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BRITISH and COMMONWEALTH CONCERTOS from the NINETEENTH CENTURY to the PRESENT Sir Edward Elgar BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH CONCERTOS FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT 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 Conceros, his 3 Symphonies 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. Piano Concerto (arranged by Robert Walker from sketches, drafts and recordings) (1913/2004) David Owen Norris (piano)/David Lloyd-Jones/BBC Concert Orchestra ( + Four Songs {orch. Haydn Wood}, Adieu, So Many True Princesses, Spanish Serenade, The Immortal Legions and Collins: Elegy in Memory of Edward Elgar) DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7148 (2005) Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (1909-10) Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Richard Hickox/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Walton: Violin Concerto) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9173 (2010) (original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS COL 1338-2) (1992) Hugh Bean (violin)/Sir Charles Groves/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Sonata, Piano Quintet, String Quartet, Concert Allegro and Serenade) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CDCFP 585908-2 (2 CDs) (2004) (original LP release: HMV ASD2883) (1973) Nicola Benedetti (violin)/Vladimir Jurowski/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Sospiri, Salut d'amour and Chanson de Nuit) DECCA 4850949 (2020) Marat Bisengaliev (violin)/Bundit Ungrangsee/West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Serenade for Strings, Violin Sonata, Fugue for Violin and Oboe and violin solo miniatures: Romance, Mazurka, Bizarrerie, Serenade, Idylle, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, La Capricieuse, Gavotte, Salut d’Amour, Etude-Caprice, May Song, Virelai, In Hammersbach, Carissima, Adieu, Etudes Caractéristiques, Elévation, Pastourelle, Bavarian Dances Nos. 1 and 3, Sospiri, Petite Reine – Berceuse, Polonaise in D minor, Dreaming, Mot d’amour, Valse on Themes by Elgar, Reminiscences, Interlude from ‘The Crown of India’ and Allegretto: Duet on a theme of GEDGE) NAXOS 8.572643-45 (3 CDs) (2011) Alfredo Campoli (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto) HERITAGE HTGCD245 (2012) (original LP release: DECCA LXT5014) (1955) MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 Elgar Concertos Leland Chen (violin)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1) UPBEAT CLASSICS URCD115 (1995) Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)/Sir Georg Solti/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations and Cockaigne Overture) DECCA BRITISH MUSIC 473085-2 (2 CDs) (2002) (original LP release: DECCA SXL6842) (1977) James Ehnes/ Sir Andrew Davis/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Serenade for Strings) ONYX 4025 (2007) James Ehmes (violin)/David Atherton/BBC National Orchestra of Wales (rec. 2009) ( + Spirit of England) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM372 (2014) Ning Feng (violin)/Carlos Miguel Prieto/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Finzi: Violin Concerto) CHANNEL CLASSUCS 40218 (2019) Aldo Ferraresi (violin)/Pietro Argento/ Orchestra Sinfonica RAI Milan (rec. 1966) (included in collection: “Aldo Ferraresi-The Gigli of the Violin”) RHINE CLASSICS RH001 (18 CDs) (2020) Philippe Graffin (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (original version) ( + Chausson: Poème) AVIE AV2091 (2006) Ilya Grubert(violin)/Vladimir Ziva/Moscow Symphony Orchestra ( + In the South Overture and Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1) VISTA VERA WCD00048 (2004) Ida Haendel (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2) TESTAMENT SBT1146 (1998) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3598 (1978) Ida Haendel (violin)/Sir John Pritchard/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1986) ( + Polonia) CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS 15656 9194-2 (1997) Ida Haendel (violin)/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1984) ( + Sibelius: Violin Concerto) TESTAMENT SBT 1444 (2009) Hilary Hahn (violin)/ Sir Colin Davis/ London Symphony Orchestra ( + Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 504-2 (2004) Marie Hall (violin)/ Sir Edward Elgar/anonymous orchestra (abridged) (rec. 1916) ( + Symphony No 2, Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Bavarian Dances, Cockaigne Overture, MusicWeb International p2 Elgar Concertos 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 112) (1970) Jascha Heifetz (violin)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1941) ( + Walton: Violin Concerto) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110939 (2000) (original LP release: HMV ALP1014) (1952) Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin)/James Judd/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( +Sonata for Violin and Piano) GRAMOLA 99141 (2020) Dong-Suk Kang (violin)/Adrian Leaper/Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Cockaigne Overture) NAXOS 8.550489 (1992) Nigel Kennedy (violin)/Vernon Handley/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Introduction and Allegro) EMI CLASSICS 433287-2 (2013) (original LP release: EMI EMX412058-1) (1984) Nigel Kennedy (violin)/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending) EMI 5034172 (2007) (original CD release: EMI CDC 556413-2) (1997)Tasmin Little (violin)/Sir Andrew Davis/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Interlude from The Crown of India and Polonia) CHANDOS CHSA 5083 (2010) Catherine Manoukian (violin)/Stefan Solyom/Staatskapelle Weimar ( + Salut d'Amour and Offertoire) BERLIN CLASSICS 0300429BC (2013) Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Edward Elgar/London Symphony Orchestra (rec 1932) ( + Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8110902 (1999) (original LP release: HMV ALP1456) (1957) Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/NB Symphony Orchestra (abbreviated, rec. 1945) ( + Introduction and Allegro and Cockaigme Overture) SOMM ARIADNE5008 (2020) Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1965) ( + Introduction and Allegro and Grania and Diarmid: Funeral March) BBC LEGENDS BBCL41702 (2006) Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Delius: Violin Concerto) MusicWeb International p3 Elgar Concertos EMI CLASSICS CDM 64725-2 (1994) (original LP release: HMV ASD2559) (1966) Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1969) AS DISC AS534 ▼ Igor Oistrakh (violin)/Valentin Zhuk/Moscow Symphony Orchestra ( + Britten: Violin Concerto) OLYMPIA OCD242 (1989) (original LP release: MELODIYA A10 00123 002) (c. 1984) Itzhak Perlman (violin)/Daniel Barenboim/Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( + Chausson: Poème) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ORIGINALS 4777113 (2007) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2532 036) (1982) Rachel Barton Pine (violin)/Andrew Litton/ BBC Symphony Orchestra ( + Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1) AVIE AV2375 (2018) Albert Sammons (violin)/Sir Henry Wood/New Queen’s Hall Orchestra (rec. 1929) ( + Delius: Violin Concerto) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110951 (2002) (original LP release: HMV HLM7011) (1972) Gil Shaham (violin)/David Zinman/Chicago Symphony Orchestra CANARY CLASSICS CC06 (2008) Dmitri Sitkovetsky (violin)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto and Sea Pictures) VIRGIN DE VIRGIN 562425-2 (2 CDs) (2004) (original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 545065-2) (1994) Kyoko Takezawa (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Introduction and Allegro) RCA RED SEAL 09026-61612-2 (1994) Asako Urushihara (violin)/Joseph Wolfe/Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra ( + Symphony No.1) LIVENOTES WWCC7846 (2 CDs) (2017) Thomas Zehetmair (violin)/Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra ( + The Kingdom: Prelude and Prelude and The Dream of Gerontius: Prelude and Angel`s Farewell) HALLÉ CDHLL 7521 Vladimir Ziva (violin)/Ilya Gruber/Moscow Symphony Orchestrat ( + Pomp and Circumstance Marches) VUSTA VERA 48 (2003) Nikolaj Znaider (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/Dresden Staatskapelle RCA RED SEAL 8869760588-2 (2010) MusicWeb International p4 Elgar Concertos Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)/Daniel Barenboim/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cockaigne Overture) RETROSPECTIVE RET009 (2002) (original LP release: CBS 76528 (1976) Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)/Zubin Mehta/Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 2006) ( + J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1) HELICON HEL 029655 (2012) Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)/Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Overtures: Cockaigne, Froissart and In the South, Salut d’Amour and Serenade for Strings) RCA RED SEAL 660389-2 (4 CDs) (2004) (original CD release: RCA RED SEAL 09026-61672-2) (1994) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1919) Zuill Bailey (cello)/Krzysztof Urbanski/Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ( + Smetana: Má Vlast: Selections) TELARC CD-340300-2 (2013) Alexander Baillie (cello)/Sir Edward Downes/BBC Philharmonic
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