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EMI Classics, EMI Classics
compiled by Richard Abram
composed by Sir Edward Elgar
design Georgina Curtis
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) EMI Records Ltd.
Glass Mastered At Mediamotion
Pressed By Mediamotion
Glass Mastered At EMI Swindon
Glass Mastered At EMI Uden
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
Recorded At Queen's Hall, London
Recorded At Abbey Road Studios
Designed At WLP Ltd.
Record Company EMI Group Plc
This compilation ℗ 2007 by EMI Records Ltd. © 2007 EMI Records Ltd.

The Elgar Edition was issued in association with the Elgar Society and the Elgar Foundation.
Edition associates: Jerrold Northrop Moore, Andrew Neill and the late Anthony C. Griffith.

CD 1 - Total Time: 67:54 - ℗ 1963
CD 2 - Total Time: 65:40 - ℗ 1964, 1966
CD 3 - Total Time: 63:30 - ℗ 1964, 1963, 1966
CD 4 - Total Time: 73:17 - ℗ 1963, 1988
CD 5 - Total Time: 53:55 - ℗ 1965
CD 6 - Total Time: 74:36 - ℗ 1971, 1973
CD 7 - Total Time: 69:33 - ℗ 1970, 1971
CD 8 - Total Time: 62:29 - ℗ 1989
CD 9 - Total Time: 52:51 - ℗ 1968, 1974, 1972
CD 10 - Total Time: 49:46 - ℗ 1975, 1977
CD 11 - Total Time: 62:28 - ℗ 1964, 1970
CD 12 - Total Time: 77:09 - ℗ 1970, 1971
CD 13 - Total Time: 38:49 - ℗ 1965
CD 14 - Total Time: 59:26 - ℗ 1965
CD 15 - Total Time: 70:40 - ℗ 1974
CD 16 - Total Time: 78:00 - ℗ 1974
CD 17 - Total Time: 57:38 - ℗ 1969
CD 18 - Total Time: 72:19 - ℗ 1969, 1977
CD 19 - Total Time: 64:05 - ℗ 1981
CD 20 - Total Time: 71:12 - ℗ 1984, 1987
CD 21 - Total Time: 72:21 - ℗ 1987, 1984
CD 22 - Total Time: 48:43 - ℗ 1977
CD 23 - Total Time: 54:19 - ℗ 1977
CD 24 . Total Time: 59:01 - ℗ 1987
CD 25 - Total Time: 46:10 - ℗ 1988
CD 26 - Total Time: 76:10 - ℗ 1969, 1965
CD 27 - Total Time: 55:19 - ℗ 1967, 1974
CD 28 - Total Time: 40:40 - ℗ 1976
CD 29 - Total Time: 72:38 - ℗ 1981, 1980, 2006, 1978, 1988, 2003, 1977
CD 30 - Total Time: 76:55 - ℗ 1993, 1992

CD 30 Recordings:
- Tracks 1-2: Kingsway Hall, London, 7 October 1932
- Track 3: Queen's Hall, London, 15 July 1927
- Track 4: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 11 April 1933
- Track 5: Kingsway Hall, London, 18 September 1930
- Track 6: LIVE - Royal Albert Hall, London, 26 February 1927
- Tracks 7-9: Kingsway Hall, London, 29 August 1933
- Track 10: Small Queen's Hall, London, 6 November 1929
- Track 11: Small Queen's Hall, London, 8 November 1929
- Track 12: Queen's Hall, London, 27 April 1926
- Track 13: Queen's Hall, London, 1 April 1927
- Track 14: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 12 November 1931 (For Pathé Newsreel)
- Track 15: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 11 April 1933

© 2007 EMI Records Ltd.

Disc mastering notes
CD6 originally glass mastered by EMI Uden for reissue of Violin Sonata In E Minor, Op.82 / Violin Concerto In B Minor, Op.61.
CD8 originally glass mastered by EMI Uden for 2003 release of Organ Sonata; The Wand Of Youth.
CD 12 originally glass mastered by EMI Swindon for 1999 release of Piano Quintet, Concert Allegro, String Quartet.
CD 13 originally glass mastered by EMI Uden for disc 1 of 1999 release of The Dream Of Gerontius.
CD 14 originally glass mastered by EMI Swindon for disc 2 of 1999 release of The Dream Of Gerontius.
CD 19 originally glass mastered by EMI Uden for reissue of The Light Of Life.
CD 20 originally glass mastered by EMI Swindon for disc 1 of 1994 release of King Olaf / The Black Knight.
CD 21 originally glass mastered by EMI Swindon for disc 2 of 1994 release of King Olaf / The Black Knight.
CD 24 originally glass mastered by EMI Swindon for 1994 release of The Banner Of St. George / Te Deum And Benedictus/Great Is The Lord.
CD 26 originally glass mastered by EMI Swindon for 1994 release of Sacred Music • Organ Sonata No.1 In G.
CD 28 originally glass mastered by EMI Uden for 2004 release of The Starlight Express (Incidental Music, Op. 78).
CD 30 originally glass mastered by EMI Swindon for 2000 release of The HMV Recordings.
Barcode: 5 099950 360321 (Text)
Barcode: 5099950360321 (Scanned, EAN-13)
Label Code: LC 6646
SPARS Code: ADD (CD1 to CD8)
SPARS Code: DDD (CD8)
Matrix / Runout: www.mediamotion.com 3679192 @1 010108 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LW03 (CD1, CD3 to CD5, CD7, CD16)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHT5 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: www.mediamotion.com 3679212 @2 020 103 (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LW04 (CD2, CD15, CD17, CD18, CD22, CD23, CD25, CD27, CD29)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHP5 (CD2, CD11)
Matrix / Runout: www.mediamotion.com 3679232 @2 020 101 (CD3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHP4 (CD3, CD6)
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Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHP3 (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: www.mediamotion.com 3679272 @ 1 010104 (CD5)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHP7 (CD5)
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 7677512 @ 1 (CD6)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L045 (CD6)
Matrix / Runout: www.mediamotion.com 5036102 @ 1 010102 (CD7)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHY9 (CD7)
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 5759792 @ 1 010201 (CD8)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L047 (CD7 to CD11, CD13, CD28)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHZ0 (CD8, CD19)
Matrix / Runout: www.mediamotion.com 5036122 @ 1 010101 (CD9)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI AAHY2 (CD9, CD23)
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Mastering SID Code: IFPI L041 (CD12, CD14, CD20)
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Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 5735802 @ 2 010107 (CD13)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHT4 (CD13, CD15)
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Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHY5 (CD14)
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Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHT7 (CD16, CD24)
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Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHT3 (CD17)
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Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHT0 (CD18)
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Mastering SID Code: IFPI L046 (CD19)
Matrix / Runout: 565105 2 2 EMI SWINDON 010303 (CD20)
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHY7 (CD20)
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Mould SID Code: IFPI AAHX6 (CD30)