Elgar - Enigma Variations, Op. 36

In Enigma, Andrew Litton is close-focused in detail compared to the familiar sweep of Boult’s recording, with very precise yet lively orchestral playing – notably in the swirling strings in ‘Troyte’…In... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The dazzling panache of the LSO’s playing has you wondering all over again at the mesmerising range of options that Adès’s ear and technical command can summon…And Elgar’s Enigma Variations yet... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Boult's 1970 recording of the Enigma Variations offers similar riches to those of Barbirolli with the additional bonus of a slightly superior recorded sound. Boult's account has authority, freshness... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Perhaps one of the grandest and most emotional of all the recordings of Elgar’s Enigma Variations ever made, Norman Del Mar and the Royal Philharmonic recorded it in January 1975 in the superb... — Gramophone Magazine, June 1975 More…

If any life is left in the myth that only the English can do Elgar, it’s put to shame by the Russian conductor. This disc — an ideal mix of the grand and the intimate — shows a first-rate musician’s... — Sunday Times, 31st March 2019 More…

Exceptional Elgar. ‘Nimrod’ has the grandeur of a Bruckner slow movement. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…