“The way Elgar represents the people that are important in his life is really charming and delightful, and very moving,” says conductor Marin Alsop, on Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations, a series of portraits of friends and family members. Alsop conducts this piece, along with music by Barber and Rachmaninoff.
Alsop & Vondráček
Marin Alsop (Photo: Platon)
Playlist
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Lukáš Vondráček, piano; Marin Alsop, conductor
Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)
Marin Alsop, conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Prologue, Tonight, Rumble, and Somewhere from West Side Story
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
