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The Second Symphony starts well, with Ashkenazy impelling the opening pages forward nicely. In fact, the whole movement comes off well - the somewhat sinister-sounding episode, which we will encounter again in III, is well handled (from 7:19) and Ashkenazy also prepares for that section well. The interpretation of II is convincing: Ashkenazy conveys the elegiac flavour of the music without overplaying his hand. The Rondo is as urgent and dynamic as it should be. I have some doubts, however, about the finale. In the first few minutes I just sensed a slight want of lift in the rhythms; the music sounds a fraction heavy. However, the lead-up to the trumpet-capped climax is well managed and thereafter I found Ashkenazy’s way with the music
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satisfying, not least in the wistful coda, which he shapes sympathetically. - John Quinn,
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Works on This Recording
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Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1911; England
Venue: The Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera Hou
Length: 55 Minutes 4 Secs.
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