I found lately that I'm so ignorant about Elgar or if you're a purist, here's the pompous name of this composer: "Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet"! I knew a couple of his pop pieces like his "Salut d'amour" or "Chansons de Matin et de Nuit" that recording companies over-recorded and concert soloists played often in "encores" stamping the music somewhere in your musical memory.
Playing some excerpts at the orchestra from his Enigma Variations and Pump & Circumstances made me start liking his music and most importantly appreciating this composer. "Nimrod" from his variations is such a great piece where a melodic line keeps developing in some kind of mini variation and a progression to a huge climax before a couple of bars where the piece ends in total calmness. Really great stuff here; a "must listen"!
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