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Elgar: Partsongs - From The Bavarian Highlands / Hanft, Arman, Bavarian Radio Chorus
BR Klassik

Elgar: Partsongs - From The Bavarian Highlands / Hanft, Arman, Bavarian Radio Chorus

$19.99

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Composer
ELGAR, EDWARD
Artist
Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Arman
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jan 15, 2021
Catalog #
BRK900522
UPC
4035719005226

About

The British composer Edward Elgar wrote a great deal more than just his “Pomp & Circumstance” marches: his highly diverse oeuvre encompasses symphonies, concertos, chamber works, piano music and numerous choral works (oratorios, cantatas and partsongs). On this release, partsongs by Elgar can be heard with and without accompaniment as part of a representative selection of live and studio recordings. The album begins with the song cycle “From the Bavarian Highlands” op. 27; its six cheerful numbers were written while Elgar and his wife were on holiday in Garmisch in 1895. Alice Elgar had sketched verses from Bavarian folk melodies, and Upper Bavarian songs and dances can be heard in her husband’s settings. These were happy memories of carefree holidays in a region rich in music and full of fine landscapes. The Bavarian Radio Chorus, conducted by Howard Arman, sings the songs in their original version with piano accompaniment (the orchestral version came later). As a composer of English-language choral songs, Elgar is still little-known on the European mainland; in the United Kingdom, however, the situation is very different. The country has long had a lively choral scene, focusing primarily on English music – from Purcell and Handel to Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford and Elgar, all the way to Benjamin Britten and today’s contemporary composers. The program on this release has been compiled and conducted by the Englishman Howard Arman, one of today’s most knowledgeable experts on British choral music and artistic director of the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and these recordings should do much to boost the popularity of this highly appealing music on the European mainland as well.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. The Dance [Sonnenbichl] 03:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. The Dance [Sonnenbichl]
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  2. 2 No. 2. False Love [Wamberg] 03:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. False Love [Wamberg]
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  3. 3 No. 3. Lullaby [In Hammersbach] 03:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Lullaby [In Hammersbach]
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  4. 4 No. 4. Aspiration [Bei Sankt Anton] 03:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Aspiration [Bei Sankt Anton]
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  5. 5 No. 5. On the Alm [Hoch Alp] 03:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. On the Alm [Hoch Alp]
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  6. 6 No. 6. The Marksmen [Bei Murnau] 05:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. The Marksmen [Bei Murnau]
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  7. 7 No. 1. The Snow 04:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. The Snow
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Radosław Szulc, Julita Smoleń, Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  8. 8 No. 2. Fly, Singing Bird 03:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. Fly, Singing Bird
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Radosław Szulc, Julita Smoleń, Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  9. 9 No. 1. Yea, cast me from Heights of the Mountains 01:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. Yea, cast me from Heights of the Mountains
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    male section Bavarian Radio Chorus
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  10. 10 No. 2. Whether I Find Thee 01:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Whether I Find Thee
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    male section Bavarian Radio Chorus
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  11. 11 No. 3. After many a Dusty Mile 01:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. After many a Dusty Mile
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    male section Bavarian Radio Chorus
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  12. 12 No. 4. It's oh! to be a Wild Wind 00:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 4. It's oh! to be a Wild Wind
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    male section Bavarian Radio Chorus
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  13. 13 No. 5. Feasting I Watch 02:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. Feasting I Watch
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    male section Bavarian Radio Chorus
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  14. 14 Go, Song of Mine, Op. 57 04:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    Go, Song of Mine, Op. 57
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  15. 15 Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: Epilogue: As Torrents in Summer (version for female choir and piano) 02:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: Epilogue: As Torrents in Summer (version for female choir and piano)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  16. 16 Spanish Serenade (Stars of the Summer Night), Op. 23 (version for female choir, 2 violins and piano) 03:43
    Track
    16
    Title
    Spanish Serenade (Stars of the Summer Night), Op. 23 (version for female choir, 2 violins and piano)
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Radosław Szulc, Julita Smoleń, Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  17. 17 The Reveille, Op. 54 06:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Reveille, Op. 54
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    male section Bavarian Radio Chorus
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  18. 18 They Are at Rest 03:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    They Are at Rest
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  19. 19 Weary Wind of the West (version for female choir and piano) 03:15
    Track
    19
    Title
    Weary Wind of the West (version for female choir and piano)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Max Hanft
    Ensemble
    Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  20. 20 The Prince of Sleep 04:27
    Track
    20
    Title
    The Prince of Sleep
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman