
Elgar Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, Polonia, Civic Fanfare, Crown of India
"Hickox unfurls the opening tutti [of the Violin Concerto] richly, nobly, purposefully… [Accardo has] no lack of brilliance, the fireworks are dashingly, tastefully despatched… sudden flashes of Paganinian dazzle. … “The slow movement of the Piano Concerto… with a sympathetic performance from Margaret Fingerhut. Douglas Bostock is persuasive with his Elgarian rubato, which is what matters most.” - Gramophone “Polonia is to my mind, one of the finest works Elgar wrote… The nail-biting martial music mixes with spine- tingling Polish themes to reach a gloriously romantic and bombastic conclusion… a splendid reading by Bostock. The disc receives one of their best recordings to date with painstaking preparation in evidence throughout as his Munich players play with true commitment and dedication.” - MusicWeb