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EMI has released a huge chunk of its Elgar (30 CDs) for about $60 bucks.
I've seen it as low as $45.63 at Amazon. Thirty CDs, in many cases of
classic performances, at a buck-and-a-half per.
CONTENTS:
Elgar conducting and pianist:
Pomp and Circumstance Marches #1-#5; The Dream of Gerontius - Prelude;
Serenade in e; Piano Improvisation #4; Salut d'amour; Chanson de nuit;
Chanson de matin; Land of Hope and Glory; Cockaigne (In London Town)
Barbirolli conducting:
Symphony #1 & #2; Introduction and Allegro; Elegy; Sospiri; Falstaff;
Cockaigne (In London Town); Froissart; Enigma Variations; Pomp and
Circumstance Marches 1-5; Serenade in e; Sea Pictures; Cello Concerto;
Dream of Gerontius
Boult conducting:
3 Bavarian Dances; Chanson de nuit; Chanson de matin; Fantasia and Fugue
in C (Bach, arr. Elgar); In the South (Alassio); Carillon; Funeral March
(Chopin, arr. Elgar); Grania and Diarmid; Polonia; Triumphal March;
Imperial March; Empire March; The Apostles; The Kingdom (with an illustrated
talk by Boult on The Apostles and The Kingdom); The Music Makers; The
Sanguine Fan
Groves conducting:
Violin Concerto; Nursery Suite; Severn Suite; Crown of India Suite;
Coronation March; The Light of Life; The Black Knight; Spanish Serenade;
The Snow; Fly, singing bird; Caractacus
Handley conducting:
Organ Sonata in G (orch. Jacob); Wand of Youth Suites 1 & 2; Scenes
from the Saga of King Olaf; The Starlight Express; Pleading; 3 Songs,
op. 59; 2 Songs, op. 60
Hickox conducting:
The Banner of St. George; Great is the Lord; Te Deum & Benedictus; The
Spirit of England; Give unto the Lord; O hearken Thou; Land of Hope and
Glory (arr. Fagge)
Del Mar conducting:
From the Bavarian Highlands
Marriner conducting:
Minuet; May Song; Rosemary; Romance for bassoon & orch.; Sevillana;
Serenade lyrique; 3 Characteristic Pieces; Carissima; Mina
Ledger conducting:
Coronation Ode; National Anthem (arr. Elgar)
Collingwood conducting:
Minuet from Beau Brummel; Dream Children, Salut d'Amour
Halsey conducting:
The Shower; My love dwelt in a northern land
Robinson conducting and organist:
Ave verum corpus; Ave Maria; Ave maris stella; Vesper Voluntaries;
Angelus; Give unto the Lord; O hearken Thou; Te Deum & Benedictus
Hughes conducting:
Jerusalem (Parry, orch. Elgar)
Hugh Bean (violin), David Parkhouse (piano):
Violin Sonata
John Ogdon (piano)
Piano Quintet; Serenade; Concert Allegro
Music Group of London
String Quartet
Sumison, organist:
Organ Sonata in G
Baccholian Singers of London:
5 Part-Songs from the Greek Anthology; The Wanderer; The Reveille
The King's Singers:
Deep in my soul
Steve Schwartz
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