In the penultimate year of the nineteenth-century (1899) Elgar put himself on the musical map with Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma). Just three years later Mahler completed his Fifth Symphony, inimitably advancing the genre into the twentieth-century. Antonio Pappano and the LSO were expressively moulded and sensitive of shape throughout the Elgar, with dynamic … Continue reading LSO: Antonio Pappano conducts Elgar and Mahler – Enigma Variations and Symphony No.5. Recorded on June 11 at Barbican Hall and broadcast July 13 on BBC Radio 3 at 19:30. Concert dedicated to the recently deceased Michael Tilson Thomas.