I wanted to listen to this work, as I am currently immersed in Elgar recordings, but it seems to have gone missing from my collection. I was introduced this almost 40 years ago when I heard the touring LPO/Haitink perform it in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Can my British counterparts recommend a couple of versions? I would prefer one classic stereo recording and one high resolution choice (as this work would seem to almost require a detailed recording with a deep soundstage).
Elgar "Introduction and Allegro" recommendations
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Originally posted by vibratoforever View PostThe string playing on Barbirolli's recording is superb and he makes so much of the piece. One of the couplings, the Serenade for Strings, is equally impressive notably in the slow movement -passionate and deeply moving.
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Christopher Warren-Green and the London Chamber Orchestra released an excellent version some years ago on Virgin Classics. It immediately became my number one choice for a modern recording and came as close as any I've heard to the Barbirolli.
Not sure whether it's still available though...Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.
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Originally posted by Mr Pee View PostChristopher Warren-Green and the London Chamber Orchestra released an excellent version some years ago on Virgin Classics. It immediately became my number one choice for a modern recording and came as close as any I've heard to the Barbirolli.
Not sure whether it's still available though...
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Originally posted by waldhorn View PostThe early stereo recording of Barbirolli with his beloved Hallé on Pye/ Nixa ( 1957?) is IMV superior to the EMI /'Sinfonia of London' ( a pick-up band) performance, both musically and 'sonically'. I believe it is now available from the Barbirolli Society.
Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by waldhorn View PostThe early stereo recording of Barbirolli with his beloved Hallé on Pye/ Nixa ( 1957?) is IMV superior to the EMI /'Sinfonia of London' ( a pick-up band) performance, both musically and 'sonically'. I believe it is now available from the Barbirolli Society.
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amateur51
I first 'learned' this magnificent piece via a recording by the Academy of St Martin's in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner. And then I discovered versions by Barbirolli and I haven't listened to the Marriner since, though I'd much like to.
One fascinating version that was brought to listeners' attention by Messrs Swain & Cowan years ago on Radio Three was that by the Boston symphony orchestera under Charles Munch. It's just that bit different from the mainstream, different priorities, perhaps just the recording, but I'm very fond of it, not as a first choice but as a fascinating alternative.
It's available cheaply coupled with a splendid 'live' performance in the Royal Albert Hall in 1985 by BBCSO/Sir Colin Davis of Elgar symphony no 1
What a rich variety we have, to be sure
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Originally posted by waldhorn View PostThe early stereo recording of Barbirolli with his beloved Hallé on Pye/ Nixa ( 1957?) is IMV superior to the EMI /'Sinfonia of London' ( a pick-up band) performance, both musically and 'sonically'. I believe it is now available from the Barbirolli Society.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostYes indeed. The Fines were the jewel in the crown of those Pye recordings, though the pressings could be quite dreadful.
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostI wanted to listen to this work, as I am currently immersed in Elgar recordings, but it seems to have gone missing from my collection. I was introduced this almost 40 years ago when I heard the touring LPO/Haitink perform it in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Can my British counterparts recommend a couple of versions? I would prefer one classic stereo recording and one high resolution choice (as this work would seem to almost require a detailed recording with a deep soundstage).
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Originally posted by waldhorn View Post... 'Sinfonia of London' ( a pick-up band) ...
I'm currently awaiting delivery of the Stuttgarters/Norrington recording, which will be relatively free from modern wibbly-wobbly accretions.
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