Elgar: The Legacy (Vol. 4)

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Track 1: 13:22 COCKAIGNE OVERTURE (IN LONDON TOWN)
Recorded at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 24 March 1954, as part of a broadcast of a concert inaugurating the Royal Festival Hall organ
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Track 2–4: 45:38 VIOLIN CONCERTO IN B MINOR, OP. 61
Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London, on 28–29 October 1954
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Producer James Walker Engineer Kenneth Wilkinson

Track 5–7: 11:56 THREE BAVARIAN DANCES FOR ORCHESTRA, OP. 27
Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London, on 21 October 1954
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Track 8: 03:22 CHANSON DE NUIT, OP. 15 NO. 1
Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London, on 19 February 1954
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Track 9: 04:08 CHANSON DE MATIN, OP. 15 NO. 2
Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London, on 19 February 1954
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Track 10: 18:48 IN THE SOUTH (ALASSIO), CONCERT OVERTURE FOR ORCHESTRA, OP. 50
Recorded as part of a concert at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 21 November 1955
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CD: Elgar: The Legacy (Vol. 4)

Digital release

Sir Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)
Violin Concerto, in B Minor, Op. 61
3 Bavarian Dances for Orchestra, Op. 27
Chanson de Nuit et Chanson de Matin, Op. 15
In the South “Alassio”, Op. 50

Sir Adrian Boult conductor
Ralph Downes organ
Alfredo Campoli violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)

Elgar: The Legacy (Vol. 4) completes this LPO series with two prolific years of Elgar recordings from 1954 and 1955, all conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, including a never before release Cockaigne Overture from the inaugural concert of the newly commissioned Royal Festival Hall organ. Boult’s close association with the LPO endured until his retirement in 1978, with many acclaimed Elgar recordings across the 1960s and 1970s to their credit.

The release is accompanied by annotations authored by Andrew Neill, former Chairman of the Elgar Society (1992-2008).

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