Elgar: The Kingdom, Etc. Orchestral & Concertos Choir 2 for 1

Elgar: The Kingdom, Etc.

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CHAN 241-54

Multiple Set of 2 CDs

Elgar: The Kingdom, Etc.

Running Time: 107:56

CD UPC: 0095115245422

Release Date: August 2015
Originally recorded in June 1989

Composer (1857-1934)
Sir Edward Elgar

Soprano Voice soprano - The Blessed Virgin
Margaret Marshall

Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Mary Magdalene
Felicity Palmer

Tenor Voice tenor - St John
Arthur Davies

Tenor Voice bass - St Peter
David Wilson-Johnson

Choral
London Symphony Chorus

Solo organ
Roderick Elms

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Richard Hickox

Venue
St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead

Producer
Brian Couzens

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer (Assistant)
Ben Connellan

Mastering engineer
Jonathan Cooper

Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Choir

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SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

(1857-1934)

COMPACT DISC ONE

The Kingdom, Op. 51

94:02

Jerusalem

Prelude. Allegro maestoso -

09:02

Part I: 16:43

In the Upper Room

The Disciples and the Holy Women: 'Seek

1:37

first the kingdom of God' -

Peter: 'Where two or three are gathered

2:34

together in My Name' -

Peter: 'He took bread, and blessed it' -

4:00

Peter: Men and brethren' -

2:30

Peter, Jon, and the Disciples: 'Thou, Lord, Which

1:08

knowest the hearts of all men' -

Recitative. Chorus: 'They gave forth their lots' -

1:25

Chorus: 'O ye priests!'

3:25

Part II

At the Beautiful Gate

The Morn of Pentecost

Mary and Mary Magdalen: 'The singers are before

5:28

the alter'

Part III: 25:22

Pentecost

In the Upper Room

10.

Recitative: Tenor: 'And when the day of Pentecost

0:48

was fully come' -

11.

The Disciples: 'When the great Lord will' -

3:51

12.

Recitative: Mezzo-soprano: 'And suddenly there came

2:22

from heaven a sound…' -

In Solomon's Porch

13.

The People: 'Behold, are not all these which

3:23

speak, Galilæns?' -

14.

Peter: 'Ye men of Judæa' -

9:12

15.

Peter: 'Repent, and be baptised every one of you'

5:44

Total time: 56:48

COMPACT DISC TWO

Part IV: 19:08

The Sign of Healing

At the Beautiful Gate

Recitative. Mezzo-soprano - 'Then they that gladly

3:13

received his word were baptised' -

Mezzo-soprano: 'The man that was lame' -

3:20

John: 'Unto you that fear His Name…' -

2:30

The Arrest

Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'And as they spake' -

1:28

Mary: 'The sun goeth down'

8:36

Part V : 18:01

The Upper Room

In Fellowship

The Disciples and the Holy Women: 'The voice of

3:41

joy is in the dwelling of the righteous' -

The Disciples and the Holy Women: 'Lord, Thou didst

2:41

make the heaven ' -

The Breaking of Bread

The Disciples and the Holy Women: 'Thou, Almighty Lord,

5:34

hast given food and drink to mankind' -

The Prayers

All: 'Our Father, Which art in Heaven' -

3:16

10.

John: 'Ye have received the Spirit of adoption'

2:46

Choral: London Symphony Chorus

11.

Sospiri, Op. 70

4:35

Adagio for String Orchestra, with harp and Orga

12.

Sursum Corda, Op. 11

9:47

(Elevation)

Total time: 51:58

Solo: Roderick Elms organ

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Hickox

11-13 June 1989

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