Elgar reviews
Six of the best recordings of Elgar's Cello Concerto
With so many cellists, so many very different interpretations, we search for an account of Elgar's much-loved Concerto that best captures the work's emotional heartland. Here are the best recordings of Elgar's Cello Concerto
Elgar: Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Stephen Hough (piano); London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (Erato)
Serenades (Daniel Hope)
Zurich Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Hope (violin) (DG)
Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands
Bavarian Radio Choir/Howard Arman, et al (BR Klassik)
British Music for Strings
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra/Douglas Bostock (CPO)
Organ Prom
John Challenger (organ) (Salisbury Cathedral)
Elgar • Stenhammar - Violin Concerto, etc
Triin Ruubel (violin); Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Sorel Classics)
Elgar • Vaughan Williams: Sonatas; The Lark Ascending, etc
Jennifer Pike (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano) (Chandos)
Elgar: Sea Pictures; Falstaff
Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim, et al (Decca)
Elgar: Violin Concerto; Sospiri; Salut d'amour etc
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Petr Limonov (piano); LPO/Vladimir Jurowski (Decca)
Anna Clyne • Elgar: Cello Concerto, etc
Inbal Segev (cello); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Marin Alsop (Avie)
Elgar: Sea Pictures; The Music Makers
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano); RLPO/Vasily Petrenko (Onyx)
Elgar: Short Orchestral Works
BBC Concert Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton Epoch)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2; Serenade for Strings
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner
(Chandos)
Beach • Elgar: Piano Quintets
Garrick Ohlsson (piano); Takács Quartet (Hyperion)
Stephen Hough’s Dream Album: Works by Liszt, Hough, Dohnányi et al
Stephen Hough (Hyperion)
Belle Epoque
Daniel Hope (violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips, Lise de la Salle (piano), Stefan Dohr (horn), Yibai Chen (cello); Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 and Marches
London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (ALC 1407)
Songs of Vain Glory
This beautifully programmed recital will make you want to rush out and buy as many volumes of British songs as you can. It collects – imaginatively, coherently, and to deeply moving effect – 23 songs on the theme of war.
Elgar: The Music Makers; The Spirit of England
BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis (Chandos)
Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Mike Batt (Guild)
Elgar: The Hills of Dreamland
Nathalie de Montmollin, Kathryn Rudge, Hank Neven, Barry Collett; BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (Somm)
Elgar & Finzi: Violin Concertos
Ning Feng; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlos Miguel Prieto (Channel Classics)
Elgar (Sheku Kanneh-Mason)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), et al; LSO/Simon Rattle (Decca)