Mark Elder - Symphony No 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Poet Laurence Binyon is known today for one famous verse from InchFor the Fallen,Inch the complete poem being the most substantial part of Elgar's the Spirit of England and the other two poems being InchThe Fourth of AugustInch and InchTo Women.Inch with this important new SOMM commemorates World War I, and the courage and patriotism of those who fell defending England. The war inspired Elgar to write some of his most moving pages of music, which he dedicated InchTo the memory of our glorious men.Inch the PhilharmoniaOrchestra, under the baton of John Wilson, and the London Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Simon Halsey, bring these pages to life in the most inspiring way. Another InchplusInch is the premiere recording of Elgar's Complete Incidental Music to Binyon's Play Arthur, edited and conducted here by Ben Palmer and his Orchestra of St Paul's.

Mark Elder - Symphony No. 2 [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/13/2009

Mark Elder - Symphony No. 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/11/2008