Schwabe/Orf Vienna/Ward - Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge: Cello Concerto, Oration (Concerto elegiaco)

These two masterpieces are shadowed by the events of the First World War. Elgar�s Cello Concerto, an intensely poignant, reflective and individual musical statement, has enjoyed unflagging popularity among musicians and listeners for over 100 years. By contrast, Frank Bridge�s Oration (Concerto elegiaco) remained unperformed for decades after its early hearings. Yet it shares spiritual affinities with Elgar�s work and serves as a funeral address of huge solemnity and narrative power in its outcry against the futility of war.