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Elgar: The Symphonies; In the South (Alassio); Cockaigne [Box set]

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  • Audio CD (3 Mar 1995)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B00000425P
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 87,624 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Overture Cockaigne, Op.40
2. 1. Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro
3. 2. Allegro molto
4. 3. Adagio
5. 4. Lento - Allegro
Disc: 2
1. In the South (Alassio) - Concert Overture, Op.50
2. 1. Allegro vivace e nobilmente
3. 2. Larghetto
4. 3. Rondo. Presto
5. 4. Moderato e maestoso

On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 1 in A flat
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Conducted by Sir Georg Solti

  2. Symphony No. 2 in E flat
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Conducted by Sir Georg Solti

  3. Cockaigne, 'In London Town'
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Conducted by Sir Georg Solti

  4. In the South, 'Alassio'
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Conducted by Sir Georg Solti


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Amazon.co.uk Review

Always a superbly dashing Elgarian, Sir Georg Solti directs electrifying performances of both symphonies. Clearly modelled on the composer's own recordings (essential listening and available on Volume 1 of EMI's exemplary Elgar Edition), Solti's combustible readings generate heaps of passion and excitement, yet rarely at the expense of either structural cohesion (the Second Symphony's finale reaches a truly overwhelming climax) or wistful intimacy (both slow movements unfold with a rapt tenderness rarely encountered in the studio). With the London Philharmonic at their virtuoso, pliant best, these are performances to rank alongside the most satisfying ever, and Decca's impeccably balanced and glowingly rich engineering continues to serve up a real feast for the ears. Punters in search of something a little less headlong can confidently invest in rival (and identically priced) twofers from either Sir Andrew Davis (Teldec Ultima) or Bernard Haitink (EMI Forte). By the way, Solti's fillers are excellent, too: Cockaigne goes with both delectable point and swagger, while In the South fairly surges along to its unashamedly grandiloquent apotheosis. --Andrew Achenbach

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Elgar’s two symphonies are among the finest of the late romantic era. On a purely musical level they have gloriously beautiful themes, brilliant development sections, and masterful orchestration. But it is the emotional content - superbly expressed euphoria and dysphoria - that marks their real greatness. Solti captures this better than any conductor apart from Elgar’s himself. Where most other conductors seem to view the highs as national celebrations and the lows as a nations’ mournings, Solti reads them correctly as personal emotions, not those of a wider world. Where others lose energy, linger, and over-indulge, so robing the music of nervous energy, Solti always keeps moving, just as Elgar’s did.
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