IDAGIO | Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour

Featuring

Nicolas Dautricourt
Frédéric Chaslin
Cécile Agator
Juan Fermin Ciriaco
Flore-Anne Brosseau
Samuel Etienne

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Quatuor Capriccio
Edward Elgar
Frederick Delius

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Critical Reception

Upon hearing Elgar's Violin Concerto after its first run-through, Fritz Kreisler, the celebrated virtuoso, declared, 'You have written an immortal work.'

Recording & Production

The Delius Suite on this album was recorded in Hattonchâtel City Hall, while the Elgar works were recorded at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff.

Performer Biography

Frédéric Chaslin, the conductor and pianist on this album, was an organ prodigy who gave a concert at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris at the age of ten.

Instruments

Violinist Nicolas Dautricourt plays a magnificent Antonio Stradivari violin from 1704, known as the 'Château Pape-Clément', loaned to him by Bernard Magrez.

Composition History

Elgar's Violin Concerto was inspired by a comment from virtuoso Fritz Kreisler, who wished Elgar would write something for the violin.

Composition History

Elgar sought technical advice from William Henry Reed, a founding member of the London Symphony Orchestra, while composing his Violin Concerto, despite being a competent violinist himself.

Compositional Technique

Elgar stated that he wished the theme from the introspective Andante movement of his Violin Concerto to be carved on his tombstone, though this wish was unfulfilled.