Renaud Capuçon album review: This is the best-ever recording of Elgar’s Sonata

This Violin Sonata played by Renaud Capuçon is the best-ever recording… no one sympathetic to Elgar’s music should be without it By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 Renaud Capuçon  Elgar: Violin Concerto/Violin Sonata                      … Read more

Art critic ‘solves’ the riddle of Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations

Art critic ‘solves’ the riddle of Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations and suggests the ‘hidden melody’ is the Welsh song Men of Harlech Sir Edward Elgar revealed in 1899 that there was ‘a larger theme’ to the works He took the secret to his grave telling friends: ‘The enigma I will not explain’ But Bevis … Read more