Elgar from America, Vol. 1 / New York Philharmonic Symphony, NBC Symphony

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SOMM Recordings
Release Date
May 17, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ELGAR, EDWARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Nbc Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Piatigorsky, Toscanini, Barbirolli
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 17, 2019
    • UPC
      748871500525
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARIADNE 5005
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Theme: Andante

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    2. Variation 1: C. A. E. (The Composer's Wife) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    3. Variation 2: H. D. S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    4. Variation 3: R. B. T. (Richard Baxter Townshend) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    5. Variation 4: W. M. B. (William Meath Baker) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    6. Variation 5: R. P. A. (Richard Penrose Arnold) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    7. Variation 6: Ysobel (Isabel Fitton) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    8. Variation 7: Troyte (Troyte Griffith)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    9. Variation 8: W. N. (Winifred Norbury) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    10. Variation 9: Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    11. Variation 10: Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    12. Variation 11: G. R. S. (George Robertson Sinclair)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    13. Variation 12: B. G. N. (Basil G. Nevinson) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    14. Variation 13: Romanza: *** (Lady Mary Lygon) —

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    15. Variation 14: Finale: E. D. U. (The Composer)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

    16. I. Adagio - Moderato

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

      Conductor: John Barbirolli

    17. II. Lento - Allegro molto

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

      Conductor: John Barbirolli

    18. III. Adagio

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

      Conductor: John Barbirolli

    19. IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

      Conductor: John Barbirolli

    20. Falstaff and Prince Henry: Allegro -

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    21. Eastcheap. The Robbery at Gadshill. The Boar's Head Again. Revelry and Sleep

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    22. Dream Interlude

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    23. Falstaff's March. The Return through Gloucestershire. The New King and the Hurried Ride to London.

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    24. Interlude: In Shallow's Orchard

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    25. King Henry V's Progress: The Repudiation of Falstaff and His Death

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński


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