Elgar's Hillside

[foxandpeng]

I've no idea!!

And there go the last few tiny grains of Elgar-centred reputation I might have built up over the years. Oh well. Easy come, easy go. Anyone for Rimsky-Korsakov?

Rimsky Redux? There is a certain ring about that...

[71 dB]

I've no idea!!

And there go the last few tiny grains of Elgar-centred reputation I might have built up over the years. Oh well. Easy come, easy go.

Come on man. You haven't built up a "mistakes done in CD production" reputation here, have you? That kind of reputation would have taken a hit, but your Elgar knowledge reputation is still intact, at least in my books. 

[Elgarian Redux]

Come on man. You haven't built up a "mistakes done in CD production" reputation here, have you? That kind of reputation would have taken a hit, but your Elgar knowledge reputation is still intact, at least in my books. 

I was joking (and so was Roasted Swan - I think!!). You and I do tend to not quite understand each other when I do that. Don't worry, all is well. And thank you for the compliment.

[71 dB]

I was joking (and so was Roasted Swan - I think!!). You and I do tend to not quite understand each other when I do that. Don't worry, all is well. And thank you for the compliment.

I knew you must be joking, but I replied as if you were being serious.  I do that every now and then because it is fun (perhaps the reason why you say I don't quite tend to understand when you are joking). So, next time this happens we both hopefully know what's happening.

[Roasted Swan]

I was joking (and so was Roasted Swan - I think!!). You and I do tend to not quite understand each other when I do that. Don't worry, all is well. And thank you for the compliment.

ALWAYS!

[Karl Henning]

Rimsky Redux? There is a certain ring about that...

Or Redux-Korsakov?

[Karl Henning]

TD: The Violin Concerto is on this season at the BSO, and it is a serious temptation. 

[foxandpeng]

Or Redux-Korsakov?

Hehe

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

ATTN: @Elgarian Redux et. al.

Here's a question for you guys: what do you all think of the Bryden Thomson recordings on Chandos? I listened to his recording of the Sea Pictures with Linda Finnie the other day and rather enjoyed his ravishing performance.

[Elgarian Redux]

ATTN: @Elgarian Redux et. al.

Here's a question for you guys: what do you all think of the Bryden Thomson recordings on Chandos? I listened to his recording of the Sea Pictures with Linda Finnie the other day and rather enjoyed his ravishing performance.

I think I'll have to change my name to something like 'Scio Nihil'. I don't have any of Bryden Thomas's Elgar recordings (or of Linda Finnie's for that matter). But it's always reassuring to know that there are more good ones out there.

I do have special memories of Sea Pictures though. Years ago we stayed in a place at Lyme Regis on the very edge of the sea, and I remember lying awake one morning watching Venus rise in the clear eastern sky, bright silvery streaks reflected on the sea below. We used to play Sea Pictures a lot on that trip (Janet Baker). Magnificent.

[Roasted Swan]

ATTN: @Elgarian Redux et. al.

Here's a question for you guys: what do you all think of the Bryden Thomson recordings on Chandos? I listened to his recording of the Sea Pictures with Linda Finnie the other day and rather enjoyed his ravishing performance.

I do have most of those Chandos/Thomson/Elgar recordings but I can't say I have recent/clear memories of any except one.  That one is;

[img=350x350]https://i.discogs.com/mHPr-tS7a6OuiQyA7Gdv4p9ZdY-jk-ySTvqKWw6ZgdA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM4MDc0/NTEtMTU5NjU3MzI3/OC00MTUxLmpwZWc.jpeg[/img]

which is excellent.  In no small part due to the vintage Chandos engineering made in the Ulster Hall.  For me all of those early Chandos recordings made in various venues before they opted for the extra resonance of church venues remain supreme (Jarvi/SNO, Thomson/Ulster).  The Elgar symphonies along with Thomson's Bax and quite a lot of the "Walton Edition" recordings are all made from the early forays at All Saints Tooting and I think they suffer from a certain kind of synthetic aural glamour that somehow manages to be resonant and harsh at the same time. 

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

I think I'll have to change my name to something like 'Scio Nihil'. I don't have any of Bryden Thomas's Elgar recordings (or of Linda Finnie's for that matter). But it's always reassuring to know that there are more good ones out there.

I do have special memories of Sea Pictures though. Years ago we stayed in a place at Lyme Regis on the very edge of the sea, and I remember lying awake one morning watching Venus rise in the clear eastern sky, bright silvery streaks reflected on the sea below. We used to play Sea Pictures a lot on that trip (Janet Baker). Magnificent.

I do have most of those Chandos/Thomson/Elgar recordings but I can't say I have recent/clear memories of any except one.  That one is;

[img=350x350]https://i.discogs.com/mHPr-tS7a6OuiQyA7Gdv4p9ZdY-jk-ySTvqKWw6ZgdA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM4MDc0/NTEtMTU5NjU3MzI3/OC00MTUxLmpwZWc.jpeg[/img]

which is excellent.  In no small part due to the vintage Chandos engineering made in the Ulster Hall.  For me all of those early Chandos recordings made in various venues before they opted for the extra resonance of church venues remain supreme (Jarvi/SNO, Thomson/Ulster).  The Elgar symphonies along with Thomson's Bax and quite a lot of the "Walton Edition" recordings are all made from the early forays at All Saints Tooting and I think they suffer from a certain kind of synthetic aural glamour that somehow manages to be resonant and harsh at the same time.

Thanks for the feedback, gentlemen. Oh and @Roasted Swan, I definitely agree with you about the audio quality of those earlier Chandos recordings. That Thomson recording you linked is excellent.

[71 dB]

The Wand of Youth Suites + Nursery Suite CD Roasted Swan linked seem to be the only Bryden Thomson Elgar I have/own. It is good imho.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

The Wand of Youth Suites + Nursery Suite CD Roasted Swan linked seem to be the only Bryden Thomson Elgar I have/own. It is good imho.

Absolutely. Lovely recording.