elgar dvd Classic Landscapes
ELGAR

Cast in order of appearance:

ENIGMA VARIATIONS
(Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper (from Naxos 8.554161)

1: Theme - CAE (3:08) MALVERNS - West Malvern and view; Great Malvern and view east; Gt Malvern north from North Hill; general scenes of and from North Hill.

2: HDS-P (0:53) MALVERNS - Biker, kite flying & bees flying on North Hill, the Malverns.

3: RBT (1:25) MALVERNS - Around Millenium Hill and Broad Down (British Camp), south Malvern Hills.

4: WMB /5: RPA /6: Ysobel (3:51) THE YORKSHIRE DALES - The Strid, River Wharfe; Posforth Gill waterfall / a calm River Wharfe; Bolton Abbey & stepping stones, the Valley of Desolation; then the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey (near Leyburn on the edge of the Dales)

7: Troyte (0:55) THE DALES - Steam train on Ribblehead; various flying ants and beasties.

8: WN (1:57) THE MALVERNS -Butterfly and bluebells around Eastnor Park with obelisk and view of Eastnor Castle; Pollard trees; cairn; Midsummer Hill; old Quarry; 9: Nimrod (3:42) Elgar’s house and garden with various flowers; leading to various sunsets & rises from the Malvern Hills, including the Worcestershire Beason, fading to river scenes in THE DALES ending with a dawn scene of Ruskin’s view at Kirkby Lonsdale.

10 Dorabella (2:38) THE DALES - Limestone clints, features and pavements on Newbiggin Crag (Farleton Fell) and Hutton Roof Crags (not strictly speaking in the Yorkshire Dales, being on the hinterland west of Kirkby Lonsdale); then limestone features including Cheese Press Stone (with view of Ingleborough) north of Ingleton and views of Kingsdale.

11 GRS (0:57) THE DALES - Thornton Force and waterfalls near Ingleton.

12 BGN (2:38) THE MALVERNS - Elgar’s resting place; a misty morning on the Malvern Hills featuring sundry seats and views, then visiting some trees and building features in Great Malvern; old tractor; stocks; an ethereal view of a sunrise through trees.

13 Romanza (2:40) THE DALES - River Skirwith at Littondale; Halton Gill; view of Penyghent; sheep; Arncliffe Church.

14 EDU (4:46) “Remembering the Malverns / Ilkley Moor and The Dales”. THE DALES -Kites on the Malverns; various walkers and views; Malvern water well; horses; obelisk at Eastnor Park; reservoir near Little Malvern; Pollarded trees; orchid, Castlemorton Common; butterfly; ILKLEY MOOR - quarry near Cow & Calf rocks; windmills; rocks; moor; cairn; the Calf rock; THE DALES - “jaws” rock; Wensleydale from Askrigg; coins in old tree trunk; sheep on Great Whernside; trees to sky; trig point Great Whernside; Kilnsey Crag, Wharfedale; Trow Gill near Clapham; goats; leaf on water; heron flying; Gaping Gill near Ingleborough; steam train; Thornton Force; sunset, sunrise Killington; sunset.


CELLO CONCERTO in E Minor, Op.85

Torleif Thedeen, Cello. Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Lev Markiz, from BIS- CD-486

I. Adagio - Moderato 8:06
Sun, tree, Whernside, sheep, lane, Ingleborough from Crina Bottom, limestone cliffs, various Ingleborough summit views in snow, to Pen-y-ghent and Whernside, Blea Moor tunnel air shafts, Ribblehead vidaduct, steam train, balloon, frozen streams, cave at Gale Beck, Gearstones; footbridge, feeding sheep near Ribblehead with views of Ingleborough and Whernside; Greensett Tarn & Moss, railway tunnel, Sulber Nick; Horton to Penyghent; Hull Pot; stone pinnacle to Ingleborough, Ingleborough from Fleet Moss.

II. Allegro molto 4:38
Late evening at a partly frozen Malham Tarn; Field Study Centre; sinkholes; streams; Gordale Scar; Hardraw Force; pheasants; Aysgarth Falls in spate (lower, middle, upper) with Kildon Force in-between; Whitfield Gill Force.

III. Adagio 5:39
Arkengarthdale, Langthwaite, Whaw and then generally moving up the valley to the moorlands around Tan Hill.

IV. Allegro, ma non troppo 11:28
Sheep on moorland, hang gliders over Semerwater; around Semerwater, Brimham Rocks, various wildlife including Grt Spotted Woodpecker; goat; pied wagtail; young tawny owl; merganser family; Muker Show with various activities including rope making and fell racing.

SALUT D’AMOUR, Op. 39 (3:30) Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper, from Naxos 8.554161

ILKLEY MOOR - Views of and from Ilkley Moor with White Wells; Rocky Valley, The Tarn, Cow & Calf Rocks, cup & ring marked rock, (Pancake Stone).

SOSPIRI (4:28) English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones from Naxos 8.555068

THE DALES - Various views of the wild flower meadows around Muker in Swaledale.

ELEGY, Op.58 (3:59) Capella Istropolitana, Adrian Leaper from Naxos 8.550331

THE DALES - River Lune at Kirkby Lonsdale (Ruskin’s View); Long Lane, Clapham; Whernside Tarns; erratic boulders at Norber; pool; Great Stone of Fourstone (not strictly the Dales-it’s on the fringe of the Forest of Bowland, south of High Bentham); erratic boulders of Norber near Austwick; limestone clints near Rainscar to Penyghent; moss capsules; Penyghent - Fountains Fell; River Lune & Devil’s Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale; railway line & bridge; lake & swan at sunset; tree & fields; wool on thorns; sun; Sedbergh evening; farm at night; moon.

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