CD, Elgar (composer)
-
Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The sound, engineered by Ralph Couzens, is magnificent...While fully relishing the at times dreamy polyphony of Vaughan Williams’s textures, Wilson’s Fantasia has sharp, impassioned edges too,... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2023
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, Orchestral Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Orchestral
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
-
Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Recording of the Year
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Orchestral
-
-
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
RecommendedNicky Spence (Gerontius), Anna Stéphany (The Angel), Andrew Foster-Williams (The Priest/Angel of the Agony), Polish National Youth Choir, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
This is unquestionably a great recording of Gerontius, one that every Elgarian should have, and ranks high among the many important projects Gabrieli has so far undertaken in its four decades... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2024
-
BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Recording of the Month
-
Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Choral
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Choral
-
-
The ensemble brings an extraordinary range and depth of sound to Beach’s closely-worked score…Ohlsson and the Takács Quartet are vividly alert to the [Elgar]’s sense of story…This is a performance... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Chamber Choice
-
Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
-
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Chamber
-
-
Elgar: Violin Concerto
RecommendedVilde Frang (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
A new version which stands comparison with the best. Frang’s initial entry is immediately soulful and introspective, intently tuning in to Robin Ticciati’s compelling account of the long orchestral... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, Recording of the Month
-
BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Concerto Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Concerto
-
-
Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2021
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
-
-
Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 19th February 2016
-
BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Instrumental Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Disc of the Month
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
-
-
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius & Sea Pictures
RecommendedStuart Skelton (tenor), Sarah Connolly (mezzo) & David Soar (bass), Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
among the best Gerontius performances on record. Davis resists the temptation to make the work sound like a flabby, imitation Parsifal and the results are outstandingly convincing...[Skelton]... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Choral Award Winner
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
-
Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Choral
-
-
Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
-
-
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Doric String Quartet, Edward Gardner
Complex, multi-faceted, subtly changeable Elgar…Gardner is a master of transitions: the gradual transformation of scherzo to slow movement is only the most striking, but there are plenty of... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Orchestral Choice
-
Building A Library, June 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 1)
-
-
Elgar: King Olaf
RecommendedEmily Birsan (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Collegium Musicum Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Sir Andrew Davis
there's nothing stilted about Elgar's music: it crackles with confident vitality...the Norwegian choruses respond with crisp vigour and superb English diction, only faintly (and appropriately)... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2015
-
Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Choral & Song Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
-
