Name: Elgar: The Wand Of Youth Suites - Mark Elder
SKU: 5065001341557

Elgar: The Wand Of Youth Suites – Mark Elder

The Wand of Youth (Music to a Child’s Play), Suite No.1, Op.1a
The Wand of Youth (Music to a Child’s Play), Suite No.2, Op.1b
Salut d’amour, Op. 12
Nursery Suite
Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1

Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder

Reference: 0007548CDHLL
Barcode: 5065001341557
Label: Hallé

Format: 1 CD

Release date: 1/11/2018

Barcode: 5065001341557 Categories: CD, Classical

18,90€

in Classical Music (Nov, 2018)
What a lovely idea to collate Elgar’s musical tributes to youth on one disc. Elder’s Elgar is one of the conductor’s many strengths, and he brings a light, often gossamer touch to the Hallé, an orchestra which under his guidance now plays like a dream.

The Wand of Youth Suites move from the impetuous to the gloriously warm- toned (‘Menuet (Old Style)’); and it is surely impossible not to fall under the spell of ‘Fairy Pipers’.

The caressingly blissful peace of ‘The Serious Doll’, blisteringly interrupted by the ferocity of ‘Busy-ness!’, gives an idea of the variety encountered in the Nursery Suite. Lyn Fletcher is a sweet-toned soloist in ‘Envoy’, the …

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