Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Orchestral & Concertos Choir 2 for 1

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

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CHAN 241-46

Multiple Set of 2 CDs

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Running Time: 113:50

CD UPC: 0095115244623

Release Date: July 2013
Originally recorded in February 1988

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

Composer (1857-1934)
Sir Edward Elgar

Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano (Angel)
Felicity Palmer

Tenor Voice tenor (Gerontius)
Arthur Davies

Solo bass (The Priest/Angel of the Agony)
Gwynne Howell

Solo organ
Roderick Elms

Choral
London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Richard Hickox

Venue
Watford Town Hall

Producer
Brian Couzens

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer (Assistant)
Janet Middlebrook

Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Choir

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COMPACT DISC ONE

SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY

(1848-1918)

Blest Pair of Sirens (1887)

11:54

(At a Solemn Musick)

for Chorus and Orchestra

An Ode by Milton

I was glad (1902, revised 1911)

7:02

Coronation Anthem for Edward VII

for Chorus and Orchestra

Revised for George V

Words from Psalm 122

SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

(1857-1934)

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38

95:13

for Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus, and Orchestra

Words by Cardinal Newman

Part I: 37:16

Prelude -

10:17

Gerontius: 'Jesu, Maria - I am near to death' -

3:40

Assistants: 'Kyrie eleison' -

2:16

Gerontius: 'Rouse thee, my fainting soul, and play the man' -

0:51

Assistants: 'Be merciful, be gracious; spare him, Lord' -

3:07

Gerontius: 'Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus' -

4:49

Gerontius: 'I can no more; for now it comes again' -

1:56

10.

Assistants: 'Rescue him, O Lord, in this evil hour' -

2:16

11.

Gerontius: 'Novissima hora est; and I fain would sleep' -

1:29

12.

The Priest and Assistants: 'Profociscere, anima Christiana, de hoc mundo!' -

1:59

13.

Assistants: 'Go, in the name of Angels and Archangels'

4:30

56:32

COMPACT DISC TWO

Part II: 57:57

Introduction: Soul of Gerontius: 'I went to sleep;

6:25

and now I am refreshed' -

Angel: 'My work is done' -

3:10

Angel: 'All hail! My child and brother, hail!' -

5:44

Demons: 'Low-born clods of brute earth' -

1:54

Angel: 'It is the restless panting of their being' -

0:16

Demons: 'The mind bold and independent' -

2:20

Soul of Gerontius: 'I see not those false spirits' -

3:25

Choir of Angelicals: 'Praise to the Holiest in the height' -

2:40

Angel: 'We now have passed the gate, and are within…' -

0:27

10.

Choir of Angelicals: 'Glory to Him, who evermore' -

0:30

11.

Angel: 'They sing of thy approaching agony' -

0:47

12.

Soul of Gerontius: 'But hark! a grand mysterious harmony' -

0:39

13.

Angel: 'And now the threshold, as we traverse it' -

0:32

14.

Choir of Angelicals: 'Praise to the Holiest in the height' -

6:56

15.

Angel: 'Thy judgement now is near, for we are come' -

3:23

16.

Angel of the Agony: 'Jesu! by that shuddering dread

3:50

which fell on Thee' -

17.

Soul of Gerontius: 'I go before my Judge' -

1:43

18.

Angel: 'Praise to His Name!' -

1:34

19.

Soul of Gerontius: 'Take me away, and in the lowest

2:56

deep…' -

20.

Souls in Purgatory: 'Lord, Thou hast been our refuge;

1:14

in every generation' -

21.

Angel: 'Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul'

7:19

Solo: Gwynne Howell bass (The Priest/Angel of the Agony)

57:57

Solo: Roderick Elms organ

Choral: London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Hickox

14-16 February 1988

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