BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis — Elgar: Enigma Variations, Serenade for Strings, Cockaigne Overture

Слушайте альбом «Elgar: Enigma Variations, Serenade for Strings, Cockaigne Overture» — BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis онлайн на ICM Music.

Обложка альбома «Elgar: Enigma Variations, Serenade for Strings, Cockaigne Overture» — BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

The BBC Symphony Orchestra has a long, distinguished history of performing Elgar’s music and stamps its authority firmly on this selection of his orchestral pieces. The main work is the <i>Enigma Variations</i>, where conductor Andrew Davis vividly etches the musical detail of Elgar’s “friends pictured within”, each variation a portrait of an acquaintance of the composer. The “R.B.T.” variation has a wry humour, “Troyte” bustles impressively and in the famous “Nimrod” variation Davis distils exactly the type of stiff-upper-lip nobility Elgar intended. The <i>Cockaigne Overture</i>, “In London Town”, is meat and drink to an orchestra based in the city, and Davis elicits all the swagger and street-level detail in Elgar’s loving portrait of the British capital. The <i>Serenade for Strings</i> is a more intimate piece and is affectionately shaped by Davis and the BBC players.

Артист

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Треки

  1. Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 14:57
  2. Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47 14:47
  3. Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 20: Allegro piacevole 3:37
  4. Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 20: Larghetto 5:57
  5. Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 20: Allegretto 2:56
  6. Engima Variations, Op. 36: Introduction (Enigma-theme) 1:28
  7. Engima Variations, Op. 36: I. C.A.E. (Caroline Alice Elgar, The Composer's Wife) 1:55
  8. Engima Variations, Op. 36: II. H.D.S.P. (Hew Daivd Steuart-Powell) 0:44
  9. Engima Variations, Op. 36: III. R.B.T. (Richard Baxtet Townshend) 1:24
  10. Engima Variations, Op. 36: IV. W.M.B. (William Beath Baker) 0:30
  11. Engima Variations, Op. 36: V. R.P.A. (Richard Penrose Arnold) 2:15
  12. Engima Variations, Op. 36: VI. Ysobel (Isabel Fitton) 1:23
  13. Engima Variations, Op. 36: VII. Troyte (Troyte Griffith) 0:58
  14. Engima Variations, Op. 36: VIII. W.N. (Winifred Norbury) 1:54
  15. Engima Variations, Op. 36: IX. Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) 4:14
  16. Engima Variations, Op. 36: X. Dorabella (Dora Penny) 2:33
  17. Engima Variations, Op. 36: XI. G.R.S. (George Robertson Sinclair) 1:00
  18. Engima Variations, Op. 36: XII. B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson) 2:59
  19. Engima Variations, Op. 36: XIII. Romanza (Lady Mary Lygon) 2:52
  20. Engima Variations, Op. 36: XIV. Finale E.D.U. (The Composer) 5:17