Elgar's popular miniature, Salut d'Amour, was his wedding gift to his wife, Caroline Alice Roberts, in 1889.
Performer Biography
Rupert Marshall-Luck, the violinist on this album, is also working on a series of scholarly-critical editions for G. Henle Verlag of Munich, which will comprise the complete violin music of Elgar.
Composition History
Ivor Gurney's Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano is a world premiere recording, as there is no record of it ever receiving a public performance before.
Composer Biography
Ivor Gurney, a poet and composer, was a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral from age ten and began composing music at fourteen.
Composition History
The publisher Schott changed the title of Elgar's Liebesgruß to the French Salut d'Amour, which led to a significant increase in sales.
Critical Reception
Elgar's Violin Sonata, Op. 82, was noted by critics at its premiere for its directness and simplicity, with one comparing it to late Brahms.
Composer Biography
Sir Edward Elgar, born in 1857, was largely self-taught in music, never attending a conservatoire or receiving composition or orchestration lessons.
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