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Sir Edward Elgar

Sir Edward Elgar has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 12 November 2014. Sir Edward Elgar's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, were greeted with acclaim. He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies and instrumental concertos. He was knighted at Buckingham Palace on 5 July 1904 and appointed Master of the King's Music in 1924.

Edward Elgar was born in the small village of Lower…

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Variations On 'The Shining River' Op. 101
Fletcher, Elgar, Rubbra, Vinter, Ball, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, Major Peter Parkes
Musical Heritage Society2006
Variations On 'The Shining River' Op. 101
Fletcher, Elgar, Rubbra, Vinter, Ball, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, Major Peter ParkesMusical Heritage Society2006
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Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Elgar, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Sir Arthur Bliss
Decca1979
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Elgar, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Sir Arthur BlissDecca1979
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Pomp And Circumstance Marches 1 - 5, Op.39
Elgar, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernadette Greevy, Vernon Handley
Classics For Pleasure1981
Pomp And Circumstance Marches 1 - 5, Op.39
Elgar, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernadette Greevy, Vernon HandleyClassics For Pleasure1981
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III Adagio
Edward Elgar
Virgin Classics1989
III Adagio
Edward ElgarVirgin Classics1989
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IX. (Nimrod). Adagio
Jacqueline Du Pré, Daniel Barenboim, Elgar, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Philharmonic
Sony Classical, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.2006
IX. (Nimrod). Adagio
Jacqueline Du Pré, Daniel Barenboim, Elgar, Philadelphia Orchestra, London PhilharmonicSony Classical, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.2006
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Nimrod Adagio
Elgar, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
Philips0
Nimrod Adagio
Elgar, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin DavisPhilips0
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The Dream Of Gerontius, Op.38
Elgar, Holst, BBC Symphony Chorus, Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
London Records1989
The Dream Of Gerontius, Op.38
Elgar, Holst, BBC Symphony Chorus, Orchestra, Sir Adrian BoultLondon Records1989
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Ave Maria
Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Colin Walsh, Organ, Simon Preston, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Verdi, Bruckner, Fauré, Kalinnikov, Brahms
Argo1977
Ave Maria
Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Colin Walsh, Organ, Simon Preston, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Verdi, Bruckner, Fauré, Kalinnikov, BrahmsArgo1977
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Variations On An Original Theme ('Enigma') Op. 36
Arturo Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Debussy, Elgar
EMI1987
Variations On An Original Theme ('Enigma') Op. 36
Arturo Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Debussy, ElgarEMI1987
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Sospiri, Op. 70
Edward Elgar
EMI2007
Sospiri, Op. 70
Edward ElgarEMI2007
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