Utwory na płycie:

• In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
• Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 - I. Allegro piacevole
• Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 - II. Larghetto
• Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 - III. Allegretto
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Theme Andante
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation I. L'istesso tempo "C.A.E."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation II. Allegro "H.D.S-P."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation III. Allegretto "R.B.T."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation IV. Allegro di molto "W.M.B."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation V. Moderato "R.P.A."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation VI. Andantino "Ysobel"
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation VII. Presto "Troyte"
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation VIII. Allegretto "W.N."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation IX. Adagio "Nimrod
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation X. Intermezzo: Allegretto "Dorabella"
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation XI. Allegro di molto "G.R.S."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation XII. Andante "B.G.N."
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation XIII. Romanza: Moderato "* * *"
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - Variation XIV. Finale: Allegro Presto "E.D.U."

In the South (Alassio) Concert Overture, Op. 50
Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
Enigma Variations, Op. 36

The third Elgar album from Petrenko and the RLPO , a critically acclaimed team of Elgarians, brings together three masterpieces, In the South, a vibrant and colourful depiction of the Southern Italian coast, the Serenade for String Orchestra, and the Variations on an original theme, know as the Enigma Variations. Elgar’s breakthrough masterpiece was conceived in 1898 during a moment of dispirited idleness. He had come home exhausted from a day of violin teaching and was absent-mindedly extemporising at the piano when his wife, Alice, called out: ‘Edward, that’s a good tune.’ What Elgar’s fingers had stumbled upon were in fact hints or fragments of a melody, each starting after the first beat of the bar – ideal for variation treatment. Now contemplating that theme, Elgar began to imagine how certain friends of his might play it or make it their own …