To be fair, this double-disc sampler from Warner provides a generous introduction to the music of Edward Elgar, but its program includes too many excerpts to be a fully satisfying survey. One can be grateful that the beloved Enigma Variations and the popular Introduction and Allegro for strings survived complete, and that several short but famous pieces, such as Salut d'amour, the Elegy for strings, and the Cockaigne Overture, remain intact. But what need is there for the snippet of the opening from the Cello Concerto, or ...
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To be fair, this double-disc sampler from Warner provides a generous introduction to the music of Edward Elgar, but its program includes too many excerpts to be a fully satisfying survey. One can be grateful that the beloved Enigma Variations and the popular Introduction and Allegro for strings survived complete, and that several short but famous pieces, such as Salut d'amour, the Elegy for strings, and the Cockaigne Overture, remain intact. But what need is there for the snippet of the opening from the Cello Concerto, or the brief excerpt of the beginning of the Overture: In the South, neither of which give more than a taste of their respective works; why include the choral adaptations of "Nimrod" from the Enigma Variations, and "Land of Hope and Glory" from Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, while the orchestral originals already appear elsewhere in the package? In the interest of representing Elgar's best-known works, some selectivity would have allowed more time to present, say, a complete...
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