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| Composer | Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1899 |
| Work type | Vocal |
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GloucesterSongs of the Sea
Mendelssohn, Wood, Elgar, Sumsion, McDowall, Stanford
Philharmonia Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins; Roderick Williams; Three Choirs Festival Chorus
StockholmSea Music and Symphonic Dances
Smyth, Britten, Elgar, Rachmaninov
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev; Nina Stemme
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Beth Taylor’s commanding Sea Pictures with the London Philharmonic
The dream team of Edward Gardner and the LPO are joined by Beth Taylor for a glorious evening of Elgar at the Royal Festival Hall.
Dinis Sousa and the OAE present Elgar on period instruments
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Dinis Sousa bravely venture into Elgar at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with mixed success.
Wilson the Wizard brings magic to The Planets in Edinburgh
John Wilson brings the best out of both Holst's music and the players of the RSNO, though Alice Coote fails to hit the heights in Elgar's Sea Pictures.
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Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar
Quintessentially English or establishment outsider? Elgar was seen as provincial – and was never more at home than in his beloved Malvern Hills – but he had a European outlook.