Repertoire: The TRUTH About The BEST Elgar Enigma Variations

Few works come loaded with as much cultural baggage as Elgar’s magnificent Enigma Variations. The literature surrounding the work’s discography is hopelessly skewed by the provincialism and insufferable proprietary smugness of the English musical press. In this video, I hope to offer some straight talk based on close, comparative listening, with no unmusical, nationalist agenda. See how the results shake out.