Sir Mark Elder - Edward Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suites Salut D'Amour, Nursery Suite & Chanson de Nuit

Salut d�Amour is a charming piece of Victorian salon music. Written as a musical love letter to his once student Caroline Alice Roberts on the eve of their engagement, the piece is graced by Elgar�s melodic flair. Along with the other early work in this collection Chanson de nuit its success contributed to the gradual establishment of Elgar�s reputation as a composer. The Nursery Suite, was based on a number of early compositions which Elgar, by then Master of the King�s