Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

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Label
Ondine
Release Date
February 7, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Edward Elgar
    • PERFORMER
      Christine Rice, James Findon, Roderick Williams, Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University S
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 07, 2025
    • UPC
      761195145128
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ODE 1451-2D
    • LABEL
      Ondine
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Prelude

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

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

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

    3. Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius) - Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

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

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

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

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

    6. Part I: Profiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest) - Go, in the name of Angels (Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

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

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

    8. Part II: My work is done (Angel, Soul)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christine Rice, John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

    9. Part II: But hark, upon my sense (Soul, Angel, Chorus)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christine Rice, John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

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

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christine Rice, John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

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

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christine Rice, John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

    12. Part II: Thy judgement now is near (Angel, Soul)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christine Rice, John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

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

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

    14. Part II: I go before my Judge (Soul, Chorus, Angel)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christine Rice, John Findon

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon

    15. Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Chorus) - Softly and gently (Angel)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante Choir, Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christine Rice

      Conductor: Nicholas Collon


This is the best of me wrote Edward Elgar in 1900 at the end of the manuscript of The Dream of Gerontius. This impressive and modern new recording of Elgar's magnum opus by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Collon features alongside mezzo-soprano Christine Rice, tenor John Findon and baritone Roderick Williams, singers from five different choirs: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante, Helsinki Chamber Choir and Alumni of the Choir of Clare College Cambridge.