thu 06/02/2025

Elgar

Why Kipling Scuppered Elgar's Sea-Songs

The Fringes of the Fleet: the cast of the 1917 premiere

Elgar’s flag-waving nautical song-cycle The Fringes of the Fleet was performed to packed houses up and down the country in 1917, then sank virtually without trace for the next 90 years. As the work receives its first professional orchestral...

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Classical Music CDs Round-Up 1

Following last week's new music CDs round-up, The Arts Desk introduces our monthly pick of the latest classical music CDs, ranging from vocal showpieces and rare opera to viola transcriptions and string quartets.Disc of the Month Vivaldi: Farnace,...

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