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Elgar: Cello Concerto Op. 85 -

Elgar: Cello Concerto Op. 85 -

Release Date: 1995-07-03, Audio CD, CBS Masterworks

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Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto; Serenade For Strings - Elgar

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Release Date: 1997-09-01, Audio CD, Decca (UMO)


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Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto [Australia] - Maazel

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personality. The unexpected pleasure here is Zubin
Mehta's refreshingly characterful, big-hearted
rendering of the Enigma Variations. While the
faster numbers go with plenty of athletic vigour
and a distinctive, opulent physicality (the
finale, for instance, bounds along with a
luscious, positively Straussian swagger), Mehta
does not miss out on the lofty nobility of
"Nimrod" or sly wit of "R.P.A." (Variation No.3).
True, one has to contend with a handful of
near-misses along the way, but overall Mehta's
Enigma is a definite tonic. As for the Cello
Concerto, Lynn Harrell is a breathtakingly secure
and mightily accomplished soloist, not as
unashamedly heart-on-sleeve as Jacqueline du Pré
on EMI (then again, who is?), but genuinely moving
all the same. Certainly, the Cleveland Orchestra
always produce a beautifully blended sonority, and
if Lorin Maazel's eagle-eyed conducting is not
always entirely free of the occasional
self-conscious nudge, the performance as a whole
offers a stylish blend of sophistication and
intelligence. With vintage 1970s Decca analogue
sound throughout, this super, super-budget Belart
CD is well worth snapping up. --Andrew Achenbach


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Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto [Australia] - Maazel

Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto [Australia] - Maazel

A bargain to be cherished, it contains two performances of genuine pedigree and strong ... more

personality. The unexpected pleasure here is Zubin
Mehta's refreshingly characterful, big-hearted
rendering of theEnigma Variations. While the
faster numbers go with plenty of athletic vigour
and a distinctive, opulent physicality (the
finale, for instance, bounds along with a
luscious, positively Straussian swagger), Mehta
does not miss out on the lofty nobility of
"Nimrod" or sly wit of "R.P.A." (Variation No.3).
True, one has to contend with a handful of
near-misses along the way, but overall
Mehta'sEnigmais a definite tonic. As for the Cello
Concerto, Lynn Harrell is a breathtakingly secure
and mightily accomplished soloist, not as
unashamedly heart-on-sleeve as Jacqueline du Pré
on EMI (then again, who is?), but genuinely moving
all the same. Certainly, the Cleveland Orchestra
always produce a beautifully blended sonority, and
if Lorin Maazel's eagle-eyed conducting is not
always entirely free of the occasional
self-conscious nudge, the performance as a whole
offers a stylish blend of sophistication and
intelligence. With vintage 1970s Decca analogue
sound throughout, this super, super-budget Belart
CD is well worth snapping up.--Andrew Achenbach


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Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto; Serenade For Strings - Elgar

Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto; Serenade For Strings - Elgar

Release Date: 1997-09-01, Audio CD, Decca (UMO)


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Elgar: Cello Concerto; "Enigma" Variations -

Elgar: Cello Concerto; "Enigma" Variations -

Release Date: 2005-10-18, Audio CD, Sony


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Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March, Op. 39; Cello Concerto, Op. 85; Enigma Variations -

Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March, Op. 39; Cello Concerto, Op. 85; Enigma Variations -

Release Date: 2006-06-19, Audio CD, Sony Classical


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Elgar: Cello Concerto op.85 · Enigma Variations · Pomp and Circumstance 1 & 4 - Mischa Maisky

Elgar: Cello Concerto op.85 · Enigma Variations · Pomp and Circumstance 1 & 4 - Mischa Maisky

Release Date: 2003-11-10, Audio CD, Universal Classics


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Elgar: Cello Concerto; "Enigma" Variations -

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Elgar: Cello Concerto/Enigma Variations -

Elgar: Cello Concerto/Enigma Variations -

Release Date: 1999-10-01, Audio CD, Argo


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Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Enigma Variations, Op. 36 -

Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Enigma Variations, Op. 36 -

Release Date: 1995-04-11, Audio CD, Conifer


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Disadvantages: Nil.

It would be one of the most daunting works to take on for any musician, given the history of its recording, yet British cellist Natalie Clein decided to do it. It took her some ten years to get to the point where she felt ready to tackle it again for posterity, and this CD gives her good reason to be proud. ELGAR'S CELLO CONCERTO AND DU PRÉ So what's so intimidating about Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto? Besides its call in the performer for technical virtuosity and a mature musical understanding of the piece, the concerto has also been inextricably linked with Jacqueline du Pré (1945 - 1987), cellist extraordinaire, who was tragically struck down at the prime of life by multiple sclerosis. Her landmark 1965 recording, made when she was just twenty (with John Barbirolli conducting the London Symphony Orchestra), is still hallowed by ...

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THE MAN: SIR EDWARD ELGAR It's probably futile for me to tell you who is Edward Elgar. To the British readers here he holds about the same position as Sibelius does for me as a Finn, being THE composer whose musical language captures the ideologies of the country, working as a kind of stereotypical signature for the people. Elgar was born in 1857 as the son of a music shop owner and through a course of self-instruction became a masterful orchestrator and soon found himself as a reknowned choral composer with a great deal of choral works and other religiously titled pieces to his credit. However, it was not until 1899 that his reputation was sealed as a truly great composer when he wrote the masterful "Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma'", which contained musical portraits of friends of Elgar and became an instant success. After ...

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Advantages: The Best Recording Ever
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