Elgar: Enigma Variations Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko
Album info
Album-Release:
2019
HRA-Release:
29.03.2019
Label: Onyx Classics
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Artist: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko
Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- 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
Info for Elgar: Enigma Variations
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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Booklet for Elgar: Enigma Variations