Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma", op. 36: IX. Nimrod

Name: Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma", op. 36: IX. Nimrod
Duration: 4 min 14 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
3.11	Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36 “Enigma”: Variation IX (Nimrod)	4:19	Edward Elgar	Master of Orchestral Texture	Charles Mackerras	Album + Compilation	XE2011	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	50999 0 98189 2 7
46.37	Enigma Variations: IX. Nimrod (A. E. Jaeger)	4:14	Edward Elgar	The Complete Warner Classics Edition	Sir Charles Mackerras	Album	XW2025-11-07	Warner Classics

producer:	Andrew Keener (engineer/editor/producer)
organ:	David Bell (organist) (from 1985-03-11 until 1985-03-13)
orchestra:	London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1985-03-11 until 1985-03-13, on 1985-03-13)
conductor:	Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor) (from 1985-03-11 until 1985-03-13) Sir Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor) (on 1985-03-13)
balance engineer:	Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s) (from 1985-03-11 until 1985-03-13)

recorded at:	Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood (from 1985-03-11 until 1985-03-13) Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood (on 1985-03-13)

recording of:	Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (from 1985-03-11 until 1985-03-13)

publisher:	Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:	Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:	Augustus J. Jaeger

referred to in medleys:	Hooked on Romance, Part 2
later versions:	Light Eternal (Lux aeterna) Nimrod
part of:	Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36 (movement) (order: 10)
is the basis for:	Sanctus (based on “Nimrod” from Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36) Sanctus Dei The Globalist We Will Stand Together
arrangements:	“Nimrod” from Enigma Variations (for concert band, arranged by Jay Bocook) Enigma Variations, op. 36: IX. Nimrod (for piano) Nimrod (for organ, Harris) Nimrod (for brass band, Denis Wright) Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (catch-all for arrangements)