Elgar Symphony no. 1 transcribed for solo piano by Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Recorded at Symphony Hall, August 2006.
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“…prodigious technique and musicianship.”
Gramophone Magazine, April 2008
“….a virtuoso recasting that needs a Liszt to play it.”
BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 5*****
“…a magically effective evocation of the already profoundly complex original. Bebbington’s performance is spectacular.”
Sunday Times, October 2007
“Bebbington’s excursions into English twentieth-century keyboard music have produced some fantastic discs in the last few years and this one must certainly be added to the tally.”
International Record Review, November 2007
“This fascinating transcription sheds new light on Elgar’s Symphony and no Elgarian should be without it…..exceptionally well dispatched by the young British pianist, Mark Bebbington.”
Mail on Sunday, David Mellor 4**** November 2007
“….ingenious adaptation of Elgar’s First Symphony brought thrillingly to life in Mark Bebbington’s imperiously virtuosic performance.”
International Piano, December 2007
“…I found this disc very moving – played with such feeling..”
