Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano Vol. 2

Featuring

Konrad Jarnot
Reinild Mees
Amanda Roocroft
Edward Elgar

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Performer Biography

Amanda Roocroft, a soprano, has an international reputation in opera, concert, and recital, and received the Laurence Olivier Award in 2007 for her 'Outstanding Achievement in Opera'.

Performer Biography

Konrad Jarnot, a baritone, won first prize at the ARD competition in Munich in 2000 and has since become a leading international Lied interpreter.

Composer Biography

Sir Edward Elgar, like many composers, initially focused on anthems and small chamber and piano pieces, but unusually for his time, wrote few songs until his mid-twenties.

Performer Biography

Reinild Mees, a Dutch pianist, specializes in accompanying singers and instrumentalists, and has recorded complete song cycles of composers like Ottorino Respighi, Franz Schreker, Karol Szymanowski, and Edward Elgar.

Composer Biography

Elgar's early career involved constantly promoting salon music and popular short pieces to publishers, a situation that only gradually changed in the 1890s.

Composition History

Elgar generally set lesser-known or minor verse, believing that great poetry should stand on its own and not restrict his musical response.

Cultural Impact

Reinild Mees founded the 20th Century Song Foundation to promote the revival of neglected songs from the interbellum period, aiming to bring these musical treasures back to the public.