ELGAR: A Land of Hope and Glory (Organ Works and Transcriptions) - J.L. Étienne

Few are aware that Sir Edward Elgar was an organist in his youth and that he composed two major pieces for his instrument, to wit the refined Vesper Voluntaries and a large, lyrical Sonata for Organ in G major which is on a par with the great works of the repertory flourishing in France and Germany at the approach of the 20th century.
Two brilliant and cheerful pages, an Imperial March and the first of the Pomp and Circumstances marches, extol ‘A Land of hope and glory’. Chanson de nuit, Chanson de matin and Nimrod, three beautiful organ transcriptions, nicely illustrate the composer’s musical expression, always seductive and beautiful.

Sir Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)
1.    Imperial March op. 32    5'39
     Transcription : Sir Georges C. Martin
     Vesper Voluntaries op. 14     
2.    Introduction    1'57
3.    Andante    1'16
4.    Allegro    1'57
5.    Andantino    2'33
6.    Allegretto piacevole / Intermezzo    2'12
7.    Poco lento    2'14
8.    Moderato    1'26
9.    Allegro pensoso    1'40
10.    Poco allegro    3'39

     Sonata for organ in G major op. 28     
11.    Allegro maestoso    8'46
12.    Allegretto    4'25
13.    Andante espressivo    6'36
14.    Presto (comodo)    7'08

15.    Chanson de nuit op. 15-1    4'58
     Transcription : Sir A. Herbert Brewer

16.    Chanson de matin op. 15-2    3'31
     Transcription : Sir A. Herbert Brewer

17.    Nimrod op. 36    3'51
     from Enigma Variations
     Transcription : Sir William Henry Harris

18.    Pomp and Circumstance n°1 in D op. 39    7'46
     Transcription : Edwin H. Lemare