Elgar - Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
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Orchestral » String Orchestras
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The sound, engineered by Ralph Couzens, is magnificent...While fully relishing the at times dreamy polyphony of Vaughan Williams’s textures, Wilson’s Fantasia has sharp, impassioned edges too,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Orchestral
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Special offer. Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Doric String Quartet, Edward Gardner
Complex, multi-faceted, subtly changeable Elgar…Gardner is a master of transitions: the gradual transformation of scherzo to slow movement is only the most striking, but there are plenty of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, June 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 1)
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Introduction and Allegro
RecommendedNigel Kennedy (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Kennedy's first recording of the Elgar Concerto is aflame with a young man's passionate inspiration, though never lacking subtler nuance, while Handley simply breathed Elgar like no-one else. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Concerto
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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And the Bridge is Love
RecommendedEnglish Music for Strings
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra
as a conductor, he evidently has the ability to make a difference to collective performance-level (the English Chamber Orchestra plays characteristically and vividly at every point) while not... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
LSO String Ensemble, Roman Simovic
Clean-heeled athleticism and rhythmic spring — More…
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there are times when a recording of a popular classic comes along that's so fresh, understanding and heartfelt that it demands to be approached solely on its own terms. Paul Watkins's Elgar... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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The Dream of Gerontius is notable for the singing of Richard Lewis – his New York debut – freer than in his later studio recording. Even more impressive is the Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Archive Issue of the Month
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English String Music
RecommendedSinfonia of London & New Philharmonia Orchestra, with the Allegri String Quartet, Sir John Barbirolli
This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest records — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Special offer. Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36, etc.
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th June 2007
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