Building a Library: Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat, Op.63
Reviewer - David Nice
First Choice: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
(Recorded 1944; c/w Prelude (The Dream of Gerontius); Sospiri, Op.70)
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CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.elgar:
bal.elgar.symphony.no.2.op.63
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BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
ELGAR Symphony No.2 in E Flat Major, Op.63
Reviewer: David Nice
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