Edward Elgar: The Wand of Youth-Suiten Nr.1 & 2 on CD
The Wand of Youth-Suiten Nr.1 & 2
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
+Dream Children op. 43; Nursery Suite
- Artists:
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Judd
- Label:
- Naxos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2002
- Item number:
- 5600957
- UPC/EAN:
- 0747313216628
- Release date:
- 22.3.2004
Illustrating a generally little known facet of Elgar's music, this recording brings together a number of works on which the composer had worked in childhood. Forty years after writing the tunes for a children's play about age, youth and the escapism of fairyland, for performance in the family with his brothers and sisters, Elgar refashioned them into the two suites known as The Wand of Youth, from which Wild Bears continues to enjoy a separate existence as a popular concert encore. With its tender, wistful moods and restrained scoring, the Nursery Suite of 1930 is Elgar's final evocation of childhood.
Reviews
FonoForum 08/04: "James Judd lässt Elgars 'Kinderszenen' stimmungsvoll Revue passieren, mal brillant, mal verträumt."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: I. Overture
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2 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: II. Serenade
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3 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: III. Minuet
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4 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: IV. Sun Dance
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5 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: V. Fairy Pipers
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6 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: VI. Slumber Scene
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7 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: VII. Fairies and Giants
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8 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: I. March
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9 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: II. Little Bells
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10 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: III. Moths and Butterflies
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11 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: IV. Fountain Dance
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12 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: V. The Tame Bear
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13 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: VI. The Wild Bears
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14 Enfants d'un reve (Dream Children), Op. 43: I. Andante
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15 Enfants d'un reve (Dream Children), Op. 43: II. Allegretto piacevole
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16 Nursery Suite: I. Aubade
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17 Nursery Suite: II. The Serious Doll
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18 Nursery Suite: III. Busy-Ness
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19 Nursery Suite: IV. The Sad Doll
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20 Nursery Suite: V. The Wagon (Passes)
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21 Nursery Suite: VI. The Merry Doll
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22 Nursery Suite: VII. Dreaming
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