Lyrique – Mélodie, Mazurka, Serenade Mauresque, Introduction to Gavotte, Gavotte, May-Song, Canto Popolare, Pleading, Carissima, Rosemary, Mina, Jack Falstaff, page to the Duke of Norfolk’ and ‘Gloucestershire: Shallow’s Orchard) DUTTON EPOCH CDLX7354 (2018)’ Bavarian Dances (3), Op. 27 (1896) William Boughton/English String Orchestra ( + Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 – 5 and Wand of Youth Suite No. 2) NIMBUS NI 5136 (1988) Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Arnold: English Dances, Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture and The Wise Virgins) MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 Orchestral Works - Elgar BELART 461 359-2 (1997) (original LP release: DECCA LW 5174) (1955) Sir Adrian Boult/ London Philharmonic Orchestra (+ Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Polonia, Caractacus Triumphal Marchand The Light of Life – Meditation) EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 575295-2 (2002) (original LP release: HMV ASD 2356) (1968) Nicholas Cleobury/Britten Sinfonietta ( + On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves,The Lark Ascending, Elgar:Elegy for Strings and Chanson de Nuit,) CLASSIC FM 75605 57037-2 (1999) Lawrance Collingwood/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Nursey Suite and Serenade for Strings) COLUMBIA 33 SX 1030 (LP) (1954) Norman Del Mar/Bournemouth Sinfonietta ( + Enigma Variations, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Sérénade Lyrique, Salut d'Amour, Dream Children, Contrasts, Soliloquy for Oboe and Orchestra, Caractacus - Woodland Interlude, Falstaff - 2 Interludes, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 - 5, Sospiri, Beau Brummel – Minuet, The Spanish Lady –Burlesco, Adieu, The Starlight Express - Waltz and Sursum Corda) CHANDOS TWOFER CHAN 2414 (2 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL LRL1 5133) (1976) Sir Edward Elgar/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1927-32) ( + Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Enigma Variations, Violin Concerto, Crown of India, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Contrasts, Mazurka, Nursery Suite, Sérénade Mauresque, Severn Suite, Land of Hope and Glory, The Light of Life- Meditation, Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue, Croft/Elgar: O God, Our Help and God Save the King) EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 585153-2 (2 CDs) (2004) (original LP release: HMV TREASURY HLM 7005) (1972) Sir Edward Elgar/symphony orchestra (rec. 1914 and 1917) ( + Symphony No 2, Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture, Carissima, Chanson de Nuit, In the South Overture, Polonia, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos.1 and 4, Salut d'Amour, The Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Carillon, The Dream of Gerontius, Fringes of the Fleet. Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf, A Little Bird in the Air The Light of Life- Meditation, Sea Pictures, The Sanguine Fan, The Starlight Express {excerpts}, Handel/Elgar: Overture in D minor, Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue) PEARL Pavilion GEMM CDS9951/5 (5 CDs) (1992) (original LP release: PEARL GEM 113) (1973) David Lloyd-Jones/ BBC Concert Orchestra ( + Air de Ballet, Sevillaña, Salut d’amour, Minuet, Chanson de Nuit, Chanson de Matin, Sérénade Lyrique – Mélodie, Mazurka, Serenade Mauresque, Introduction to Gavotte, Gavotte, May-Song, Canto Popolare, Pleading, Carissima, Rosemary, Mina, Jack Falstaff, page to the Duke of Norfolk’ and ‘Gloucestershire: Shallow’s Orchard) DUTTON EPOCH CDLX7354 (2018)’ MusicWeb International p2 Orchestral Works - Elgar James Judd/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ( + Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Carissima, May Song, Mazurka, Minuet, Sérénade Mauresque, Contrasts, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit and Froissart Overture) NAXOS 8.557577 (2006) Beau Brummel, Incidental Music – Minuet (1928) Lawrance Collingwood/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Dream Children, Chanson de Matin, The Starlight Express - O Children Open Your Arms to Me / My Old Tunes, The Wand of Youth - Suite No.1 - Sun Dance, Salut d'Amour, Minuet, May Song, Rosemary, Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Sevillana, Sérénade Lyrique, Mazurka, Sérénade Mauresque, Contrasts, Carissima and Mina) EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 65593-2 (2001) (original LP release: HMV CSD 1555) (1964) Sir Edward Elgar/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1928) (included in collection "The Elgar Edition, Volume 3") EMI CDS 754568-2 (3 CDs) (1993) (original LP release: HMV RLS 713 {6 LPs} (1975) Sir Edward Elgar/New Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1929) (included in collection "The Elgar Edition, Volume 3") EMI CDS 754568-2 (3 CDs) (1993) (original LP release: HMV RLS 713 {6 LPs} (1975) George Hurst/Bournemouth Sinfonietta ( + Enigma Variations, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Sérénade Lyrique, Salut d'Amour, Dream Children, Contrasts, Soliloquy for Oboe and Orchestra, Caractacus - Woodland Interlude, Falstaff - 2 Interludes, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 - 5, Sospiri, Beau Brummel – Minuet, The Spanish Lady –Burlesco, Adieu, The Starlight Express - Waltz and Sursum Corda) CHANDOS TWOFER CHAN 2414 (2 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: POLYDOR 2583 359) (1976) Ernest Tomlinson/RTE Concert Orchestra ( + Ellis: Coronation Scot, Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba, Jamaican Song, Toye: The Haunted Ballroom, Melachrino: Starlight Roof Waltz, Richardson: Beachcomber, Collins: Vanity Fair, Lubbock: Polka Dots, Docker: Tabarinage, Dexter: Siciliano, Warner: Scrub, Brother, Scrub, Gibbs: Dusk, Jacob: Cradle Song, Vinter: Portuguese Party, Arne/Tomlinson: Gavotte, White: Puffin’ Billy and Frankel: Carriage and Pair) MARCO POLO 8.223522 (1993) Carillon, Op. 75 (1914) Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Dream Children, Grania and Diarmid - Incidental Music, Dream Children, Empire March, Caractacus - Triumphal March, Chopin/Elgar: Funeral March, Walton: Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre) EMI British Composers 5655842 (1995) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3050) (1975) Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ( + Enigma Variations, In the South Overture, Le Drapeau Belge, Une voix dans le désert and Pleading) HYPERION CDA68101 (2016) MusicWeb International p3 Orchestral Works - Elgar Barry Collett/Rutland Sinfonia ( + Une Voix dans le Desert, Le Drapeau Belge, Fringes of the Fleet and Polonia) PEARL SHE CD 9602 (1988) Sir Edward Elgar/Henry Ainley (speaker)/symphony orchestra (rec. 1915) ( + Symphony No 2, Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto, 3 Bavarian Dances, Cockaigne Overture, Chanson de Nuit, 3 Bavarian Dances, In the South Overture, Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos.1 and 4, Salut d'Amour, The Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Carissima, The Dream of Gerontius, Fringes of the Fleet. Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf, A Little Bird in the Air The Light of Life-Meditation, Sea Pictures, The Sanguine Fan, The Starlight Express {excerpts}, Handel/Elgar: Overture in D minor, Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue) PEARL Pavilion GEMM CDS9951/5 (5 CDs) (1992) (original LP release: PEARL GEM 112) (1970) Crawford McNair/BBC Northern Orchestra (rec. 1936) ( + excerpts from The Dream of Gerontius, The Spirit of England, Caractacus, The Saga of King Olaf, Sea Pictures and The Shepherds Song, With Proud Thanksgiving) ELGAR EDITIONS EECD 003005 (3 CDs) (2000) John Wilson/BBC Concert Orchestra ( + Polonia, Sospiri, Une Voix dans le Désert, Carissima, Le Drapeau, Rosemary, The Sanguine Fan and Sursum Corda) SOMM CD247 (2012) Carissima (1913) Daniel Barenboim/English Chamber Orchestra ( + Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Elegy for Strings, Serenade for Strings, Sospiri. Salut D'Amour, Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra and Rosemary) CBS 76423 (LP) (1976) William Boughton/English Symphony Orchestra ( + Nursery Suite, Dream Children, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Contrasts, Mazurka, Rosemary, Salut d’Amour, May Song and Sérénade Lyrique) NIMBUS NI 7029 (1996) Ronald Corp/New London Light Opera Chorus/New
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