Elgar: The Pipes of Pan
Elgar: The River
Roderick Williams (baritone), Martin Yates (conductor), BBC Concert Orchestra

Sea Pictures for baritone
1. Sea Slumber-Song
2. In Haven (Capri)
3. Sabbath Morning at Sea
4. Where Corals Lie
5. The Swimmer
Roderick Williams (baritone),... more

The work is presented on 2 CDs. Disc 1 includes the entire masque with narration, whilst Disc 2 contains only the music.

COMPACT DISC ONE
premiere recording
The Crown of India, Op. 66 (1912)
An Imperial Masque in Two Tableaux. Orchestration completed by Anthony Payne Words by Henry Hamilton

Tableau I. The Cities of Ind 45:34
la. Introduction.
1b. Sacred Measure 2:09
2. Dance of Nautch Girls 3:08
2a. India greets her Cities 5:20
3. Song (Agra) 6:55
... more

At last, the successor to David’s recording of Elgar’s Piano Improvisations, issued in 2003. This CD contains the Karg-Elert transcription of
Falstaff, a manuscript lost for... more

Elgar Three Movements for Piano Trio

All three movements were left incomplete by Elgar, and the task of turning them into performable works has been taken on by composer Paul Adrian Rooke.

The three movements were premiered during the Elgar 150 Celebrations in 2007. The March for the Grafton Family is a version of the Empire March of 1924. The history of the 1882 trio... more

2 CD SET

Introduction by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Announcer
National Anthem
Weber: Der Freischutz - Overture
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op.83
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Announcer
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
The Halle and its Conductor - a 15 minute conversation with Sir John Barbirolli, Leinard Behrens and Kenneth Crickmore
introduced by \b{Alec Robertson
The Barbirolli Society SJB 1033-34
2 CD set

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041
Bath Festival Orchestra
Recorded 7-8 October 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042
Bath Festival Orchestra
Recorded 7-8 October 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
with Christian Ferras (violin)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Recorded 8 July, 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
Bach, J S: Concerto for Flute, Violin & Harpsichord in A minor,... more

Julius Patzak (tenor), Ira Malaniuk (mezzosopran), Ludwig Welter (bassbariton), Hans Swarowsky (conductor), Chor und Orchester des Osterreichischen Rundfunks
Recorded at the Funkhaus Vienna, January 1960
Elgar Editions EECD 006-007

CD 1
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
Allegri Quartet, Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
CD 2
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
Elegy for strings, Op. 58
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John... more

The film also uses archive photographs of Elgar, his family and friends.

The music includes:
Enigma Variations
Serenade for Strings
Pomp & Circumstance
Salut d'Amour

Naxos Musical Journeys 2110527
NTSC, All Regions, Aspect Ratio 4:3, 52 minutes