Symphony No.1/Falstaff

Jacqueline Du Pre, Daniel Bare

Genre: Classical

CD | 1 disc(s) | Release: 18-05-2009

Verwachte levertijd (in NL): +/- 7 tot 15 werkdagen

€ 14.95

Extra info

Extra info:	London Symphony Orchestra//1930-1932
Maatschappij:	Outhere
Label:	Naxos
Barcode:	0747313325627
Suffix - prefix:	8111256
Taal:	FR
Herkomst:	Holland
Genre (extra):	Historical recording

Beschrijving

London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar

Before its sensational première in 1908, Hans Richter, the work’s dedicatee and first conductor, acclaimed Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 as ‘the greatest symphony of modern times’. Although Falstaff is often treated merely comically, Elgar’s virtuosic tone poem presents him and Prince Hal with a psychological insight truly worthy of Shakespeare.

On these historic and thrillingly realized recordings, made between 1930 and 1932, there really is no match for the composer’s insight and instinctive way with his own works, especially when conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, of which he had been principal conductor from 1911 to 1913.

Elgar:
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68

"The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony."
BBC Music Magazine - June 2009 *****

“Elgar’s recordings of his own music have come to be regarded as one of the great achievements of gramophone history.”
MusicWeb International