Sunday, April 19, 2020

Elgar conducts Elgar / In the South (Alassio), Overture, Op. 50 / Bavarian Dance, Op. 27, No. 3 / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 61 / Falstaff, Symphonic Study with Two Interludes, Op. 68

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In the South (Alassio), Overture, Op. 50







Bavarian Dance, Op. 27, No. 3 "The Marksmen" (Bei Murnau)


London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Edward Elgar

(HMV, recorded Sept. 15 & 18, 1930)







Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
in B minor, Op. 61


I. Allegro



II. Andante



III. Allegro molto


Yehudi Menuhin, Violin

London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Edward Elgar


(HMV, recorded, July 14, 1932)


Falstaff, Symphonic Study with Two Interludes, Op. 68






London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Edward Elgar

(HMV, recorded, Nov. 11, 1931)


(78 rpm transfers)