Kate Kennedy chose the following five this morning . She seems to like her Elgar " restrained" as she described it . Of the extracts played:
1 Cello Concerto - Isserlis/Philharmonia/Jarvi ( to my ears lovely playing from Isserlis -accompaniment a bit dull)
2 Symphony No 1 - BBCSO/Gardner ( I liked it a lot but it seemed very Boultian to me rather than ground breaking)
3 Salut d'Amour ( Little/Davis ) KK seemed to be a very big fan of the Little/Davis recording of the VC too - which to me is an estimable reading but as Alison I think said on here - a sort of kitchen second stereo sort of recording)- I must admit I found this reading of Salut d Amour a bit sickly sweet.
4 Dream of Gerontius- Sarah Connolly/Stuart Skelton - Andrew Davis . ( Didn't like this much - but then again I don't really like Gerontius all that much . The tenor was rather operatic. Sarah Connolly was splendid though .
5 Introduction and Allegro for Strings - ECO/Britten ( it is very good but I have never felt it matched the Sinfonia of London/Barbirolli )
My five would be way more traditional I imagine and most certainly would not include Salut D Amour or Gerontius .
1 Cello Concerto - Du Pre/Lso/Barbirolli
2 Violin Concerto Menuhin/LSO/Elgar
3 Symphony No1 BBCSO/Boult - 1976 live Proms recording
4 Symphony No 2 - the incorrigibly slow first movement notwithstanding - the 1964 Barbirolli recording
5 In The South -BSO/Silvestri
What would be yours?
1 Cello Concerto - Isserlis/Philharmonia/Jarvi ( to my ears lovely playing from Isserlis -accompaniment a bit dull)
2 Symphony No 1 - BBCSO/Gardner ( I liked it a lot but it seemed very Boultian to me rather than ground breaking)
3 Salut d'Amour ( Little/Davis ) KK seemed to be a very big fan of the Little/Davis recording of the VC too - which to me is an estimable reading but as Alison I think said on here - a sort of kitchen second stereo sort of recording)- I must admit I found this reading of Salut d Amour a bit sickly sweet.
4 Dream of Gerontius- Sarah Connolly/Stuart Skelton - Andrew Davis . ( Didn't like this much - but then again I don't really like Gerontius all that much . The tenor was rather operatic. Sarah Connolly was splendid though .
5 Introduction and Allegro for Strings - ECO/Britten ( it is very good but I have never felt it matched the Sinfonia of London/Barbirolli )
My five would be way more traditional I imagine and most certainly would not include Salut D Amour or Gerontius .
1 Cello Concerto - Du Pre/Lso/Barbirolli
2 Violin Concerto Menuhin/LSO/Elgar
3 Symphony No1 BBCSO/Boult - 1976 live Proms recording
4 Symphony No 2 - the incorrigibly slow first movement notwithstanding - the 1964 Barbirolli recording
5 In The South -BSO/Silvestri
What would be yours?
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