Bernstein - Elgar "Enigma" variations (XIV) - Finale (E.D.U.) : Allegro - Presto

[organboi]

The last chord diminuendo to piano was way too much.

[555paint]

very nice thanks....I seem to recall this had a trippy album cover on DG

[cousinjk]

Bernstein on Elgar? HOW UNBELIEVABLY MAGNIFICENT! THANK YOU JESUS!

[tromboneroo4]

@bonestrumpet93, I did. I thought you knew that mark :P

[tromboneroo4]

I love this piece so much. I'm currently a high school student playing this on trombone and euphonium (long story on why I'm playing it on both). My favorite part without a doubt is the stringendo at about 2:07 minutes in. That is, in my opinion, coupled with the heavy brass at 3:56, the cornerstone of his greastest work. Truly spectacular.

[bonestrumpet93]

@tromboneroo4 just make sure you hit the high note in our duet and it will be :P

[pedropedaltones]

@tromboneroo4 Amen. I have never just sat at my computer and listened to a piece over and over again for 30 minutes until I found this. That's sayin' something

[japanesesweet]

Thanks for uploading this-i'd also love to see the BBC documentary about Bernstein conducting the BBCso orch in the piece- -there were some tensions apparently.

[kingkillerwolf]

the trombone sounds beautiful

[javilack]

What a great ending.

[ronaldosucks1]

i want to look like sir edward!

[icgriffin]

CallmeBe if you think Ormandys performance is good, you obviously haven/t heard Sir Adrian Boult with the LPO. As a child I had Ormandys recording and was quite satisfied ( especially with the trumpet vibrato) but when someone gave me Boults interpretation, it gave me a lifelong adoration of this brilliant yet underestimated British conductor. No one comes near Boults Nimrod.

[callmeBe]

One of my very favorite sections of music from one of my very favorite peices of music--absolutely spectacular. Nice version here--however, I don't think there is any finer than that recorded by Eugene Ormandy ca. 1962. (That's not to take away from this interpretation, it is good--but the Ormandy is tact down perfect).

[TheLeonardoSaez]

very prompt will publish the complete work !

[Querobabi]

Bernstein is one of my favorite conductors! great version, specially the ending. Please post all the complete piece!