Elgar: Symphony No. 2, Mina, Carissima & Chanson de matin Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko

• Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
• 1 Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 63: I. Allegro vivace e nobilmente 19:14
• 2 Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 63: II. Larghetto 15:04
• 3 Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 63: III. Rondo. Presto 07:57
• 4 Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 63: IV. Moderato e maestoso 16:50
• 5 Carissima 03:23
• 6 Mina 03:52
• 7 Chanson de Matin, Op. 15/2 03:19
• Total Runtime 01:09:39

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"What’s the matter with them Billy? They sit there like a lot of stuffed pigs!" Elgar commented to his friend W.H Reid, the leader of the Queen’s Hall Orchestra after the chilly reception given to the 2nd Symphony at its premiere in 1911. More emotionally complex and ambiguous than the first symphony, the 2nd seems to hint at the apocalyptic events that would be unleashed just three years on. "Be like a woman dropping a flower on a man’s grave" wrote the composer of the ‘Spirit of Delight' theme in the coda of the second movement.

This eagerly awaited Elgar 2 from Petrenko and the RLPO will further delight those fans who bought their recording of the 1st Symphony, released on Onyx to critical acclaim last year.

“Petrenko’s tempos in the long opening movement are admirably flexible, but it’s in the last two that interpretation and playing seem to me finest; the finale achieves a noble grandeur and melancholy.” (Sunday Times)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

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