Elgar - Symphony No.1, Engima Variations, etc
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Label: Barbirolli Society
Cat No: SJB1017
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 12th October 2009
Contents
Works
Bavarian Dances, op.27 (3)Enigma Variations, op.36
Introduction and Allegro for strings, op.47
Symphony no.1 in A flat major, op.55
Artists
Halle OrchestraConductor
John BarbirolliWorks
Bavarian Dances, op.27 (3)Enigma Variations, op.36
Introduction and Allegro for strings, op.47
Symphony no.1 in A flat major, op.55
Artists
Halle OrchestraConductor
John BarbirolliAbout
JB’s Hallé Orchestra was at its peak around this period and he made the recording with the centenary of Elgar’s birth the following June very much in the front of his mind. Michael Kennedy believes the performance of the Adagio is even more moving than in his 1963 Philharmonia version. He first conducted No.1 in 1933 with the Scottish Orchestra but did not return to it until the 1954-5 Hallé season in Manchester. It was also the last Elgar work he conducted, at Ely and King’s Lynn in July 1970.
The symphony is part of Hallé history because Hans Richter, to whom it was dedicated, conducted the first performance at a Hallé concert in Manchester on 3 December 1908 and JB made it the climax of the orchestra’s centenary concert on 30 January 1958 when Colin Mason wrote that “the performance was not four movements but a single symphonic poem, haunted all through by the tempo and mood of the opening march theme. It may be doubted whether Richter himself did better for the work than this.” We can hear how right he was from this disc.
Contents:
CD 1 - Stereo
- Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op.47
- Elegy for Strings Op.58
- Symphony No.1 in A flat Op.55
Recorded 11 & 12 December 1956 Free Trade Hall
CD 2 - Mono
- Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op.47
Recorded 29 May 1947 Kingsway Hall, London
- Elegy for Strings Op.58
Recorded 4 January 1947 Houldsworth Hall, Manchester
- Enigma Variations Op.36
Recorded 23 October 1947 Kingsway Hall, London
- Bavarian Dance No.2 ‘Lullaby’
Recorded 30 May 1947 Kingsway Hall, London
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