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23 de jun. de 2024 · Between 1914 and 1925, he conducted a series of acoustic recordings of his works. The introduction of the moving-coil microphone in 1923 made far more accurate sound reproduction possible, and Elgar made new recordings of most of his major orchestral works and excerpts from The Dream of Gerontius.
25 de jun. de 2024 · As I previously observed, Elgar’s music is surprisingly accommodating of a range of approaches from Solti’s dynamism to Boult’s lean stringency, to Barbirolli’s unabashedly indulgent Romanticism to Sinopoli’s leisurely idiosyncrasy; in both his recordings separated by twenty years, Mark Elder steers a more central course through the ...
11 de jun. de 2024 · Sir Edward Elgar was an English composer whose works in the orchestral idiom of late 19th-century Romanticism—characterized by bold tunes, striking colour effects, and mastery of large forms—stimulated a renaissance of English music.
18 de jun. de 2024 · Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Enigma Variations, Op. 36 BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis A Hidden Portrait – Documentary hosted by the conductor. Recorded and filmed 2004, Worcester Cathedral, UK Opus Arte OA0917D DVD [86]
19 de jun. de 2024 · Our recommended recording of Elgar’s Enigma Variations, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar, can be bought here.
20 de jun. de 2024 · On today’s date in 1901, English composer Edward Elgar conducted the first performance of his cheery, upbeat, and slightly rowdy Cockaigne Overture, a commission from the Royal Philharmonic Society dedicated to his many friends in British Orchestras.
Hace 6 días · Take Edward Elgar. The British composer triumphed rather late in life: he was forty-two when the Enigma Variations finally established him as a major figure on the European scene in 1899. His window for opportunity, though, was a surprisingly small one.
