Elgar Enigma Variations.pdf

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1、Elgar:'Enigma'VariationsElgar'sVariationsforOrchestra,commonlyknownasthe'Enigma'Variations,markedanepochbothinhiscareerandintherenaissanceofEnglishmusicattheturnofthecentury.Firstperformedin1899underHansRichter,theworkbecamehispassporttonationalfameandinternationalsuccess.

2、Fromthefirst,listenershavebeenintriguedbythe'enigma'ofthetitleandtheidentityofthe'friendspicturedwithin',towhomtheworkwasdedicated.Appearinginthecentenaryyearofthework'scompletion,thisbookelucidateswhatisknownandwhathasbeensaidabouttheworkandtheenigma,anddirectsfutureliste

3、nerstowhatmattersmost:theinspiredqualitiesofthemusic.CAMBRIDGEMUSICHANDBOOKSGENERALEDITORJulianRushtonRecenttitlesBach:TheBrandenburgConcertosMALCOLMBOYDBartok:ConcertoforOrchestraDAvIDCOOPERBeethoven:EroicaSymphonyTHOMASSIPEBeethoven:PastoralSymphonyDAVIDWYNJONESBeethoven

4、:SymphonyNo.9NICHOLASCOOKBeethoven:ViolinConcertoROBINSTOWELLBerg:ViolinConcertoANTHONYPOPLEBerlioz:RomeoetJulietteJULIANRUSHTONBrahms:ClarinetQuintetCOLINLAWSONBrahms:AGermanRequiemMICHAELMUSGRAVEBrahms:SymphonyNo.1DAVIDBRODBECKBritten:WarRequiemMERVYNCOOKEChopin:ThePiano

5、ConcertosJOHNRINKDebussy:LamerSIMONTREZISEElgar:'Enigma'VariationsJULIANRUSHTONGershwin:RhapsodyinBlueDAVIDSCHIFFHaydn:The'Paris'SymphoniesBERNARDHARRISONHaydn:StringQuartets,Op.50w.DEANSUTCLIFFEHoist:ThePlanetsRICHARDGREENEIves:ConcordSonataGEOFFREYBLOCKLiszt:SonatainBMin

6、orKENNETHHAMILTONMendelssohn:TheHebridesandotheroverturesR.LARRYTODDMessiaen:QuatuorpourlafinduTempsANTHONYPOPLEMonteverdi:Vespers(1610)JOHNWHENHAMMozart:ClarinetConcertoCOLINLAWSONMozart:The'Haydn'QuartetsJOHNIRVINGMozart:The'Jupiter'SymphonyELAINER.SISMANMozart:PianoConc

7、ertosNos.20and21DAVIDGRAYSONNielsen:SymphonyNo.5DAVIDFANNINGSibelius:SymphonyNo.5JAMESHEPOKOSKIStrauss:AlsosprachZarathustraJOHNWILLIAMSONStravinsky:OedipusrexSTEPHENWALSHTheBeatles:SgtPepper'sLonelyHeartsClubBandALLANMOOREVerdi:RequiemDAVIDROSENVivaldi:TheFourSeasonsandot

8、herconcertos,Op.8PAULEVERETTElgar:'EnigmaVariationsJulianRushtonWestRidingProfessorofMusi