Elgar Conducts Elgar: Enigma Variations; Symphony No. 2 in Acoustic Recordings, 1920-25, Splendidly Remastered by Andrew Rose of Pristine Classical, by Steven Kruger

Posted by  • November 15, 2011 • Printer-friendly


Elgar conducts an acoustic session.

Elgar Conducts Elgar--Enigma Variations; Symphony No. 2
The Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar, conductor
XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, October 2011

Recorded 1920-1925
Pristine Audio CD PASC313 (Download or CD)

There is fascination here—on many levels. "Within these grooves", I am tempted to say, though one's gratitude this time is for the cleaning crew. Pristine has already given us some remarkable technical restorations of the Furtwangler discography. Encountering now these listenable and vivid performances by Sir Edward Elgar, recorded into acoustic horns at the near infancy of the art, is to know the best sort of alliance between digital wizardry and artistic judgment.

Read the full review
 on the Berkshire Review, an International Journal for the Arts!