Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 & Severn Suite, Op. 87
) | Label: CHANDOS Catalog: CHAN 241-58 Format: CD HOWART DAVIES WILSON-JOHNSON ROBERTS MILES LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HICKOXThis release is a re-issue of a 1992 recording, when Richard Hickox was serving as Associate Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Elgar wrote his Caractacus in 1898 for the Leeds Festival. The work shows his invention and orchestration skills, foreshadowing his most famous work, the Enigma Variations. A review by Gramophone asserted that “There can be nothing but praise for Richard Hickox’s fluent, sensitive direction and enthusiastic, full-blooded backcloth provided by the LSO… A typically ripe, wide-ranging Chandos recording into the bargain.”  Price: $25.98 |