Elgar: Dream of Gerontius, Symphony No 1 / De Waart, Auty, Breedt, Hancock

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
September 24, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ELGAR
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Flemish Philharmonic
    • PERFORMER
      De Waart, Collegeium Vocale Gent
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 24, 2013
    • UPC
      827949047268
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186472
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Prelude

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    2. Part I: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Peter Auty

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    3. Part I: Kyrie eleison (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Peter Auty

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    4. Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Peter Auty

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    5. Part I: Rescue him, O Lord (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Peter Auty

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    6. Part I: Profiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: John Hancock

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    7. Part II: Andantino

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    8. Part II: I went to sleep (The Soul of Gerontius)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Peter Auty, Michelle Breedt

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    9. Part II: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Michelle Breedt

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    10. Part II: I see not those false spirits (The Soul of Gerontius, The Angel)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Peter Auty, Michelle Breedt

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    11. Part II: Praise to the Holiest (Chorus, Angel)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Michelle Breedt, Peter Auty

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    12. Part II: And now the threshold - Praise to the Holiest (Angel, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Michelle Breedt

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    13. Part II: The judgment now is near (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Michelle Breedt, Peter Auty

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    14. Part II: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (The Angel of the Agony)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: John Hancock

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    15. Part II: I go before my Judge - Be merciful, o Lord (The Soul of Gerontius, Angel, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Peter Auty, Michelle Breedt

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    16. Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    17. Part II: Angel's Farewell (Angel, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Performer: Michelle Breedt

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    18. I. Andante nobilmente e semplice - Allegro

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    19. II. Allegro molto

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    20. III. Adagio

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Conductor: Edo de Waart

    21. IV. Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

      Conductor: Edo de Waart


This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

It takes an impressive performance for Elgar to come alive for me, as he does in this recording by Edo de Waart and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, both subtle and fiery. The First Symphony, in particular, burns under a surface sheen, and “The Dream of Gerontius” is intensely played and firmly sung.

– New York Times