Elgar - Enigma Variations / REMASTERED (Century's rec.: Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra)

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  • Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36 by Pierre Monteux
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    Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Enigma Variations by Pierre Monteux / Remastered.
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    Enigma Variations Op.36
    00:00 Theme
    01:15 Variation I : C.A.E.
    03:12 Variation II : H.D.S.-P
    03:59 Variation III : R.B.T.
    05:21 Variation IV : W.M.B.
    05:48 Variation V : R.P.A.
    07:43 Variation VI : YSOBEL
    09:02 Variation VII : TROYTE
    09:59 Variation VIII : W.N.
    11:53 Variation IX : NIMROD
    15:42 Variation X : DORABELLA
    18:21 Variation XI : G.R.S.
    19:16 Variation XII : B.G.N.
    21:42 Variation XIII : ***
    24:20 Variation XIV : E.D.U.
    London Symphonic Orchestra (error on the image title)
    Conductor: Pierre Monteux
    Recorded in 1958, at London
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    Unhappy with London, where they had settled after their marriage, Elgar and his wife returned to Malvern in 1891. Having settled into a comfortable home, they led a happy life, and Elgar experienced the most creative period of his life. The high point of his activity was, after ten years, a piece called Enigma Variations (or "Variations on an Original Theme") Op. 36.
    His circle of friends had expanded. Those who served as models for the musical portraits that make up the Enigma Variations were part of his immediate circle: together they played chamber music, golf, went on vacation, rode bicycles or went fox hunting. The idea for the Variations came to Elgar by chance one evening in October 1898. His cantata Caractacus had just been performed at the Leeds Festival, and he was sitting at the piano, tapping out a melody without thinking about much: his wife asked him what he was playing; "nothing," he replied, "but perhaps something might come of it. To amuse her, he launched into an improvisation, trying to caricature some of his friends as he went along: "Here is Powell at the piano" he said, imitating the way this friend, a member of the same trio as himself, was carried away by passion when he played. It was then the turn of the cellist "Billy" Baker, a noisy and somewhat boastful character.
    The process of variation is indeed as old as music itself, but no musician had ever used it to depict, by making the same theme undergo successive transformations, the characters of human beings very different from each other. In its simplicity, this idea was to produce wonderful effects. Some time later, Elgar explained his intentions in a letter to his regular confidant, August Jaeger, a German employed at a London music publishing house, Novello:
    "I have sketched out a series of variations (...) on an original theme: this work has amused me because I have given them as titles the nicknames I have chosen for some of my friends - yours is Nimrod, I have written each of the variations with the intention of representing the character of the individuals who have served as my models; my procedure has been to imagine the variation as I think they themselves would have written it - if they had been foolish enough to engage in such an exercise. It's an odd idea, the result will be fun for those who are in the know and won't affect those who are not. What do you think?"
    He worked very quickly and immediately began to judge the effect of his findings by playing them on the piano to his various friends. The orchestral score was completed in February 1899. At the premiere in London in June, the work was an immense success with the English public, which was to prove long-lasting. Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-03:33)
    Elgar - Enigma Variations (Century's recording: Sir John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra)
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    Edward Elgar PLAYLIST (reference recordings): • Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
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  • @classicalmusicreference
    @classicalmusicreference  ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36 by Pierre Monteux
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    Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Enigma Variations by Pierre Monteux / Remastered.
    *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-03:33)
    Enigma Variations Op.36
    00:00 Theme
    01:15 Variation I : C.A.E.
    03:12 Variation II : H.D.S.-P
    03:59 Variation III : R.B.T.
    05:21 Variation IV : W.M.B.
    05:48 Variation V : R.P.A.
    07:43 Variation VI : YSOBEL
    09:02 Variation VII : TROYTE
    09:59 Variation VIII : W.N.
    11:53 Variation IX : NIMROD
    15:42 Variation X : DORABELLA
    18:21 Variation XI : G.R.S.
    19:16 Variation XII : B.G.N.
    21:42 Variation XIII : ***
    24:20 Variation XIV : E.D.U.
    London Symphonic Orchestra (error on the image title)
    Conductor: Pierre Monteux
    Recorded in 1958, at London
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    Unhappy with London, where they had settled after their marriage, Elgar and his wife returned to Malvern in 1891. Having settled into a comfortable home, they led a happy life, and Elgar experienced the most creative period of his life. The high point of his activity was, after ten years, a piece called Enigma Variations (or "Variations on an Original Theme") Op. 36.
    His circle of friends had expanded. Those who served as models for the musical portraits that make up the Enigma Variations were part of his immediate circle: together they played chamber music, golf, went on vacation, rode bicycles or went fox hunting. The idea for the Variations came to Elgar by chance one evening in October 1898. His cantata Caractacus had just been performed at the Leeds Festival, and he was sitting at the piano, tapping out a melody without thinking about much: his wife asked him what he was playing; "nothing," he replied, "but perhaps something might come of it. To amuse her, he launched into an improvisation, trying to caricature some of his friends as he went along: "Here is Powell at the piano" he said, imitating the way this friend, a member of the same trio as himself, was carried away by passion when he played. It was then the turn of the cellist "Billy" Baker, a noisy and somewhat boastful character.
    The process of variation is indeed as old as music itself, but no musician had ever used it to depict, by making the same theme undergo successive transformations, the characters of human beings very different from each other. In its simplicity, this idea was to produce wonderful effects. Some time later, Elgar explained his intentions in a letter to his regular confidant, August Jaeger, a German employed at a London music publishing house, Novello:
    "I have sketched out a series of variations (...) on an original theme: this work has amused me because I have given them as titles the nicknames I have chosen for some of my friends - yours is Nimrod, I have written each of the variations with the intention of representing the character of the individuals who have served as my models; my procedure has been to imagine the variation as I think they themselves would have written it - if they had been foolish enough to engage in such an exercise. It's an odd idea, the result will be fun for those who are in the know and won't affect those who are not. What do you think?"
    He worked very quickly and immediately began to judge the effect of his findings by playing them on the piano to his various friends. The orchestral score was completed in February 1899. At the premiere in London in June, the work was an immense success with the English public, which was to prove long-lasting. *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-03:33)
    Elgar - Enigma Variations (Century's recording: Sir John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra)
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    Edward Elgar PLAYLIST (reference recordings): th-cam.com/video/JSWpO9l4ofg/w-d-xo.html

  • @M.Smith1
    @M.Smith1 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you all for sharing this beautiful music with the public!

  • @Casutama
    @Casutama ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There's something about the Enigma Variations that makes me cry every single time.

  • @classicalmusicreference
    @classicalmusicreference  ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Unhappy with London, where they had settled after their marriage, Elgar and his wife returned to Malvern in 1891. Having settled into a comfortable home, they led a happy life, and Elgar experienced the most creative period of his life. The high point of his activity was, after ten years, a piece called Enigma Variations (or "Variations on an Original Theme") Op. 36.
    His circle of friends had expanded. Those who served as models for the musical portraits that make up the Enigma Variations were part of his immediate circle: together they played chamber music, golf, went on vacation, rode bicycles or went fox hunting. The idea for the Variations came to Elgar by chance one evening in October 1898. His cantata Caractacus had just been performed at the Leeds Festival, and he was sitting at the piano, tapping out a melody without thinking about much: his wife asked him what he was playing; "nothing," he replied, "but perhaps something might come of it. To amuse her, he launched into an improvisation, trying to caricature some of his friends as he went along: "Here is Powell at the piano" he said, imitating the way this friend, a member of the same trio as himself, was carried away by passion when he played. It was then the turn of the cellist "Billy" Baker, a noisy and somewhat boastful character.
    The process of variation is indeed as old as music itself, but no musician had ever used it to depict, by making the same theme undergo successive transformations, the characters of human beings very different from each other. In its simplicity, this idea was to produce wonderful effects. Some time later, Elgar explained his intentions in a letter to his regular confidant, August Jaeger, a German employed at a London music publishing house, Novello:
    "I have sketched out a series of variations (...) on an original theme: this work has amused me because I have given them as titles the nicknames I have chosen for some of my friends - yours is Nimrod, I have written each of the variations with the intention of representing the character of the individuals who have served as my models; my procedure has been to imagine the variation as I think they themselves would have written it - if they had been foolish enough to engage in such an exercise. It's an odd idea, the result will be fun for those who are in the know and won't affect those who are not. What do you think?"
    He worked very quickly and immediately began to judge the effect of his findings by playing them on the piano to his various friends. The orchestral score was completed in February 1899. At the premiere in London in June, the work was an immense success with the English public, which was to prove long-lasting. *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-03:33)
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  • @johngibson4341
    @johngibson4341 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The version I listened to many times in the 1960/70s .... I believe it has never been surpassed

  • @HPLeft
    @HPLeft ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Classic performance of the Enigma. I've owned it in its various incarnations for decades.

  • @brendanward2991
    @brendanward2991 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a performance! Monteux has excelled in this recording.

  • @notaire2
    @notaire2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wunderschöne und detaillierte Interpretation dieser spätromantischen und melodisch komponierten Variationen mit farbenreichen doch perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der intelligente und unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester in verschiedenen Tempi und mit künstlerisch kontrollierter Dynamik. Faszinierend vom Anfang bis zum Ende!

  • @user-ok2ii9jt3z
    @user-ok2ii9jt3z หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much for sharing this priceless gem. The music is extremely sublime, and the LSO under Monteux was clearly on its top form.

  • @fulgenjbatista4640
    @fulgenjbatista4640 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    🕊🌟🕊
    This is
    ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
    🙏💜🙏
    💜🎵💜

  • @ingemayodon5128
    @ingemayodon5128 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    J'aime beaucoup cette musique. Merci de ns l'avoir transmise. Bon week-end à vs tous et meilleures salutations de Montréal, Qc, Canada

  • @yed-nadiashihab3748
    @yed-nadiashihab3748 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Feel like fllying
    aux sources de la terre,
    Thank you.
    🧘‍♀️🎓🕯⏳💃

  • @user-on5lb9ew9x
    @user-on5lb9ew9x ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the gift of beauty!!!! Bravo!!! ❤❤❤👋👋👋👋👋👋

  • @LoveFor298Yen
    @LoveFor298Yen ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The greatest recording of Enigma Variations.
    Many thanks to you for posting.

  • @TahseenNakavi
    @TahseenNakavi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A great performance. My favourite is Colin Davis with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

  • @alm9368
    @alm9368 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Most beautiful.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This Ìs a great gift for Elgar lovers

  • @BalbirSingh-gr2qk
    @BalbirSingh-gr2qk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Peerless Pierre ❤️

  • @chsc4134
    @chsc4134 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This music must be slowly deciphered, like the enigma it is: melody by melody.

  • @ilirllukaci5345
    @ilirllukaci5345 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks.

  • @zenoky64
    @zenoky64 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just a question: In the picture it says London Philharmonic Orchestra. In the title below it indicates London Symphony Orchestra. Monteux was Chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for a number of years. Any clarification will be appreciated.

  • @horiaganescu3948
    @horiaganescu3948 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    London Symphony Orchestra (not London Philharmonic Orchestra)

    • @alfredoechevarrieta7512
      @alfredoechevarrieta7512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agrego que la orquesta independiente de su denominación, Sinfónica. Sinfofilarmonica o Filarmonica en su constitución no tienen ninguna diferencia.

    • @horiaganescu3948
      @horiaganescu3948 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@alfredoechevarrieta7512 London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra are two different orchestras.

    • @alfredoechevarrieta7512
      @alfredoechevarrieta7512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hora Ganescu. Estimado Señor, mi comentario queda fuera de lugar. Por favor acepte mi disculpa. Que esté Usted esté bien y mi respeto.

    • @horiaganescu3948
      @horiaganescu3948 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alfredoechevarrieta7512 Dear Sir, no problem, never mind and don't mention it... The most important thing is that we highly enjoy classical music (classical music is my hobby)... Classical music is the most beautiful art... Kindest regards! All the best! Yours sincerely, Horia Ganescu, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    • @alfredoechevarrieta7512
      @alfredoechevarrieta7512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@horiaganescu3948 Señor, comparto su sentir en el gran milagro que es el Arte en la Condición Humana. Nuevamente a Usted mi respeto.

  • @alanhigh8125
    @alanhigh8125 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:50

  • @VaggosWho
    @VaggosWho ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Super!The 1st track reminds me "Matrix" soundrack???

  • @mark-shane
    @mark-shane 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    its London Symphony, so why London Phil on header? Oh dear

  • @saltburner2
    @saltburner2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Monteau excels all non-British (and most native) conductors in this work. Bernstein ruined it.