Hardly a year goes by where I don't come up with another transcription from Elgar for some purpose. He features fairly consistently in my go-anywhere repertoire.
One feature of my round of listening is the Dream of Gerontius. If you want a really solid idea of what Elgar was about as a musician, I think this is one of the places where one has to start. Sit me down with the Barbirolli recording of the Dream of Gerontius, and there's not much else to say.
Which makes me a bit of a Barbirolli tragic too, I suppose. His musicality shines out of everything he did on record, and nothing he did with Elgar has ever been bettered to my ears. Here's a taste.
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