Elgar
Elgar: Violin Concerto, Polonia (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding throughout [ST]
Pierre Monteux in Boston (West Hill Archives)
(Déjà Review) Authoritative, finely played, well recorded and transferred [JW]
An English Violin (NoMadMusic)
A second appearance of Guirne Creith’s Violin Concerto on disc from an admirable though unexpected source [JW]
Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Elgar: Falstaff (Harmonia Mundi)
Very good performances of an unexpected coupling [JQ]
Elgar: From the Archives Vol 2, Cello & Violin Concertos (SOMM)
Presenting Navarra’s known strengths and adding Varga’s now forgotten qualities [JW]
English Cello Works: Elgar, Ireland, Bridge (Naxos)
A discerning programme, excellently performed [JQ]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
79 CDs of Warner’s Boult stereo legacy offering the known and the overlooked alike [JW]
Elgar: Choral Music (SOMM Recordings)
Essential listening if you love Elgar’s choral music [JQ]
Elgar: The Songs (SOMM Recordings)
A welcome digital release of a collection of Elgar’s songs [JQ]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
A cornucopia of patrician music-making that has rarely been rivalled [RMo]
Elgar: The Crown of India (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) At last a version of this legendary work for pleasure, analysis and study [JF]
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Hyperion)
Another notable contribution from Huddersfield to the Gerontius discography [JQ]
Elgar: Premiere Recordings Remastered (SOMM Ariadne)
Elgarian discographic firsts from the immediate post-war period, with competing Enigma Variations [JW]
Elgar: Orchestral Music (Hallé)
(Déjà Review) High standards … a fascinating programme [GPJ]
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (LPO)
A special performance of a special piece. [DHa]
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Hallé)
(Déjà Review) A remarkable achievement [JQ]
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (LPO)
A splendid live recording of Gerontius [JQ]
Sir Adrian Boult: The Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
A 36-CD remastered box that restores (almost) all Boult’s mono legacy for the Warner umbrella of labels [JW]
Elgar & Adès: Violin Concerti (Ondine)
A thrusting, brilliant Elgar Concerto, informed by early recordings, and a great Adès [JW]
Brahms, Britten, Elgar & Sibelius: Violin Concertos (ICA Classics)
A concerto quartet from Ida Haendel’s BBC broadcasts spanning nearly 25 years [JW]
Elgar: Enigma Variations (Signum Classics)
(Déjà Review) Vital and individual readings from a safe pair of hands [WH]
Rudolph Ganz: Complete St. Louis Symphony Recordings (Pristine Audio)
Forgettable conducting, but superb piano playing [RMas]
Elgar conducted by Boult (SOMM Ariadne)
An invaluable album which expands our appreciation of Boult’s direction of Elgar’s music [JQ]
Elgar: Symphony No 1, In the South (ESO Records)
Accounts of two of Elgar’s greatest orchestral scores which are well worth hearing [JQ]
