Elgar: Complete Electrical Recordings

Sir Edward Elgar, Yehudi Menuhin, Margaret balfour, Beatrice Harrison, Hubert Heyner, Tudor Davies, Horace Stevens, Steuart Wilson Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Light Symphony Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra

Edward Elgar was the first composer to make extensive recordings of his own compositions. HMV (His Master's Voice) recorded much of his music acoustically from 1914 onwards and then began a series of electrical recordings in 1926 that continued until 1933, including his "Enigma Variations," "Falstaff," the first and second symphonies, his cello and violin concertos, all of the "Pomp and Circumstance" marches, and other orchestral works. Part of a 1927 rehearsal of the second symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra was also recorded and later issued.

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