Elgar - Caractacus / Severn Suite Orchestral & Concertos Choir 2 for 1

Elgar - Caractacus / Severn Suite

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Elgar - Caractacus / Severn Suite

Running Time: 119:13

CD UPC: 0095115245828

Release Date: August 2016
Originally recorded in October 1992

Composer
Sir Edward Elgar

Solo soprano
Judith Howarth

Tenor Voice tenor
Arthur Davies

Tenor Voice baritone
David Wilson-Johnson

Solo bass
Stephen Roberts

Solo bass
Alistair Miles

Choral
London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Richard Hickox

Producer
Brian Couzens

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer (Assistant)
Peter Newble

Venue 26-28, 30 & 31 October 1992
All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

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SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

Caractacus, Op.35 (1898)

101:35

Cantata in Six Scenes for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Chorus and Orchestra

Libretto by Harry Arbuthnot Acworth (1849-1933)

COMPACT DISC ONE

Scene 1. British camp on the Malvern Hills. Night: 22:58

Chorus: 'Watchmen, alert!' -

5:49

Caractacus: 'Watchmen, alert! the King is here' -

6:13

with Sentries

Eigen: 'Father!... Sire and King' -

2:22

with Caractacus, Orbin, Sentries

Eigen: 'At eve to the greenwood, we wander'd away' -

2:45

Orbin: 'On the ocean and the river' -

2:41

with Caractacus, Eigen

Spirits of the Hill: 'Rest, weary monarch'

3:07

with Sentries

Scene 2. The sacred oak grove by the tomb of the Kings: 23:54

Arch-Druid: 'Tread the mystic circle round' -

4:53

with Druids, Druid Maidens

Arch-Druid, Druids, Druid Maidens: 'Lord of dread and lord of pow'r' -

2:36

Arch--Druid: 'Bard, what read ye in the field...?'-

8:00

with Orbin, Chorus, Druids, Druid Maidens, Caractacus

10.

Caractacus: 'Leap to light, my brand of fight' -

5:19

with Soldiers, Orbin, Druids, Arch-Druid

11.

Druids, Druid Maidens: 'Hence, ere the Druid's wrath is woke'

3:05

with Orbin, Soldiers

Scene 3. The forest near the Severn. Morning: 14:24

12.

Introduction 'Woodland Interlude' (Orchestra) -

1:59

13.

Chorus: 'Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs' -

1:14

14.

Eigen: 'O'er-arch'd by leaves the streamlet weaves' -

3:43

with Orbin

15.

Orbin: 'last night beneath the sacred Oak' -

1:43

16.

Chorus: 'Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs'

5:43

with Orbin, Eigen

Total time: 61:12

COMPACT DISC TWO

Scene 4. The Malvern Hills: 11:48

Maidens: 'Wild rumours shake our calm retreat' -

2:30

Eigen: 'When the glow of the evening had died from the hill' -

2:34

with Maidens

Soldiers: 'We were gather'd by the river' -

2:22

Caractacus, Chorus: 'O my warriors, tell me truly'

4:21

Scene 5. The Severn

Druid Maidens: 'Captive Britons, see them! Hark' -

4:22

with A Bard

Scene 6. Rome. The Triumphal Procession: 23:54

Processional Music (Orchestra) -

7:17

Chorus: 'The march triumphal thunders' -

Claudius: 'Unbind his hands, silence the trumpets' -

1:11

Caractacus: 'Heap torment upon torment, woe on woe' -

4:41

with Eigen, Orbin

Chorus: 'Slay the Briton' -

0:35

with Claudius

10.

Caractacus: 'I plead not for myself' -

2:41

with Orbin, Eigen, Chorus, Claudius

11.

Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus: 'Grace from the Roman!' -

2:33

12.

Chorus: 'The clang of arms is over'

4:53

Severn Suite, Op.87 (1930)

18:02

for Brass Band

Orchestrated 1931-32 by the Composer

13.

Introduction. Worcester Castle. Pomposo -

2:35

14.

Toccata. Tournament. Allegro molto -

3:57

15.

III

Fugue. The Cathedral. Andante -

4:03

16.

Minuet. Commandery. Moderato -

5:12

17.

Coda. Lento

2:14

Total time: 58:01

Solo: Judith Howarth soprano

Solo: Stephen Roberts bass

Solo: Alistair Miles bass

Choral: London Symphony Chorus

Stephen Westrop - chorus master

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Hickox

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