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Elgar: Symphony No 1 Etc

CHSA 5181

DSD
Multi-channel / Stereo
NEW RELEASE

Playing time: 65'20"
Tracks: 7
Booklet pages: 44
© 2017 Chandos Records Ltd
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Elgar: Symphony No 1 Etc published on 10 June 2017

Listen: Elgar: Allegro molto (Symphony No 1) (track 5, 5:04-6:02)

Doric String Quartet:
Alex Redington, violin
Jonathan Stone, violin
Hélène Clément, viola
John Myerscough, cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Bradley Creswick, leader
Edward Gardner, conductor

Edward Elgar (1857-1934):

Introduction and Allegro, Op 47 (1901, 1905) for string quartet and string orchestra
1 [Introduction.] Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - Tempo I -
2 Allegro
3 Allegro (Tempo 1) - Più animato - Come prima

Symphony No 1, Op 55 (1904, 1907-8) in A flat
4 Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro - Poco meno mosso - Poco più mosso - Tempo I - (Poco animato) - Grandioso (Tempo I) - Meno mosso - Poco più mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso
5 Allegro molto -
6 Adagio - Molto espressivo e sostenuto
7 Lento - Allegro - Grandioso (poco largamente)

Recorded 5-6 September 2016 at Watford Colosseum, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK

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