Elgar: Caractacus & Severn Suite / Howarth, Hickox, London Symphony

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Chandos
Release Date
August 26, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ELGAR, EDWARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Miles London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Howart, Davies, Wilson-Johnson, Roberts, Hi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 26, 2016
    • UPC
      095115245828
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 241-58
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    2. Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! the King is here (Caractacus, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Wilson-Johnson

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    3. Scene 1: Father! … Sire and King (Eigen, Caractacus, Orbin, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Judith Howarth, David Wilson-Johnson, Arthur Davies

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    4. Scene 1: At eve to the greenwood, we wander'd away (Eigen)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Judith Howarth

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    5. Scene 1: On the ocean and the river (Orbin, Caractacus, Eigen)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arthur Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Judith Howarth

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    6. Scene 1: Rest, weary monarch (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    7. Scene 2: Tread the mystic circle round (Arch-Druid, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Roberts

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    8. Scene 2: Lord of dread and lord of pow'r (Arch-Druid, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Roberts

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    9. Scene 2: Bard, what read ye in the field (Arch-Druid, Orbin, Chorus, Caractacus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Roberts, Arthur Davies, David Wilson-Johnson

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    10. Scene 2: Leap to light, my brand of fight (Caractacus, Chorus, Orbin, Arch-Druid)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Wilson-Johnson, Arthur Davies, Stephen Roberts

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    11. Scene 2: Hence, ere the Druid's wrath is woke (Chorus, Orbin)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arthur Davies

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    12. Scene 3: Introduction: Woodland Interlude

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    13. Scene 3: Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    14. Scene 3: O'er-arch'd by leaves the streamlet weaves (Eigen, Orbin)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Judith Howarth, Arthur Davies

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    15. Scene 3: Last night beneath the sacred oak (Orbin)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arthur Davies

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    16. Scene 3: Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs … (Chorus, Orbin, Eigen)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arthur Davies, Judith Howarth

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    17. Scene 4: Wild rumours shake our calm retreat (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    18. Scene 4: When the glow of the evening had died from the hill (Eigen, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Judith Howarth

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    19. Scene 4: We were gather'd by the river (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    20. Scene 4: O my warriors, tell me truly (Caractacus, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Wilson-Johnson

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    21. Scene 5: Captive Britons, see them! Hark (Chorus, A Bard)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Roberts

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    22. Scene 6: Processional Music - The march triumphal thunders (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    23. Scene 6: Unbind his hands, silence the trumpets (Claudius)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alastair Miles

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    24. Scene 6: Heap torment upon torment, woe on woe (Caractacus, Eigen, Orbin)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Wilson-Johnson, Judith Howarth, Arthur Davies

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    25. Scene 6: Slay the Briton (Chorus, Claudius)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alastair Miles

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    26. Scene 6: I plead not for myself (Caractacus, Orbin, Eigen, Chorus, Claudius)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Wilson-Johnson, Arthur Davies, Judith Howarth, Alastair Miles

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    27. Scene 6: Grace from the Roman! (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Judith Howarth, Arthur Davies, David Wilson-Johnson

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    28. Scene 6: The clang of arms is over (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    29. I. Introduction: Worcester Castle

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    30. II. Toccata: Tournament

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    31. III. Fugue: The Cathedral

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    32. IV. Minuet: Commandery

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    33. V. Coda: Lento

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox


This release is a re-issue of a 1992 recording, when Richard Hickox was serving as Associate Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Elgar wrote his Caractacus in 1898 for the Leeds Festival. The work shows his invention and orchestration skills, foreshadowing his most famous work, the Enigma Variations. A review by Gramophone asserted that “There can be nothing but praise for Richard Hickox’s fluent, sensitive direction and enthusiastic, full-blooded backcloth provided by the LSO… A typically ripe, wide-ranging Chandos recording into the bargain.”

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REVIEW:

Although the work itself is uneven, this 1992 recording is yet another classic recording from the late maestro, and well worth hearing when done as brilliantly as this.

– MusicWeb International