Enigma 'Friends pictured within'
Donald Macleod focuses on some of Elgar's male companions and the friends pictured within his ever-popular Enigma Variations.
Donald Macleod explores the life and career of Edward Elgar through the lens of his muses - his family, his love interests, and some of his greatest friends. In today's programme, Donald focuses on some of Elgar's male companions and the friends pictured within his ever-popular Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
Sospiri
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Deep in my soul, Op.53 No.2
Tenebrae
Nigel Short (director)
Enigma Variations
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Producer: Sam Phillips.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and circumstance march Op 39 - no1 in D major
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos : CHAN10709.
- Chandos.
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Edward Elgar
Sospiri Op 70
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : dg463-2652.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Edward Elgar
Partsong - Deep in my soul Op 53 no 2
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Signum SIGCD904.
- Signum.
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Op 36
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- DECCA: 4500212.
- DECCA.
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- Wed 1 Nov 201712:00BBC Radio 3
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