Charles Mackerras, London Philarmonic Orchestra - Elgar: Falstaff Op.68, Enigma Variations Op.36 (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 64:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | # 5 72553 2 | Recorded: 1985
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 64:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | # 5 72553 2 | Recorded: 1985
At the end of an overlong day laden with teaching and other duties, Edward Elgar lit a cigar, sat at his piano and began idling over the keys. To amuse his wife, the composer began to improvise a tune and played it several times, turning each reprise into a caricature of the way one of their friends might have played it or of their personal characteristics. "I believe that you are doing something which has never been done before," exclaimed Mrs. Elgar. Thus was born one of music's great works of original conception, and Elgar's greatest large-scale "hit": the Enigma Variations. The enigma is twofold: each of the 14 variations refers to a friend of Elgar's, who is depicted by the nature of the music, or by sonic imitation of laughs, vocal inflections, or quirks, or by more abstract allusions. The other enigma is the presence of a larger "unheard" theme which is never stated but which according to the composer is very well known. The identity of the phantom tune left the world with the composer, and guesses have ranged from "God Save the King" to a simple major scale.
This apparatus aside, the variations contain some of the most charming and deeply felt music Elgar ever penned, more than redeeming the work from the status of mere gimmickry. The main theme is hesitating, lean and haunting, and is reprised with the passionate first variation that represents Caroline, the composer's wife, a constant source of encouragement and inspiration.–Wayne Reisig
Performer:
David Bell, organ
London Philarmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Charles Mackerras
Track List:
Falstaff, Op.68
01. I. Falstaff and Prince Henry
02-12. II. Eastcheap - Gadshill - The Boar's Head, revelry and sleep
13. II. Dream Interlude:Jack Falstaff, now Sir John, a boy, and page to Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk ( Poco Allegretto)
14-17. III. Falstaff's march - The return through Gloucestershire
18. III. Interlude: Gloucestershire. Shallow's orchard (Allegretto)
19-20. III. The new King - The hurried ride to London
21-28. IV/a-h. King Henry V's progress - The repudiation of Falstaff, and his death
Enigma Variations Op.36
29. Theme (Enigma): I. C.A.E. (the composer's wife)
30. II. H.D.S.-P. ( Hew D. Stuart-Powwell)
31. III: R.B.T. (Richard Baxter Townshend)
32. IV. W.M.B. ( William Meath Baker)
33. V. R.P.A. ( Richard Penrose Arnold)
34. VI. Ysobel (Isabel Fitton)
35. VII. Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
36. VIII. W.N. (Winifred Norbury)
37. IX. Nimrod (A.E.Jaeger)
38. X. Intermezzo: Dorabell (Dora Penny)
39. XI. G.R.S. (George Robertson Sinclair)
40. XII. B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson)
41. XIII. Romanza: *** ( Lady Mary Lygon)
42. XIV. Finale. E.D.U. (the composer)
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