SOMM Recordings
Elgar from America, Vol. 1 / New York Philharmonic Symphony, NBC Symphony
$20.99
Details
- Composer
- ELGAR, EDWARD
- Artist
- Piatigorsky, Toscanini, Barbirolli
- Format
- CD
- Label
- SOMM Recordings
- Released
- May 17, 2019
- Catalog #
- ARIADNE 5005
- UPC
- 748871500525
About
SOMM RECORDINGS is delighted to announce the release of Elgar from America, Volume I featuring historic recordings by a legendary cellist, two American orchestras and a trio of the 20th century’s greatest conductors. The results offer a fascinating transatlantic perspective on a titan of British music and includes two masterpieces and a symphonic study which Elgar considered his best orchestral piece.
Elgar visited America annually from 1905-07 and again in 1911 where his music found articulate champions and a place in the country’s affections, the trio of his Pomp and Circumstance March in D an essential, long-established part of ceremonies accompanying America’s graduation tradition. The featured recordings date from the 1940s and have been restored and remastered by the multi-award-winning audio restoration engineer Lani Spahr, who also provides informative booklet notes.
The Enigma Variations were, by far, America’s favourite Elgar work in the first decade of the last century. The “fleet, error-free performance” by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini in New York’s Radio City Studio on November 5, 1949 appears here on album for the first time. New in any form is Artur Rodzin´ski’s never-before released October 10, 1943 Carnegie Hall account of Falstaff Symphonic Study in C minor with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky joined the NYP-SO under John Barbirolli for a November 10, 1940 Carnegie Hall performance of the Cello Concerto. Piatigorsky never recorded the work commercially and this is the only known existing recording of him playing the piece. Lani Spahr’s previous restorations of historic Elgar recordings for SOMM Recordings include Elgar Rediscovered and the four-disc set Elgar Remastered which featured recordings from the composer’s own collection and was hailed by Audiophilia as “a fascinating achievement which will have you wishing for more”.
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REVIEW:
Elgar enthusiasts will find it intriguing, not least because it offers performances by some performers who one does not normally associate with Elgar’s music. This particular Toscanini performance of ‘Enigma’ is new to CD and Rodzinski’s Falstaff has never been issued commercially in any format. It’s also healthy and stimulating to hear performances from outside the English performing tradition. There is some surface noise at times but in general Lani Spahr’s transfers seem to me to have been extremely successful. There is applause after each work but otherwise the audiences are commendably quiet.
– MusicWeb International
Elgar visited America annually from 1905-07 and again in 1911 where his music found articulate champions and a place in the country’s affections, the trio of his Pomp and Circumstance March in D an essential, long-established part of ceremonies accompanying America’s graduation tradition. The featured recordings date from the 1940s and have been restored and remastered by the multi-award-winning audio restoration engineer Lani Spahr, who also provides informative booklet notes.
The Enigma Variations were, by far, America’s favourite Elgar work in the first decade of the last century. The “fleet, error-free performance” by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini in New York’s Radio City Studio on November 5, 1949 appears here on album for the first time. New in any form is Artur Rodzin´ski’s never-before released October 10, 1943 Carnegie Hall account of Falstaff Symphonic Study in C minor with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky joined the NYP-SO under John Barbirolli for a November 10, 1940 Carnegie Hall performance of the Cello Concerto. Piatigorsky never recorded the work commercially and this is the only known existing recording of him playing the piece. Lani Spahr’s previous restorations of historic Elgar recordings for SOMM Recordings include Elgar Rediscovered and the four-disc set Elgar Remastered which featured recordings from the composer’s own collection and was hailed by Audiophilia as “a fascinating achievement which will have you wishing for more”.
-----
REVIEW:
Elgar enthusiasts will find it intriguing, not least because it offers performances by some performers who one does not normally associate with Elgar’s music. This particular Toscanini performance of ‘Enigma’ is new to CD and Rodzinski’s Falstaff has never been issued commercially in any format. It’s also healthy and stimulating to hear performances from outside the English performing tradition. There is some surface noise at times but in general Lani Spahr’s transfers seem to me to have been extremely successful. There is applause after each work but otherwise the audiences are commendably quiet.
– MusicWeb International
Tracklist 25 tracks
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1 Theme: Andante 01:16
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Theme: Andante
- Duration
- 01:16
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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2 Variation 1: C. A. E. (The Composer's Wife) — 01:37
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Variation 1: C. A. E. (The Composer's Wife) —
- Duration
- 01:37
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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3 Variation 2: H. D. S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell) — 00:42
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Variation 2: H. D. S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell) —
- Duration
- 00:42
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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4 Variation 3: R. B. T. (Richard Baxter Townshend) — 01:18
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Variation 3: R. B. T. (Richard Baxter Townshend) —
- Duration
- 01:18
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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5 Variation 4: W. M. B. (William Meath Baker) — 00:27
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Variation 4: W. M. B. (William Meath Baker) —
- Duration
- 00:27
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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6 Variation 5: R. P. A. (Richard Penrose Arnold) — 01:40
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Variation 5: R. P. A. (Richard Penrose Arnold) —
- Duration
- 01:40
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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7 Variation 6: Ysobel (Isabel Fitton) — 01:14
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Variation 6: Ysobel (Isabel Fitton) —
- Duration
- 01:14
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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8 Variation 7: Troyte (Troyte Griffith) 00:58
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Variation 7: Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
- Duration
- 00:58
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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9 Variation 8: W. N. (Winifred Norbury) — 01:24
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Variation 8: W. N. (Winifred Norbury) —
- Duration
- 01:24
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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10 Variation 9: Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) — 02:54
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Variation 9: Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) —
- Duration
- 02:54
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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11 Variation 10: Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny) — 02:27
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Variation 10: Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny) —
- Duration
- 02:27
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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12 Variation 11: G. R. S. (George Robertson Sinclair) 00:53
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Variation 11: G. R. S. (George Robertson Sinclair)
- Duration
- 00:53
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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13 Variation 12: B. G. N. (Basil G. Nevinson) — 02:14
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Variation 12: B. G. N. (Basil G. Nevinson) —
- Duration
- 02:14
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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14 Variation 13: Romanza: *** (Lady Mary Lygon) — 02:25
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Variation 13: Romanza: *** (Lady Mary Lygon) —
- Duration
- 02:25
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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15 Variation 14: Finale: E. D. U. (The Composer) 05:10
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Variation 14: Finale: E. D. U. (The Composer)
- Duration
- 05:10
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Arturo Toscanini
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16 I. Adagio - Moderato 06:50
- Track
- 16
- Title
- I. Adagio - Moderato
- Duration
- 06:50
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Performer
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Barbirolli
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17 II. Lento - Allegro molto 04:40
- Track
- 17
- Title
- II. Lento - Allegro molto
- Duration
- 04:40
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Performer
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Barbirolli
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18 III. Adagio 04:32
- Track
- 18
- Title
- III. Adagio
- Duration
- 04:32
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Performer
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Barbirolli
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19 IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo 10:06
- Track
- 19
- Title
- IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo
- Duration
- 10:06
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Performer
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Barbirolli
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20 Falstaff and Prince Henry: Allegro - 03:00
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Falstaff and Prince Henry: Allegro -
- Duration
- 03:00
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Artur Rodziński
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21 Eastcheap. The Robbery at Gadshill. The Boar's Head Again. Revelry and Sleep 10:04
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Eastcheap. The Robbery at Gadshill. The Boar's Head Again. Revelry and Sleep
- Duration
- 10:04
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Artur Rodziński
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22 Dream Interlude 02:22
- Track
- 22
- Title
- Dream Interlude
- Duration
- 02:22
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Artur Rodziński
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23 Falstaff's March. The Return through Gloucestershire. The New King and the Hurried Ride to London. 01:38
- Track
- 23
- Title
- Falstaff's March. The Return through Gloucestershire. The New King and the Hurried Ride to London.
- Duration
- 01:38
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Artur Rodziński
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24 Interlude: In Shallow's Orchard 01:49
- Track
- 24
- Title
- Interlude: In Shallow's Orchard
- Duration
- 01:49
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Artur Rodziński
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25 King Henry V's Progress: The Repudiation of Falstaff and His Death 07:05
- Track
- 25
- Title
- King Henry V's Progress: The Repudiation of Falstaff and His Death
- Duration
- 07:05
- Composer
- Edward Elgar
- Ensemble
- New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Artur Rodziński