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Elgar: Orchestral Miniatures.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Elgar: Orchestral Miniatures. James Judd, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.557577.
For listeners used to hearing only Sir Edward Elgar's big orchestral works--the First and Second Symphonies, the Pomp and Circumstance marches, the Enigma Variations, and the like--these orchestral miniatures may come as a delightful surprise. They are really quite enchanting.
Things begin with the Froissart Overture, written in 1890 and one of Elgar's first popular pieces. It has a nice, dashing swagger to it, inspired by some chivalric lines in a poem by Sir Walter Scott. That's followed by a selection of tunes that remind one of the English romantic-pastoral tradition: May Song, Carissima, Three Characteristic Pieces, Chanson de Matin, and Chanson de Nuit. They are slow, lovely pieces with a certain quality of Delius about ...
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