Elgar: Enigma Variations Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko

• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): In the South, Op. 50 "Alassio":
• 1 In the South, Op. 50 "Alassio": Overture for Orchestra 23:58
• Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20:
• 2 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20: I. Allegro piacevole                                 03:18
• 3 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20: II. Larghetto             06:16
• 4 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20: III. Allegretto                   02:45
• Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma":
• 5 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Theme. Andante            01:21
• 6 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation I. C.A.E 01:55
• 7 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation II. H.D.S-P 00:45
• 8 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation III. R.B.T 01:21
• 9 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IV. W.M.B 00:28
• 10 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation V. R.P.A 02:18
• 11 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation VI. Ysobel 01:18
• 12 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation VII. Troyte 00:54
• 13 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation VIII.  W.N             01:58
• 14 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod 03:26
• 15 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation X. Intermezzo. Dorabella 02:27
• 16 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation XI. G.R.S 00:58
• 17 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation XII. B.G.N 02:40
• 18 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation XIII. Romanza 02:55
• 19 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation XIV. Finale. E.D.U 05:19
• Total Runtime 01:06:20

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The third Elgar album from Petrenko and the RLPO , a critically acclaimed team of Elgarians, brings together three masterpieces, In the South, a vibrant and colourful depiction of the Southern Italian coast, the Serenade for String Orchestra, and the Variations on an original theme, know as the Enigma Variations. Elgar’s breakthrough masterpiece was conceived in 1898 during a moment of dispirited idleness. He had come home exhausted from a day of violin teaching and was absent-mindedly extemporising at the piano when his wife, Alice, called out: ‘Edward, that’s a good tune.’ What Elgar’s fingers had stumbled upon were in fact hints or fragments of a melody, each starting after the first beat of the bar – ideal for variation treatment. Now contemplating that theme, Elgar began to imagine how certain friends of his might play it or make it their own ….

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

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