A complete version of Edward Elgar's "Enigma variations" (No. 13-15)

[barfingonall4s]

Thank you very Very much for posting. Sounds much better than my vinyl.

[theotendleeey]

utter perfection

[openfifth]

Many thanks for this. I love this piece, especially Nimrod and Edu. Does anyone know what the other enigma is?

[7Mazeppa]

Many thanks for commentaries - so useful to have the timings of the different variations. What are the paintings? 1st I think is Claude? 2nd of Edinburgh I don't recognize, 3rd is a Cuyp I think...

[tsampika911]

wow! great upload, especially with all the information about how elgar came up with the enigma variations, which were an enigma for me before! thank you so much! :)

[nixrox13]

0:33

[Matt123ttam]

Love the brass.

[redbrian3655]

You really did a wonderful job in explaining each variation. I truly appreciate all of your hard work and well thought-out critique. It has been a pleasure listening and reading. I appreciate YouTubers who educate others in their uploads. Well done. BRIAN

[Djd2011]

DAAANG listen to them bones!!! i love the heck out of this piece.

[11heck11]

oh my god who could dare click the dislike button! thats just horrible!!

[TheMarchingNerd]

Does anyone know who this recording is by?

[Baou94]

@TheMarchingNerd Im almost certain this is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Look back at the 1st video and see my comment.

[Dogsn55]

The fifteenth is the finale.

[rutgerhofste]

test

[wenglishsal]

WONDERFUL.. thanks @LindoroRossini.. I have now saved all these splendid wonders to my favourites.. to enjoy again and again.. Hearty thanks from Wales UK :0)x

[thisisntagoodname]

Just so you know, Dora Penny, the woman whom Elgar dedicated the Dorabella variation to, confirmed that the unnamed variation * * * was INDEED Lady Mary Lygon. Drafts of the work named the movement LML, but Elgar wanted permission from Lygon before the work was published. Since he couldn't get it (she left for Australia before he could get it), he left the movement untitled.

[ShyBelgian]

if you'd like to play along, I got some instrumental parts to this wonderful piece! just contact me :-)

[yayyaytat]

I've always found XIII. Romance so mysterious sounding. It's the farthest piece from the theme; even within the movement itself it jumps back and forth between distant keys and mood. It is like really fickle... 04:00-04:20 sounds even *war-like*, it sounds like he's about to lose himself. I feel that she was the one woman that he could never give up on in his mind, but they couldn't live together because they simply don't work out as a pair.

[pandalover1119]

i just played this in youth symphony recently! and i'm absolutely loving this piece now!

[Fullblaster]

Where can I find this music?

[Fullblaster]

Where can I find this music?

[BrucknerMotet]

one of the best Elgar creations. Hands down. No doubt. At least from this observer's lowly perch.

[mobile507]

great pictures, sometimes the picture the uploader uses greatly changes the outcome of the piece, this is one of those times

[puchon69]

Rob dougan based on for the song "clubbed to death" (matrix soundtrack)

[guajira74]

where can I find this beautiful composition with the complete score...

[manouchehr7]

You English people must be extremely proud to have such Great composer like Edward Elgar, his music is beyond words, I love Enigma variations in particular Nimrod.

[kwsigma]

@manouchehr7 I love Elgar, he's so romantic.

[thisisntagoodname]

@kwsigma Well, he WAS from the Romantic era (though he lived to see the 20th century which is considered separate from that era). :P

[beethomozart]

there are 14, and not 15 variations, is this popular work by english Edward Elgar, by the way each one was dedicated to a different friend and the last one to himself, this work was premiered in 1899

[LindoroRossini]

But there are fifteen movements in the piece, that is way I marked the piece all the way to fifteen :). All information I could find on the identities of the friends behind the variations are presented in the description to each posting :).

[beethomozart]

thanks for the information

[MrHicks091]

@LindoroRossini Well I guess the point is that you have the theme-movement 1-then 14 variations, which gives a total of 15 movements. Seems perfectly reasonable to me ;)!

[metalheadlass]

now that i think of it, this piece is truly english. it has that same dreamy atmosphere of england, cloudy and dark (as the celli represent it) but it could also be sunny sometimes (as the wood winds and violins) beautiful combination of instruments in the variations. i never understood why people don't like the english weather; it's as beautiful as elgar's composition.

[spoukas]

lol come to south of europe and you'll understand why :P

[metalheadlass]

if you mean it is cold, rainy and it snows a lot, i'd say i LUV that kinda weather. i think it's very harsh but at the same time the colours are quite romantic

[spoukas]

heh now thats something you dont expect of a metalhead :p

[metalheadlass]

LOL...my name is quite deceiving i see. i'm not really a big fan of metal but i like the name...classical music has no rivals =D

[spoukas]

lol yeah when i saw i was really suprised

[Myclette]

I loved performing Enigma Variations.

[jpandyaraja]

thnks also for your comments on this

excellent masterpiece

[eran0004]

Hehe, a little confusing. I thought 13 referred to the 13th variation, but since the theme is the first movement, then the 13th movement is variation number 12. Very beautiful!

[gucker07]

No. 13 belongs to the Celli! Thanks, Elgar!

[cadetstarnoodle]

You are generous to have included so much background and story. Thanks!

[carolynan]

Amazing!

[lilibetp]

Not bad. I prefer the Boult version, especially on the final movement. It's a bit slower but more intense.

[RaceySpacey]

Here is the essence of England. It is a true Anthem. I am colonialised, but on listening I positively yearn. In the coming 2012 strife,England will need a rallying cry, here it is.

[Glenmed]

Fascinating write-up you give. I've come in at the wrong place, but enjoyed it. I'll start again tomorrow.