Elgar: Enigma Variations Orchestral & Concertos LSO Live

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Elgar: Enigma Variations

Label Catalogue Number:
LSO0109

Running Time: 47:54

Release Date: June 2007
Originally recorded in 2007

Composer
Sir Edward Elgar

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Sir Colin Davis

Venue * Recorded live on 6 & 7 Jan 2007 ** Recorded live on 23 Sept & 9 Dec 2005
Barbican Centre, London

Producer
James Mallinson

Engineer
Jonathan Stokes

Engineer
Neil Hutchinson

Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos

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SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

Enigma Variations *

1.

Theme

1:25

2.

CAE

1:54

3.

HDS-P

0:45

4.

RBT

1:35

5.

WMB

0:31

6.

RPA

2:09

7.

Ysobel

1:37

8.

Troyte

1:03

9.

WN

1:53

10.

Minrod

4:25

11.

Dorabella

2:50

12.

GRS

1:03

13.

BGN

3:11

14.

(***)

3:14

15.

EDU

5:31

16.

Introduction & Allegro for Strings **

14:48

47:56

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Colin Davis

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Reviews

[a] superlative new recording … Davis’ reading of this marvellous work excels both in the broad sweep and in the intimate details. ‘Nimrod’ has surely never been played with a fresher, less hackneyed approach: each phrase of the variation emerges with fluidity, capped by the bold masculinity of the final line. Once again, LSO Live has taken on one of the most recorded works in the repertoire and provided the definitive account

MusicalCriticism.com - 7 June 2007

the playing of the London Symphony Orchestra at every point is worthy of any of the world’s great orcehstras

International Record Review - 1 June 2007

There’s no sign of ageing in Davis’s energetic Enigma interpretation, which enjoys an abundance of characterisation from its well-paced statement of the theme to a series of variations that each carry their own fascination. There is luxurious warmth in every sweeping phrase, but also a driving energy that holds the entire work together

The Scotsman - June 2007

Of all the issues to mark the 150th anniversary of Elgar’s birth, few will be more distinguished than these masterful accounts … you have an Enigma Variations as beautifully paced and played as any on disc and a superb Introduction & Allegro by the orchestra that premiered the work under the composer

The Observer - 10 June 2007

Colin Davis’s LSO Live recordings of the Elgar symphonies are already jewels in the label’s crown, so this release brought with it high expectations. Davis’s way with Elgar is always a fairly flexible one … it gives this splendid account of the Enigma Variations a real sense of a living organism. The LSO plays wonderfully

The Daily Telegraph - 9 June 2007

CD of the Week

Classic FM - 28 May 2007

he [Sir Colin Davis] has always been a great Elgarian Their Enigma, captured at the beginning of this year, is one of the most beautifully played I can recall, and certainly one of the most moving accounts of this much-recorded music This superlative performance is coupled with an equally dazzling account, from 2005, of the Introduction and Allegro for Strings."

The Sunday Times - 27 May 2007

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