Elgar/ Thomas/ Scottish Chamber Orch/ Davis - Starlight Express

This fairytale melodrama was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood a Prisoner in Fairyland for a West End theatre production staged during World War 1 with music by Elgar. Based on a new score which has been adapted by Sir Andrew Davis who also here conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra this is the most comprehensive recorded version to date. The two-disc set includes the incidental music with narrative by Simon Callow and an extended suite of freestanding orchestral movements and songs.