Elgar and His Muses
With Michael Kennedy. Some of Elgar's most personal music is to be found in his partsongs, like Owls, which he composed for his daughter Carice. His friends Sydney and Frances Colvin suggested that he compose a requiem for the fallen in 1915, and in return he dedicated the cello concerto to them.
Pleading, Op 48 No 1
Robert Tear (tenor), CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle
Deep in My Soul, Op 53 No 2
Finzi Singers, conductor Paul Spicer Falstaff (Two Interludes) Northern Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
For the Fallen (The Spirit of England) London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox
Cello Concerto in E minor
Paul Tortelier , London Philharmonic, conductor Adrian Boult
Repeated from last Thursday