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Elgar: The Black Knight - Scenes From the Bavarian Highlands

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Composer
ELGAR, EDWARD
Artist
Hickox
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Aug 04, 2017
Catalog #
CHAN 10946 X
UPC
095115194621

About

Richard Hickox brought these two neglected works into the record catalogue to criticla acclaim. In an Editor's Choice review in 1996 - the year of its release - Gramophone stated: ''Elgar completed The Black Knight in 1893 and it provided him with his first big success. The text tells of a sinister, unnamed ''Prince of mighty sway'', whose appearance at the King's court during the feast of Pentecost has disastrous consequences. Elgar's score boasts much attractive invention, some of it strikingly eloquent and prescient of greater offerings to come. The choral writing is always effective, the orchestration already vivid and assured. Richard Hickox's performance has great bloom and spaciousness. Similarly, in the tuneful, vernally fresh Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Hickox and his colleagues respond with comendable spirit and pleasing polish. Typical of Chandos, the recording is bright and clear, tonally beyond reproach and with just the right balance between choir and orchestra.''

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Scene 1: The Tournament: T'was Pentecost, the Feast of Gladness 06:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 1: The Tournament: T'was Pentecost, the Feast of Gladness
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  2. 2 Scene 2: The Entry of the Black Knight: To the barrier of the fight 02:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 2: The Entry of the Black Knight: To the barrier of the fight
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  3. 3 Scene 2: The Entry of the Black Knight: When he rode into the lists 03:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 2: The Entry of the Black Knight: When he rode into the lists
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  4. 4 Scene 3: The Dance: Pipe and viol call the dances 05:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 3: The Dance: Pipe and viol call the dances
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  5. 5 Scene 3: The Dance: Doth with her the dance begin 03:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 3: The Dance: Doth with her the dance begin
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  6. 6 Scene 4: The Banquet: To the sumptuous banquet came 02:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 4: The Banquet: To the sumptuous banquet came
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  7. 7 Scene 4: The Banquet: Twixt son and daughter all distraught 04:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 4: The Banquet: Twixt son and daughter all distraught
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  8. 8 Scene 4: The Banquet: Each the father's breast embraces 03:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 4: The Banquet: Each the father's breast embraces
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  9. 9 Scene 4: The Banquet: Woe! The blessed children both 04:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 4: The Banquet: Woe! The blessed children both
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  10. 10 No. 1. The Dance [Sonnenbichl] 03:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. The Dance [Sonnenbichl]
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  11. 11 No. 2. False Love [Wamberg] 04:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. False Love [Wamberg]
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  12. 12 No. 3. Lullaby [In Hammersbach] 03:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. Lullaby [In Hammersbach]
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  13. 13 No. 4. Aspiration [Bei Sankt Anton] 03:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4. Aspiration [Bei Sankt Anton]
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  14. 14 No. 5. On the Alm [Hoch Alp] 03:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 5. On the Alm [Hoch Alp]
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox
  15. 15 No. 6. The Marksmen [Bei Murnau] 06:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 6. The Marksmen [Bei Murnau]
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Richard Hickox