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If you love -- really, really, really love -- composer Edward Elgar and his music, you'll have to hear this two-disc set. Called Songs & Piano Music by Edward Elgar, it has several important and unique features. First, all the accompaniments are performed on the composer's own 1844 Broadwood Square Piano, which naturally lends an air of palpable authenticity to every work. Second, it contains among its 34 individual pieces four world-premiere recordings ranging from the very early "As I laye a-thynkynge" to the very late "XTC" and from the massive transcription of the Prelude and "Angel's Farewell" from The Dream of Gerontius to the slender sketch of "?," Elgar's first idea of what later became his cello concerto. Third, it includes the song cycle Sea Pictures in its original keys and accompanied only by the piano. Finally, it has tremendously committed performances by all concerned, from pianist David Owen Norris through soprano Amanda Pitt, tenor Mark Wilde, and baritone Peter Savidge to the tiny male chorus of Mark Bamping, William Houghton, and Edward Whiffin. Some might object that the Broadwood, for all its undoubted authenticity, is tinny and slightly out of tune, while others might complain that much of the music is early and quite uncharacteristic of the mature composer. But anyone who loves -- really, really, really loves -- the composer and his music will be champing at the bit to get ahold of this disc. Avie's digital sound is a tad distant, but still clear and evocative.
© TiVo
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7 Lieder (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
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Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
A War Song (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Is she not passing fair? (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
As I laye a-thynkynge (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Salut d'amour, op. 12 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
The Wind at Dawn (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
After, op. 31 n° 1 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Caractacus (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Dry those fair, those crystal eyes (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
The Pipes of Pan (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Sea Pictures (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
DISC 2
The Dream of Gerontius (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Come, gentle night (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
In the dawn (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Speak, music (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Dream Children (Enfants d'un rêve), op. 43 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Arabian Serenade (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
In Moonlight (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Pleading, op. 48 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
O soft was the song, op. 59 n° 1 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
The Fringes of the Fleet (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
'?' (première idée du futur Thème du Concerto pour violoncelle) (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
It isnae me (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
XTC (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - the works, MainArtist
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
Album review
If you love -- really, really, really love -- composer Edward Elgar and his music, you'll have to hear this two-disc set. Called Songs & Piano Music by Edward Elgar, it has several important and unique features. First, all the accompaniments are performed on the composer's own 1844 Broadwood Square Piano, which naturally lends an air of palpable authenticity to every work. Second, it contains among its 34 individual pieces four world-premiere recordings ranging from the very early "As I laye a-thynkynge" to the very late "XTC" and from the massive transcription of the Prelude and "Angel's Farewell" from The Dream of Gerontius to the slender sketch of "?," Elgar's first idea of what later became his cello concerto. Third, it includes the song cycle Sea Pictures in its original keys and accompanied only by the piano. Finally, it has tremendously committed performances by all concerned, from pianist David Owen Norris through soprano Amanda Pitt, tenor Mark Wilde, and baritone Peter Savidge to the tiny male chorus of Mark Bamping, William Houghton, and Edward Whiffin. Some might object that the Broadwood, for all its undoubted authenticity, is tinny and slightly out of tune, while others might complain that much of the music is early and quite uncharacteristic of the mature composer. But anyone who loves -- really, really, really loves -- the composer and his music will be champing at the bit to get ahold of this disc. Avie's digital sound is a tad distant, but still clear and evocative.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 38 track(s)
- Total length: 02:19:15
- Main artists: the works
- Composer: Edward Elgar
- Label: Avie Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2007 AVIE Records (P) 2007 AVIE Records
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