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Work: Sospiri for string orchestra and harp, Op.70

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ComposerElgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)
PeriodRomantic
Year1914
Work typeOrchestral
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LondonEdward Gardner conducts Elgar

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London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Beth Taylor

EastbourneEdward Gardner conducts Elgar

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London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Jan Vogler
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Anthony Marwood leads the Scottish Chamber Orchestra forwards in time

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A concept album of a programme which might not quite have cohered, but whose components were never less than lovely.
****1
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Lifelessness, extremes and emotional weight in conflicted CBSO evening

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the CBSO give a flat rendition of Haydn in an otherwise emotionally-conflicted, moving evening featuring Weinberg, Elgar and Thomas Adès.
***11
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RPO and Pinchas Zukerman deliver safe as houses repertoire

Assured and mostly rewarding performances from the RPO in standard fare that underlined Bruch’s nobility, Elgar’s masterly orchestration and the originality of Sibelius. 
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