Barbirolli Conducts English String Music

by Edward Elgar & Ralph Vaughan Williams

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: His Master's Voice
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 4.21/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The esteemed conductor leads the Sinfonia of London through incredibly lush, definitive interpretations of definitive British pastoral compositions. The performance emphasizes sweeping, melancholic string textures, perfectly capturing the uniquely noble, slightly mournful atmosphere inherent in the composers' works. The recording remains a universally acclaimed, audiophile benchmark for string orchestra literature.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, orchestral, acoustic, instrumental, strings, melodic, majestic, ensemble

Tracklist

  1. Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op. 47
  2. Allegro Piacevole
  3. Larghetto
  4. Allegretto - Come Prima
  5. Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
  6. Fantasia On "Greensleeves"

Credits

  • Sir Edward Elgar - primary artist, composed by
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams - primary artist, composed by
  • Sir John Barbirolli - primary artist, conductor
  • The Allegri String Quartet - primary artist, strings [quartet]

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