Composer: Sir Edward Elgar
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Onyx
Release: 2019
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
02. I. Allegro piacevole
03. II. Larghetto
04. III. Allegretto
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
05. Theme Andante
06. Variation I. L’istesso tempo “C.A.E.”
07. Variation II. Allegro “H.D.S-P.”
08. Variation III. Allegretto “R.B.T.”
09. Variation IV. Allegro di molto “W.M.B.”
10. Variation V. Moderato “R.P.A.”
11. Variation VI. Andantino “Ysobel”
12. Variation VII. Presto “Troyte”
13. Variation VIII. Allegretto “W.N.”
14. Variation IX. Adagio “Nimrod”
15. Variation X. Intermezzo: Allegretto “Dorabella”
16. Variation XI. Allegro di molto “G.R.S.”
17. Variation XII. Andante “B.G.N.”
18. Variation XIII. Romanza: Moderato “* * *”
19. Variation XIV. Finale: Allegro Presto “E.D.U.”
The third Elgar album from Petrenko and the RLPO, a critically acclaimed team of Elgarians, brings together three masterpieces, In the South, a vibrant and colourful depiction of the Southern Italian coast, the Serenade for String Orchestra, and the Variations on an original theme, known as the Enigma Variations. Elgar’s breakthrough masterpiece was conceived in 1898 during a moment of dispirited idleness. He had come home exhausted from a day of violin teaching and was absent-mindedly extemporising at the piano when his wife, Alice, called out: ‘Edward, that’s a good tune.’ What Elgar’s fingers had stumbled upon were in fact hints or fragments of a melody, each starting after the first beat of the bar – ideal for variation treatment. Now contemplating that theme, Elgar began to imagine how certain friends of his might play it or make it their own ….