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Elgar and the Gramophone

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In 1930, the Gramophone company began to make plans to re-record many of Elgar's short popular orchestral works, among them the Three
Characteristic Pieces.
The second of these, the Serenade Mauresque , was never published Malcolm Ruthven explains why. He also introduces the Nursery Suite, inspired by youthful sketches which Elgar discovered in an old trunk.

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Source: Radio Times

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