Credits:

Elgar (1857-1934)

Description:

Elpeth Wylie is a female pianist active as a soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist in the UK and elsewhere. This album is a collection of works by her and her colleagues by British composers active in the 20th century. Elgar's masterpiece "Enigma" is usually played by orchestra, but there is also a "piano arrangement" that Elgar herself recorded on piano rolls, and that version is performed here. In the other pieces, you can enjoy the intimate ensemble of the individual players. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Theme. Andante
2.C.A.E. (C. Alice Elgar, composer's wife - romantic & delicate)
3.H.D.S.-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell, pianist friend - diatonic run)
4.R.B.T. (Richard Baxter Townshend - low voice potrayed by bassoon)
5.W.M.B. (William Meath Baker, 'country squire,' gentleman, scholar)
6.R.P.A. (Richard Penrose Arnold, self-taught pianist)
7.Ysobel (Isabel Fitton, viola player - pensive & romantic)
8.Troyte (Arthur Troyte Griffith - saying the unexpected)
9.W.N. (Winifred Norbury - characteristic laugh)
10.Nimrod (August J. Jaeger - discourse on Beethoven's 'Pathetique')
11.Dorabella (Intermezzo) (Dora Penny - dancelike lightness)
12.G.R.S. (George Robert Sinclair - his dog falling into the river)
13.B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson, amateur cellist - cello solo)
14.(Romanza) (Lady Mary Lygon on a sea voyage to Australia, throb of engines - throb of drums)
15.E.D.U. Finale. Allegro (Elgar himself)
16.Elegy for cello & piano, Op. 5
17.Allegro, non troppo
18.Andante piacevole
19.Allegro con fuoco
20.Switchback
21.Jumping Jack
22.Pastorale
23.Romanza
24.Chanzon
25.Rum Baba
26.Upon the Crucifix
27.On the Reed of our Lord's Passion