Doric String Quartet/Gardner - ELGAR:SYMPHONY NO 1, INTRODUCTION AND ALLEGRO

The Doric String Quartet � highly praised for its series of Haydn and Schubert quartets � joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner in the Introduction and Allegro, one of Elgar�s masterpieces. Gardner here captures the subtle contrast between the solo quartet and the string ensemble, while also reconciling a wide variety of musical ideas and tempo fluctuations, not least the ever-popular �Welsh� solo viola melody. The full Orchestra then appears in a passionate account of the majestic Symphony No. 1, a much-loved work ever since its premiere in 1906.