Label: Exton
Format: CD
Barcode: 4526977050283
Catalog number: EXCL 28
Releasedate: 03-09-10
Format: CD
Barcode: 4526977050283
Catalog number: EXCL 28
Releasedate: 03-09-10
This disc is from Elgar Festival made in 2008. The Second Symphony, dedicated to the late King Edward VII, who died in 1910. Usually No.2 is recorded in a pairing with the First Symphony. In some cases this work is released by itself and it has received more critical evaluations in recent years. Askenazy and the orchestra leave their definite autograph and give this symphony the stature that it deserves.
- Volume two of a 5 CD series recorded during the magnificent Elgar Festival 2008 in Sydney
- A milestones, performed by diligent interpreters of Elgar music
- One of the most revered musicians of our time, with a career spanning over fifty years of music-making both at the keyboard and in front of the orchestra
- In January 2009 he took up the position of Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser to the Sydney Symphony
- An exalted tone and sublime playing in this interpretation of the Second!
- Super Audio CD
- Live & session recordings