Achim Breiling wrote:

>If this work is now Elgar with a bit of Payne or Payne with a bit of
>Elgar its nevertheless a very nice piece of music and for me (not being an
>expert on Elgar) it sounds very much like Elgar. Maybe its not as dramatic
>or bombastic as Elgars previous symphonies

Bombastic is the last word I would use about Elgar's Symphonies.  Had to
say that.

>By the way I think I read somewhere that Payne did some changes in the
>score for this recording (compared to the older one on NMC). Is this
>true?

I think so but I suspect the differences are quite small.  The new
recording under Paul Daniel on Naxos is now, I think, the one to have.

Tony Duggan,
England