Parry: The Soul's Ransom/ The Lotos-Eaters/Blest pair of Sirens/Invocation to Music Choir Orchestral & Concertos 2 for 1

Parry: The Soul's Ransom/ The Lotos-Eaters/Blest pair of Sirens/Invocation to Music

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CHAN 241-31

Multiple Set of 2 CDs

Parry: The Soul's Ransom/ The Lotos-Eaters/Blest pair of Sirens/Invocation to Music

Running Time: 153:21

CD UPC: 0095115243121

Release Date: February 2006
Originally recorded in February 1988

Composer (1848-1918)
Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry

Solo soprano§
Anne Dawson

Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano*†
Della Jones

Tenor Voice tenor§
Arthur Davies

Solo baritone§
Brian Rayner Cook

Tenor Voice baritone*
David Wilson-Johnson

Orchestra *†§
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor *†§
Matthias Bamert

Conductor ‡
Richard Hickox

Venue
Watford Town Hall

Venue
Blackheath Halls, London

Venue
All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

Producer
Brian Couzens

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer (Assistant: Blest pair of Sirens, I was glad)
Janet Middlebrook

Engineer (other works)
Ben Connellan

Genre:
Choir
Orchestral & Concertos

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SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY

(1848-1918)

COMPACT DISC ONE

The Soul's Ransom*

47:04

A Psalm of the Poor

(Sinfonia Sacra)

for soprano, bass, chorus and orchestra

Section 1

Introduction. Lento -

4:17

'Who can number the sands of the sea'. Lento -

8:17

Chorus

Section 2

'Hear ye this, O ye people'. Allegro agitato -

4:21

Bass solo

'We look for light, but behold darkness'. Moderato maestoso -

3:21

Chorus

'Why are ye so fearful, O ye of little faith?' Lento

7:10

Soprano solo and chorus

Section 3

'The hand of the Lord was upon me'. Maestoso

9:29

Bass solo and chorus

Section 4

'The people that walked in darkness'. Moderato, energico -

5:00

Soprano solo

'See how, ye that love the light'. Moderato, tranquillo

5:06

Chorus

The Lotos-Eaters†

32:39

for soprano, chorus and orchestra

'There is sweet music here that softer fall'. Andante tranquillo -

3:36

Chorus

10.

'Why are we weigh'd upon with heaviness'. Allegro -

1:39

Chorus

11.

III

'Lo! in the middle of the wood' -

2:40

Soprano solo

12.

'Hateful is the dark-blue sky'. Allegro moderato -

2:23

Chorus

13.

'How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream'. Andante tranquillo -

4:25

Soprano solo

14.

'Dear is the memory of our wedded lives'. Moderato - Lento -

4:28

Men's chorus

15.

VII

'But, propt on beds of amaranth and moly'. Andantino -

2:20

Soprano solo

16.

VIII

'The Lotos blooms below the barren peak'. Allegro tranquillo - Andante

11:07

Chorus and soprano solo

79:55

COMPACT DISC TWO

Blest pair of Sirens‡

11:53

An Ode by Milton

Invocation to Music§

54:57

An Ode (in Honour of Henry Purcell) by Robert Bridges

for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra

Introduction -

'Myriad voicèd Queen!' Moderato -

5:10

Chorus

'Turn, O return!. Allegretto tranquillo

4:05

Chorus and soprano solo

III

'Thee, fair Poetry oft hath sought'. Allegretto tranquillo

4:33

Tenor solo

'The monstrous sea'. Maestoso energico

5:34

Chorus

'Love to Love calleth'. Andante appassionato

5:17

Soprano and tenor

Dirge. 'Tome, tome, fair-hearted Goddess, come!' Maestoso -

8:05

Bass solo

VII

'Man, born of desire'. Moderato -

4:55

Chorus

VIII

'Rejoice, ye dead, where'er your spirits dwell'. Più lento

6:10

Soprano solo and chorus

10.

'O enter with me the gates of delight'. Allegro vivace

5:41

Soprano, tenor and bass

11.

'Thou, O Queen of sinless grace'. Allegro vivo

5:09

Chorus

12.

I was glad‡

7:10

Anthem, with words from Psalm 122

74:19

Solo: Anne Dawson soprano§

Solo: Brian Rayner Cook baritone§

London Philharmonic Choir

London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra *†§

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Matthias Bamert *†§

Conductor: Richard Hickox ‡

14-16 February (Blest pair of Sirens, I was glad)

25-27 March 1991 (The Soul's Ransom, The Lotos-Eaters)

10-11 May 1991 (Invocation to Music)

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