Elgar: Symphony Nos 1 - 3 Orchestral & Concertos LSO Live

Elgar: Symphony Nos 1 - 3

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LS 0072

Elgar: Symphony Nos 1 - 3

Label Catalogue Number:
LSO0072

Running Time: 169:35

Release Date: July 2013
Originally recorded in 2001

Composer (1857-1934)
Sir Edward Elgar

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Sir Colin Davis

Venue
Barbican Centre, London

Producer
James Mallinson

Engineer
Tony Faulkner

Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos

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SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

(1857-1934)

Symphony No. 1 in A flat, Op. 55 (1907-08)

54:47

Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro

21:00

Allegro molto

7:52

Adagio

12:47

Lento - Allegro

12:45

Symphony No.2 in E flat, Op.63 (1911)

Allegro vivace e nobilimente

18:23

Larghetto

16:19

Rondo: Presto

8:26

Moderato e maestoso

14:30

Symphony No.3 in C minor, sketches elaborate by Anthony Payne

Allegro molto maestoso

15:50

10.

Scherzo: Allegretto

9:41

11.

Adagio solenne

16:12

12.

Allegro

15:50

169:18

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Colin Davis

Tracks 1-4: Recorded live 30 September-1 October 2001

Tracks 5-8: Recorded live 3-4 October 2001

Tracks 9-12: Recoreded live 13-14 December 2001

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Reviews

the symphony’s first great recording" The Independent - (Symphony No 3)

Having attended the first of the two Barbican concerts from which the recording emanates, I wondered whether Sir Colin’s extraordinarily powerful account of the slow movement in particular would move me as much as it did in the concert hall. The answer is an emphatic yes. Not only do Davis and his excellent band distil a remarkable level of concentration in this nobly defiant, dark hued essay, they also locate a heartache and intimacy that touch to the very marrow Gramophone magazine - (Symphony No 3)

there’s an inner intensity that makes passage after passage come to life as never before Most of all, there’s a sense that Davis believes utterly in the music" BBC Music Magazine - Symphony No 3

remarkable, above all for its depth of feeling" Sunday Times - Symphony No 2

Best Classical CDs of the Year Daily Telegraph - Symphony No 3

a radical version that sweeps away preconceived notionsabout the work.The headiness of Davis’s approach is matched by the lushness of the LSO’s playing and a sumptuous recording" The Guardian - Symphony No 2

this performance is further evidence of Sir Colin Davis’s intense rapport with Elgar’s music a very moving performance, magnificently played" Sunday Telegraph - Symphony No 2

The greatest living Elgarian.There is a breadth and structural completeness about it that does justice to Elgar’s vision sustained tonally and technically as only the LSO can " Financial Times - (Symphony No 1)

Best Classical CDs of the Year The Guardian - (Symphony No 2)

Top Ten Discs of the Decade BBC Music Magazine - (Symphony No 3)

Best Classical CDs of the Year The Guardian - (Symphony No 3)

Best Classical CDs of the Year Sunday Times - (Symphony No 2)

Artistic Quality 10 Sound Quality 10 ClassicsToday.com - (Symphony No 2)

Editor’s Choice No other orchestra is better equipped than the LSO to perform Elgar’s music a magnificent performance Gramophone magazine - (Symphony No 1)

Best Classical CDs of the Year Sunday Telegraph - (Symphony No 1)

Diapason D’or Diapason - (Symphony No 1)

Best Classical CDs of the Year The Guardian - (Symphony No 1)

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