Sir Edward Elgar , Conductor Sir Edward Elgar – The Elgar Edition - Elgar's complete recordings 1914-1925

Sir Edward Elgar - The Elgar Edition - Elgar's complete recordings 1914-1925 album cover

Label:	Pearl – GEMM CDS 9951-5
Format:	5 x CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
Country:	UK
Released:	1992
Genre:	Classical, Stage & Screen
Style:	Romantic

Tracklist

1-1		Carissima
1-2		Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Op. 39 No. 1
1-3		Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Op. 39 No. 4
1-4		Salut D'Amour
1-5		Carillon, Op. 75
		The Starlight Express, Op. 78
1-6		(a) To the Children
1-7		(b) The Blue Eyes Fairy
1-8		(c) Curfew Song
1-9		(d) The Laugher
1-10		(e) The Organ-Grinder into the Dance of the Little Winds
1-11		(f) The Laugher into The Dawn Song
1-12		(g) My Old Tunes
1-13		(h) Finale
		Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (Abridged)
2-1		Allegro
2-2		Andante
2-3		Cadenza (fr. Third movt.)
2-4		Allegro molto
		Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27
2-5		(a) The Dance
2-6		(b) Lullaby
2-7		(c) The Marksmen
2-8		Cockaigne - Overture, Op. 40
		The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
2-9		Prelude/Angel's Farewell
		The Fringes of the Fleet
2-10		(a) The Lowestoft Boat
2-11		(b) Fates Discourtesy
2-12		(c) Submarines
2-13		(d) The Sweepers
2-14		(e) Inside the Bar
		The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a
3-1		No. 1: Overture
3-2		No. 2: Serenade
3-3		No. 4: Sun Dance
3-4		No. 5: Fairy Pipers
3-5		No. 7: Fairies and Giants
		The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b
3-6		No. 1: March
3-7		No. 2: Little Bells
3-8		No. 3: Moths and Butterflies
3-9		No. 5: The Tame Bear
3-10		No. 6: Wild Bears
3-11		I/1: Overture - I/4: Sun Dance - II/1: March - I/7: Fairies and Giants - I/5: Fairy Pipers - II/3: Moths and Butterflies
3-12		Polonia, Op. 76
3-13		Chanson de Matin, Op. 15, No. 1
		Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (Abridged)
3-14		First movt: Adagio - Lento into Second movt: Allegro molto
3-15		Third movt.: Adagio
3-16		Fourth movt.: Allegro ma non troppo
3-17		The Sanguine Fan - Ballet (Selection), Op. 81
		Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 ('Enigma')
4-1		Theme
4-2		I: (C.A.E.)
4-3		II: (H.D.S-P)
4-4		III: (R.B.T.)
4-5		IV: (W.M.B.)
4-6		V: (R.P.A.)
4-7		VI: (Ysobel)
4-8		VII: (Troyte)
4-9		VIII: (W.N.)
4-10		IX: (Nimrod)
4-11		X: (Dorabella)
4-12		XI: (G.R.S.)
4-13		XII: (B.G.N.)
4-14		XIII: (***)
4-15		XIV: (E.D.U.)
4-16		King Olaf: A Little Bird in the Air
		Sea Pictures, Op. 37
4-17		(a) Sea Slumber-Song
4-18		(b) In Haven (Capri)
4-19		(c) Sabbath Morning at Sea
4-20		(b) Where Coral Lie
4-21		(e) Swimmer
4-22		In the South - Overture, Op. 50
5-1		Fantasia and Fugue in C (Bach/Elgar)
5-2		Overture in D minor (Handel/Elgar)
		Symphony No. 2 in E flat, Op. 63
5-3		First Movt.: Allegro vivacious e maestoso
5-4		Second Movt.: Larghetto
5-5		Third movt.: Rondo (Presto)
5-6		Fourth movt.: Moderato e maestoso
5-7		The Light of Life, Op. 29: Meditation

Credits

Baritone Vocals – Charles Mott (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-10 to 2-14), Frederick Henry (tracks: 2-10 to 2-14), Frederick Stewart (tracks: 2-10 to 2-14), Harry Barratt (tracks: 2-10 to 2-14)
Cello – Beatrice Harrison (2) (tracks: 3-14 to 3-16)
Conductor – Sir Edward Elgar (tracks: All)
Contralto Vocals – Leila Megane (tracks: 4-17 to 4-21)
Soprano Vocals – Agnes Nicholls (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13)
Violin – Marie Hall (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)

Notes

For the majority of tracks in this collection no identifiable orchestra is listed. The Pearl documentation simply lists "Symphony Orchestra". The exceptions are tracks 4-1 to 4-16 & 4-22, plus the whole of the fifth CD (tracks 5-1 to 5-7) where the Pearl documentation lists the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra.