The rarely performed and recorded Crown of India Suite provides the backbone for this collection of music by Sir Edward Elgar. A most evocative work the Crown of India Suite certainly conjours up memories of the Raj – listen out for the gongs and the antiphonal trumpets.
Rarities include the virtuosic sevillana (a real tour de force for the clarinet section) and the charming three bavarian dances. This is an album steeped in nostalgia and echoes of our imperial past, with the band of the Grenadier Guards on superb form
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