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The Elgar edition Elgar's complete recordings, 1914-1925.

Title: The Elgar edition [sound recording] : Elgar's complete recordings, 1914-1925.
Author: Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
Publication: Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl : Pavilion Records, p1992.

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Description

5 sound discs (4 hr., 52 min., 8 sec.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

Works.
Elgar collection
Elgar's complete recordings, 1914-1925

Subject

Note

Pearl: GEMM CD 9951--GEMM CD 9955 (on container notes: GEMM CDS 9951-5).
A historic reissue of performances conducted by Elgar which were the first extensive recordings of his music for the gramophone.
Title from container.
Title on disc 1: The Elgar collection; title on discs 2-5: The Elgar edition.
Some works abridged and rewritten to fit the limitations of early recordings.
Compact discs; 5 containers.
Acoustical recordings, originally issued as 78 rpm discs by HMV (His Master's Voice).
Program notes, adapted from notes by Jerrold Northrop Moore and discographical information ([15] p.) inserted in 1st container.

Event (note)

Recorded between Jan. 21, 1914, and Apr. 16, 1925, at Hayes and City Road Studios in London.

Contents

Disc 1. Carissima -- Pomp and circumstance : march no. 1, op. 39, no. 1 -- Pomp and circumstance : march no. 4, op. 39, no. 4 -- Salut d'amour : op. 12 -- Carillon : op. 75 (Henry Ainley, speaker) -- The starlight express : op. 78 (Agnes Nicholls, soprano ; Charles Mott, baritone).
Disc 2. Violin concerto in B minor, op. 61 (Marie Hall, violin) -- Three Bavarian dances : op. 27 -- Cockaigne : overture, op. 40 -- The dream of Gerontius : op. 38. Prelude ; Angel's farewell -- The fringes of the fleet (Charles Mott, Frederick Henry, Frederick Stewart, Harry Barratt, baritones).
Disc 3. The wand of youth. Suite no. 1, op. 1a -- The wand of youth. Suite no. 2, op. 1b -- The wand of youth (variant 'takes'): Suite no. 1, op. 1a: Overture, Sun dance, Fairy pipers, Fairies and giants ; Suite no. 2, op. 1b: March, Moths and butterflies -- Polonia : op. 76 -- Chanson de nuit : op. 15, no. 1 -- Cello concerto in E minor : op. 85 (Beatrice Harrison, cello) -- The sanguine fan : ballet, op. 81. (selection).
Disc 4. Variations on an original theme : op. 36 : ('Enigma') -- King Olaf. A little bird in the air -- Sea pictures : op. 37 (Leila Megane, contralto) -- In the south : overture, op. 50.
Disc 5. Fantasia and fugue in C minor / Bach, Elgar -- Overture in D minor / Handel, Elgar -- Symphony no. 2 in E flat, op. 63 -- The light of life : op. 29. Meditation.

Call Number

*LDC 5486 (F)

OCLC

NYPG99-R2

Author

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.

Title

The Elgar edition [sound recording] : Elgar's complete recordings, 1914-1925.

Imprint

Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl : Pavilion Records, p1992.

Playing Time

005236 005139 010210 010335 010208

Performer

Various soloists ; unidentified symphony orchestra (1st-18th works) ; Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (remaining works) ; Edward Elgar, conductor (all works).

Event

Recorded between Jan. 21, 1914, and Apr. 16, 1925, at Hayes and City Road Studios in London.

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Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Conductor. Arranger

Ainley, Henry, 1879-1945. Narrator

Nicholls, Agnes. voc

Mott, Charles. voc

Hall, Marie, 1884-1956. Instrumentalist

Henry, F. (Frederick). voc

Stewart, Frederick. voc

Barratt, Harry. voc

Harrison, Beatrice, 1892-1965. Instrumentalist

Megane, Leila, 1891-1960. voc

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Carissima.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Pomp and circumstance. No. 1. Selections; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Pomp and circumstance. No. 4. Selections; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Salut d'amour; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Carillon.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Starlight express. Selections.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 61, B minor. Selections; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Bavarian dances.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Cockaigne. Selections; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Dream of Gerontius. Prelude.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Dream of Gerontius. Softly and gently. Selections; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Fringes of the fleet.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Wand of youth, no. 1.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Wand of youth, no. 2.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Polonia.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Chanson de nuit; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Concertos, cello, orchestra, op. 85, E minor. Selections.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Sanguine fan. Selections.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Variations on an original theme.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Scenes from the saga of King Olaf. Little bird in the air; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Sea pictures.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. In the south.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Fantasie und Fuge, organ, BWV 537, C minor; arranged.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Chandos anthems. In the Lord put I my trust. Sonata; arranged.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 63, E♭ major.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Light of life. Meditation.

Royal Albert Hall Orchestra. Performer

Publisher No.

GEMM CDS 9951-5 (GEMM CD 9951--GEMM CD 9955) Pearl

GEMM CDS 9951-5 Pearl

GEMM CD 9951 Pearl

GEMM CD 9952 Pearl

GEMM CD 9953 Pearl

GEMM CD 9954 Pearl

GEMM CD 9955 Pearl

Research Call Number

*LDC 5486 (F) Library has: v. 1-5 Program notes on file.

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