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Elgar: Symphony No. 1; Berlioz: Overtures

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Elgar: Symphony No. 1; Berlioz: Overtures Colin Davis CD
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  • Artist: Colin Davis
  • Year: 2005
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 881488504026
  • Item Number: NAX850402
  • Release date: 02/21/2006
  • 1. Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55, Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro
  • 2. Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55, Allegro molto
  • 3. Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55, attacca Adagio - Molto espressivo e sostenuto
  • 4. Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55, Lento - Allegro - Grandioso
  • 5. King Lear Overture (Grande Ouverture du roi Lear), for orchestra, H. 53 (Op. 4)
  • 6. Beatrice et Benedict, opera, H. 138, Overture
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Elgar: Symphony No. 1; Berlioz: Overtures by Colin Davis on CD


Although it took him until he was nearly half a century into his career to get around to recording Elgar, Colin Davis got busy making up for lost time at the turn of the millennium. In 2002, he released recordings of all three of Elgar's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra, then in 2005 he released a recording of the First with the Staatskapelle Dresden coupled with a pair of Berlioz overtures. And, amazingly enough, although Davis' London First was quite fine, his Dresden First was tremendous. Because while Davis clearly knows and loves the work, bringing out its strength, its nobility, and its passion in both performances, the London Orchestra musicians respond like players who know the work backwards, forwards, inside out, and sideways and have grown complacent in their affection, but the Dresden players respond like they were only just learning to know and love the work and couldn't wait to tear into it. The sculpted beauty of the Staatskapelle's strings, the pure colors of their winds, the polished strength of their brass, the muscular attack of their percussion, and the brilliant warmth of their ensemble stands comparison with the best orchestras in Europe and they bring it all to bear on Elgar's First. While longtime Elgar fans may still hold to their Boult and Barbirolli recordings and newer Elgar fans may hold to their Previn and Mackerras recordings, fans who really love Elgar's music will be thrilled to hear a first-class recording by a non-English orchestra. The Berlioz overtures are an odd but entertaining fill-up, and Davis, a canny old Berlioz conductor, makes them sing and shine. Hanssler's live sound is clean, lush, and full. ~ James Leonard, Rovi
  • Artist: Colin Davis
  • Year: 2005
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 881488504026
  • Item Number: NAX850402
  • Release date: 02/21/2006
  • Label: Profil-Ed. Gunter Han
  • Genre: Classical
  • Style: Romantic, Post-Romantic, Symphony
  • Album Time: 74:54

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  • Elgar: Symphony No. 1; Berlioz: Overtures Colin Davis CD
Elgar: Symphony No. 1; Berlioz: Overtures Colin Davis CD