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Query: Elgar: Symphony No. 1 - Solti cond. LSO - DECCA

To my taste this is the most satisfying recording of Elgar's 1st Symphony since the composer's own. Interestingly, Solti learnt the work, and prepared for the recording sessions, by making a detailed study of the Elgar recording. It shows. Among post-Elgar conductors (Boult and Barbirolli come to mind), only Davis approaches the energy Solti brings to the piece here. But this, to my ear, is unique. And, in addition to Solti's remarkable feel for the work, and for Elgar's idiom, the recording offers sonics as fine as DECCA ever achieved; gorgeous orchestral sound. The recorded performance of "In the South" is also very fine, if not quite as distinctive. I consider this one of Solti's 2 or 3 finest non-operatic recordings, and cannot recommend it more highly.