Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is a late Romantic English composer. His father was a Catholic music shop owner. As a child, he took violin lessons and began composing at age ten. He supplemented his meager income from composing by teaching and playing organ and violin. Despite his humble beginnings, he garnered much acclaim as a composer. The University of Cambridge awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1900, and he received the Order of Merit in 1911. His wife died in 1920, at which time he retired.
Sea Pictures (1899) is a song cycle composed for a contralto accompanied by an orchestra. It was the first work he wrote after his work became well known.
This recording is performed by Birgitta Svendén and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice.
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