The Elgar Edition: The Complete Electrical Recordings of Sir Edward Elgar

Packaging: Cardboard box that folds open with booklet and nine individual paper sleeves inside

Sub-optimal credits

Transfer from 78s done by (as specified for individual tracks, for discs 1–3):

• Symphony no. 1 (disc 1, tracks 1–4): Michael J. Dutton
• Falstaff (disc 1, tracks 5–10): Anthony C. Griffith
• Symphony no. 2 (disc 2, tracks 1–5): Michael J. Dutton
• Symphony no. 2 rehearsal (disc 2, track 6): Jerrold Northrop Moore
• Dream of Gerontius (disc 3, tracks 1–8): Anthony C. Griffith
• Civic Fanfare (disc 3, track 9): Anthony C. Griffith
• Dream of Gerontius (disc 3, tracks 10–13): Anthony C. Griffith, Michael J. Dutton
• Music Makers (disc 3, tracks 14–17): Michael J. Dutton

Transfer and remastering, by disc:

• CDs 1–3: Mastered by Paul Baily, Michael J. Dutton, and Peter Mew; digitally remastered by Michael J. Dutton and John Holland
• CDs 4 and 7–9: Transferred from 78s and digitally remastered by Andrew Walter
• CDs 5 and 6: Digitally remastered by Andrew Walter, Paul Baily, and John Holland. Transferred from 78s by:
  • CD 5, track 14–26: Anthony C. Griffith
  • CD 6, track 4: Anthony C. Griffith
  • The rest: Andrew Walter

Edward Elgar "supervised…via telephone" Lawrance Collingwood conducting Caractacus (disc 9, tracks 10–11).

Source Matrix/Catalogue Numbers

Source matrix no.s/catalogue nos. (HMV unless stated otherwise) of first publication:

• Symphony no. 1 (disc 1, tracks 1–4): Cc 20675-7 & 20682-9/D 1944-9
• Falstaff (disc 1, tracks 5–10): 2B 2011-14 & 2017-20/DB 1621-4
• Symphony no. 2 (disc 2): CR 1268-79/D 1230-35 (no matrix number assigned to track 6/rehearsal, part ℗ 1971 on World Record Club SH 163, part EMI Classics CDS 7 54560 2)
• Dream of Gerontius (disc 2, tracks 1–8): CR 997–9/Pearl Opal 810; CR 1201/RLS 713; CR 1202/RLS 713; CR 1203/D 1243; CR 1205/D 1242; CR 1206–7/D 1242 & RLS 713; CR 1208/RLS 713; CR 1209–10/RLS 713 & D 1243
• Civic Fanfare (disc 2, track 9): BR 1137/RLS 708
• Dream of Gerontius (disc 2, tracks 10–13): BR 1137/RLS 708 and CR 1143, 1145, & 1148–9/D 1350 & 1348
• Music Makers (disc 2, tracks 14–17): CR 1157, 1159, & 1161/D 1349 & 1347
• Enigma Variations (disc 4, tracks 1–15): CR 339–45/D 1154–7
• Violin Concerto in B minor (disc 4, tracks 16–19): 2B 2968–79/DB 1751–6
• The Wand of Youth (disc 5, tracks 1–7): Cc 15062–6/D 1636–8
• The Wand of Youth (disc 5, tracks 8–13): Cc 15062–6 & 15067–70/D 1636–8 & 1649–50
• Nursery Suite (disc 5, tracks 14–21): 2B 558–61/D 1998–9
• Severn Suite (disc 5, tracks 22–26): 2B 2848–52/DB 1908–10
• Land of Hope and Glory, It comes from the misty ages, National Anthem, Croft: O God, our help in ages past (disc 6, tracks 1–4): CR 1658/RLS 713; CR 1661/RLS 713; CR 1659/C 1467; CR 1660/C 1467
• Meditation from the Light of Life (disc 6, track 5): CR 649/D 1157
• Three Characteristic Pieces (disc 6, tracks 6–8): Bb 18152/Japanese Victor JF 38; Cc 18153/EMI Classics CDS 7 54564 2; 2B 4152/DB 1910
• Chanson de nuit, Canson de matin (disc 6, tracks 9–10): CR 338 & CR 1280/D 1236
• Three Bavarian Dances (disc 6, tracks 11–13): CR 1455–6/D 1367 and 2B 576/DB 1667
• The Crown of India (disc 6, tracks 14–18): Cc 19727–8 & Cc 19741/D 1899–1900
• Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (disc 6, tracks 19–20): CR 346–7/W 749
• Froissart (disc 7, track 1): 2B 4149–51/DB 1938–9
• Cockaigne (disc 7, track 2): CR 332–5/D 1110–11
• In the South (disc 7, tracks 3–6): Cc 19729–30 & 19742–4/DB 1665–7
• Interludes from Falstaff (disc 7, tracks 7–8): Cc 18151/D 1863
• Cello Concerto in E minor (disc 7, tracks 9–12) CR 1754–9/D 1507–9
• Minuet from Beau Brummel, Rosemary, Salut d’amour, Minuet op. 21, Sérénade lyrique, May Song, Carissima (disc 8, tracks 1–7): Cc 18139/RLS 713, Cc 18138/D 1778, Bb 18150/E 547, Cc 18149/D 1863, Cc 18137/D 1778, Cc 18140/D 1949, and Bb 18141/E 547
• Minuet from Beau Brummel (disc 8, track 8): Cc 15072/D 1638
• Five Piano Improvisations (disc 8, tracks 9–13): Bb 18129 and Cc 18130–33/RLS 713
• Pomp and Circumstance (disc 8, tracks 14–18): CR 336/D 1102, CR 337/D 1102, CD 1454/D 1301, CR 1453/D 1301, and Cc 19740/D 1900
• Land of Hope and Glory (disc 8, track 19): 2B 2016 (transferred from film soundtrack)/RLS 713
• Prelude to The Kingdom (disc 9, track 1); Pomp and Circumstance (disc 9, tracks 3–4); and Cockaigne (disc 9, track 5): 2B 4178–9/DB 1934, 2B 3456/DB 1801, 2B 3455/DB 1801, 2B 4177/DB 1936, and 2B 4174–6/DB 1935–6
• Serenade in E minor (disc 9, tracks 6–8); Elegy (disc 9, track 9): 2B 3553–5/DB 2132–3 and (Elegy only) 2B 3556/DB 1939
• Caractacus (disc 9, tracks 10–11): 2B 4757/DB 2147 and 2B 4759–60/DB 2142
• Mina (disc 9, track 12–13): OB 5886/EMI Classics CDS 7 54568 2 and (track 13 only) OEA 957/B 8282
• Coronation March (disc 9, track 14): 2EA 1019–20/DB 2437