Elgar: Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations

Edward Elgar is without doubt the most important English composer of his generation. His works are written in the idiom of late 19th-century Romanticism and are characterized by bold tunes, striking colour effects, and mastery of large forms.

This new recording presents two of Elgar's most important and popular orchestral works, the "Enigma Variations" and the "Cello Concerto", music of great and universal emotional impact and scope.

Soloist is the Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima, one of the most original and foremost musicians of his time. Filippo Arlia is one of the most brilliant and versatile musicians of today. He is conductor and founder of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria.