ENGLISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS - GROVES, ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

English Music for StringsElgar- Britten – Vaughan Williams -TippettRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves “With gloriously full and real recording, most beautiful string textures, this is one of Groves’s finest records…RPO players give deeply felt, vibrant accounts of four great masterpieces of English string music” (Rosette award, Penguin Guide) “fresh and vital performances, …a thrilling challenge for any string orchestra which the RPO players meet splendidly, with real wit and convincing intensity of feeling …music superbly evocative of England… Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia; this is a radiant, richly textured and spacious account…. a most desirable collection.” © Gramophone Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934): Serenade for Stringsin E minor, Op.201. Allegro piacevole 3.342. Largo 6.343. Allegretto 3.08 Sir Benjamin Britten (1913-76): Variations on a Themeof Frank Bridge, Op.104. (i) Introduction & theme (lento maestoso) – (ii) adagio 4.445. March (presto) 1.096. Romance (all