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Title: Elgar: Choral Works
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Main Performer: Janet Baker (Mezzo soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto (Female alto)); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Robert Lloyd (Bass); Benjamin Luxon (Bass)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; (John) Alldis Choir
Date of Release: 02/10/2006
Label / Distributor: EMI Classics / EMI
Pieces in Set: 6
Running Time: 7 hours 54 minutes
Genre(s): Vocal and choral
Stereo: Stereo
SPAR Code: ADD
EAN: 94636793122
Catalogue Number: 367931
Work 1
Work Title: (The) Music Makers, Op. 69
Excerpt(s): 1. Introduction
2. We are the music makers
3. With wonderful deathless ditties
4. We, in the ages lying
5. A breath of our inspiration
6. They had no vision amazing
7. And therefore today is thrilling
8. But we, with our dreaming and singing
9. For we afar with the dawning
10. Great hail! We cry to the comers
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1912
Conductor: Adrian Boult
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Janet Baker (Mezzo soprano)
Opera Part(s): Janet Baker
Work 2
Work Title: (The) Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Excerpt(s): 1. PART 1 - Prelude
2. Jesu Maria, I am near to death
3. Kyrie eleison
4. Rouse thee, my fainting soul
5. Sanctus fortis
6. I can no more
7. Rescue him, O Lord
8. Proficiscere, anima Christiana
9. Go in the name of Angels
10. PART 2 - I went to sleep
11. My work is done
12. It is a member of that family
13. It is because
14. Low-born clods of brute earth (Demons' Chorus); Dispossessed, aside thrust
15. I see not those false spirits
16. Praise to the Holiest (semi-chorus)
17. We now have passed the gate
18. But hark! a grand mysterious harmony; Praise to the Holiest (double chorus)
19. Thy judgement now is near
20. Jesu! by that shuddering dread
21. Take me away
22. Lord, Thou hast been our refuge
23. Softly and gently (Angel's farewell)
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1900
Conductor: Adrian Boult
Orchestra / Ensemble: (John) Alldis Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Helen Watts (Contralto (Female alto)), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Robert Lloyd (Bass)
Opera Part(s): Helen Watts, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Lloyd
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Work 3
Work Title: (The) Apostles, Op. 49
Work 4
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Work 3
Excerpt(s): 1. PROLOGUE - The Spirit of the Lord
2. PART 1 - The Calling of the Apostles
3. By the Wayside
4. By the Sea of Galilee
5. PART 2 - Introduction
6. The Betrayal
7. Golgotha
8. At the Sepulchre
9. The Ascension
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1902-03
Conductor: Adrian Boult
Orchestra / Ensemble: Downe House School Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Benjamin Luxon (Bass), Clifford Grant (Bass), Helen Watts (Contralto (Female alto)), John Carol Case (Bass), Robert Tear (Tenor), Sheila Armstrong (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Benjamin Luxon, Clifford Grant, Helen Watts, John Carol Case, Robert Tear, Sheila Armstrong
Work 4
Work Title: (The) Kingdom, Op. 51
Excerpt(s): 1. Prelude
2. In the Upper Room
3. At the Beautiful Gate
4. Pentecost
5. The Sign of Healing
6. The Upper Room
7. The sun goeth down
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Date Written: 1901-6
Conductor: Adrian Boult
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Alexander Young (Tenor), Dame Margaret Price (Soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Yvonne Minton (Mezzo soprano)
Opera Part(s): Alexander Young, Dame Margaret Price, John Shirley-Quirk, Yvonne Minton
Work 5
Work Title: Coronation Ode, Op. 44
Excerpt(s): 1. Crown the King
2. The Queen; Daughter of Ancient Kings
3. Braitain, ask of thyself
4. Hark, upon the hallowed air; Only let the heart be pure
5. Peace, gentle peace
6. Land of hope and glory
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1902 Revised 1911
Conductor: Sir Philip Ledger
Orchestra / Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
Orchestra / Ensemble: Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Military School of Music Band, Kneller Hall
Main Performer: Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto (Female alto)), Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Richard Morton (Tenor), Stephen Roberts (Bass)
Opera Part(s): Alfreda Hodgson, Dame Felicity Lott, Richard Morton, Stephen Roberts
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