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CHSA 5181

Elgar - Symphony No.1 etc

Running Time: 64:58

CD UPC: 0095115518120

Release Date: April 2017
Originally recorded in 2016

Composer
Sir Edward Elgar

Chamber *
Doric String Quartet

Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Edward Gardner

Producer
Brian Pidgeon

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer (assistant)
Jonathan Cooper

Venue 5th & 6th September 2016
Watford Colosseum, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos

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SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

Introudction and Allegro, Op.47 (1901, 1905) *

14:06

for String Quartet and String Orchestra

To his friend Professor S.S. Sanford, Yale University, U.S.A.

[Introduction.] Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - Tempo I -

3:53

Allegro -

3:35

Allegro (Tempo I) - Più animato - Come prima

6:38

Symphony No.1, Op.55 (1904, 1907-08)

51:04

in A flat major • in As-Dur • en la bémol majeur

To Hans Richter, Mus. Doc., True Artist and True Friend

Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro - Poco meno mosso - Poco più mosso -

19:25

Allegro molto -

7:16

III

Adagio - Molto espressivo e sostenuto

12:11

Lento - Allegro - Grandioso (poco largamente)

12:00

TT:: 65:20

Chamber: Doric String Quartet *

Alex Redington - violin

Jonathan Stone - violin

Hélène Clément - viola

John Myerscough - cello

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Edward Gardner

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Reviews

"... The Doric Quartet sounds wonderful ... Gardner's is an excellent, perhaps even revelatory performance. The sound is very good ..."

Roger Hecht - American Record Guide - November/December 2017

“... sit back, listen and prepare to be dazzled... This Elgar release further enhances and confirms Gardner’s standing in mu opinion, as one of today’s major maestros on the world stage.” Jerry Dubins

“... This performance is as lovely as any you will find...” Steven Kruger

“... Strongly recommended.” - Ronald E Grames

Fanfare - September/October 2017

**** (Excellent Album)

Stefano Pagliantini - Musica magazine (Italy) - November 2017

“...the BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by the Doric Quarter, and the result is certainly excellent ... Edward Gardner shapes the work beautifully ...”

Tim Homfray – The Strad – July 2017

*** (Good Disc) **** (Excellent Sound)

Xavier de Gaulle – Classica magazine (France) – July/August 2017

Orchestral Choice

Performance ***** Recording *****

“... every detail is clear and well placed in these excellent recordings ...”

Stephen Johnson – BBC Music magazine – July 2017

“... a finely nuanced recording of the Introduction and Allegro. In the symphony, Gardner’s feeling for pace and for colour really are top drawer, more measured than some performances but never losing sight of the overall shape of the work, never letting tension slip. Typically fine Chandos surround sound.” *****

Guy Weatherall – Classical Music magazine – June 2017

Album of the Week

“... he [Gardner] coaxes playing of special splendour here from the brass and strings, which reveal richer sonorities in the saturated textures and brilliant contrapuntal writing... “

Hugh Canning – The Sunday Times – 14 May 2017

Artistic Judgement: Excellent/Exceptional

Technical Assesment: Excellent/Exceptional

Dynamics: 5 Timbre: 4 Soundstage: 5 Detail: 5

Andrea Bedetti – Audiophile Sound magazine (Italy) – April 2017

“With each new disc that arrives it becomes clearer that Edward Gardner is evolving into something really special ... some very lovely playing from the BBC SO ...”

Edward Seckerson – Gramophone magazine – May 2017

“... Edward Gardner leads a lyrical and bracing account [Introduction and Allegro], vying nostalgic reverie with intense drive, Is dotted and Ts crossed yet with plenty of bittersweet ardour and impulsive vitality. The First Symphony is just as impressive. Gardner directs a flowing if flexible account that is very listenable and is particularly revealing of detail, dynamics and sonority...” *****

Colin Anderson – ClassicalSource.com – May 2017

Album of the Week

David Mellor – ClassicFM – 10 April 2017

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