Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Edward Elgar: The Starlight Express (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 530 Mb | Total time: 138:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Stradivarius | # CHSA 5111(2) | Recorded: 2012
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 530 Mb | Total time: 138:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Stradivarius | # CHSA 5111(2) | Recorded: 2012
The Starlight Express was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland, for a theatre production in the West End during the First World War, with music by Sir Edward Elgar. Combining the usually contrasting elements of fairytale and melodrama, The Starlight Express depicts the fantasy world inhabited by a group of children, who possess a magical ‘starlight’ quality that has been lost by the adults around them. This is the most comprehensive recorded version of The Starlight Express to date, based on a new score prepared by the Elgar Edition, which has been adapted by the conductor Sir Andrew Davis.