Falstaff & Enigma Variations

Album by Edward Elgar & Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Sir Alexander Gibson

Falstaff & Enigma Variations is an album of orchestral works by the English composer Edward Elgar, drawn from compositions first performed in 1913 and 1899 respectively. Musically it contrasts a programme-driven symphonic study inspired by a literary character with a vividly characterful set of orchestral variations that display Elgar's late-Romantic orchestration and his development within early 20th-century British music.

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  1. 1.
    Symphonic Study in C Minor, op. 68, “Falstaff”
    34:25
  2. 2.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: Theme. Andante
    1:30
  3. 3.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: I. L’istesso tempo, “C.A.E.”
    1:41
  4. 4.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: II. Allegro, “H.D.S‐P.”
    0:48
  5. 5.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: III. Allegretto, “R.B.T.”
    1:31
  6. 6.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: IV. Allegro di molto, “W.M.B.”
    0:31
  7. 7.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: V. Moderato, “R.P.A.”
    1:50
  8. 8.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: VI. Andantino, “Ysobel”
    1:13
  9. 9.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: VII. Presto, “Troyte”
    1:02
  10. 10.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: VIII. Allegretto, “W.N.”
    1:51
  11. 11.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: IX. Adagio, “Nimrod”
    3:24
  12. 12.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: X. Allegretto, “Dorabella”
    2:43
  13. 13.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: XI. Allegro di molto, “G.R.S.”
    1:02
  14. 14.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: XII. Andante, “B.G.N.”
    2:25
  15. 15.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: XIII. Romanza. Moderato
    2:40
  16. 16.
    Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, “Enigma”: XIV. Finale. Allegro, “E.D.U.”
    5:04

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