Elgar from America, Volume 1 may seem the kind of release of most interest to aficionados of historical recordings, and indeed it is something of an odd collection. Even in the 1940s, when they were made, Elgar had begun to fall out of fashion in the U.S., and two of the three works, the Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, and Falstaff, Op. 68, are performed by musicians not often associated with Elgar: cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and conductor Artur Rodzinski, respectively. Furthermore, the Falstaff performance is cut, for ...
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Elgar from America, Volume 1 may seem the kind of release of most interest to aficionados of historical recordings, and indeed it is something of an odd collection. Even in the 1940s, when they were made, Elgar had begun to fall out of fashion in the U.S., and two of the three works, the Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, and Falstaff, Op. 68, are performed by musicians not often associated with Elgar: cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and conductor Artur Rodzinski, respectively. Furthermore, the Falstaff performance is cut, for unclear reasons that might have included the requirements of radio broadcast. You might have wondered how these three works could be fit onto a single CD; the explanation involves not only the Falstaff cuts but the quick, sometimes even breakneck tempos in Arturo Toscanini's reading of the Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 ("Enigma Variations"). Sample some of these at various tempos, perhaps the "Dorabella" variation, to see whether you're in tune with the larger-than-life,...
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