Elgar Conducts Elgar | Naxos - Historical 8111260

Elgar Conducts Elgar

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111260

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 2nd April 2007

Contents

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Edward Elgar

Works

Elgar, Edward

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85
Symphony no.2 in E flat major, op.63

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Edward Elgar

About

Elgar’s second recording of his Symphony No. 2, made only eighteen months after the previous acoustic set had been released, coincided with the innovation of electrical technology and the opportunity to mark the composer’s seventieth birthday on 2nd June 1927. 
 
Both the Symphony and the equally famous recording of the Cello Concerto offer unique insights from being composer-conducted.
 
The tumultuous energy of the opening of the symphony’s first movement, the refusal to indulge the second movement and Elgar’s natural command of the art of transition, so crucial in this of all his works, add significantly to the poignancy and emotional thrust of the work as a whole. 
 
Taken at a quicker pace than most modern recordings, the Cello Concerto is a far cry from the sentimental resignation frequently associated with it in recent times. 
 
Symphony No. 2 in E flat, Op. 63
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 1st April and 15th July, 1927 in Queen’s Hall, London
 
Rondo
Recorded 1st April, 1927 in Queen’s Hall, London
 
Cello Concerto
Beatrice Harrison (cello), New Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 23rd March and 13th June, 1928 in Kingsway Hall, London

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