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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures / Davis, BBC SO
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures / Davis, BBC SO

$43.99

Details

Composer
ELGAR, SIR EDWARD
Artist
Connolly, Skelton, Soar, Davis
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Oct 28, 2014
Catalog #
CHSA 5140(2)
UPC
095115514023

About

Chandos Records is delighted to present this new recording of Elgar’s choral masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius and the popular song cycle Sea Pictures. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, a peerless Elgarian who this year was awarded the prestigious Elgar Society Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the composer’s music. In Gerontius the soloists are Stuart Skelton, David Soar and Sarah Connolly, who also sings in Sea Pictures. This recording was made in the days leading up to their triumphant live performance of Gerontius in April 2014. Skelton was praised as “the ideal tenor for the role of Gerontius,” Soar described as “an implacable, dark-sounding Priest,” and Connolly, “a consummately polished Angel” (The Guardian).

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 No. 1. Sea Slumber-Song 04:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Sea Slumber-Song
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  3. 2 No. 2. In Haven (Capri) 01:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. In Haven (Capri)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  4. 3 No. 3. Sabbath Morning at Sea 05:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Sabbath Morning at Sea
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  5. 4 No. 4. Where Corals Lie 03:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Where Corals Lie
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  6. 5 No. 5. The Swimmer 06:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. The Swimmer
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  7. 6 Part I: Prelude 09:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Part I: Prelude
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  8. 7 Part I: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius) 03:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    Part I: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius)
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  9. 8 Part I: Kyrie eleison (Chorus) 02:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    Part I: Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  10. 9 Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius) 00:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius)
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  11. 10 Part I: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus) 02:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    Part I: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  12. 11 Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius) 05:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  13. 12 Part I: I can no more; for now it comes again (Gerontius) 02:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    Part I: I can no more; for now it comes again (Gerontius)
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
  14. 13 Part I: Rescue him, O Lord (Chorus) 02:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    Part I: Rescue him, O Lord (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  15. 14 Part I: Novissima hora est (Gerontius) 01:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    Part I: Novissima hora est (Gerontius)
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  16. 15 Part I: Profiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest) 01:54
    Track
    15
    Title
    Part I: Profiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    David Soar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  17. 16 Part I: Go, in the name of Angels (Chorus) 04:38
    Track
    16
    Title
    Part I: Go, in the name of Angels (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  18. Disc 2
  19. 1 Part II: I went to sleep (The Soul of Gerontius) 06:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Part II: I went to sleep (The Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  20. 2 Part II: My work is done (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius) 03:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    Part II: My work is done (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  21. 3 Part II: It is a member of that family (Soul of Gerontius) 01:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    Part II: It is a member of that family (Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  22. 4 Part II: I ever had believed (The Soul of Gerontius) 04:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    Part II: I ever had believed (The Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  23. 5 Part II: But hark, upon my sense comes a fierce hubbub (Soul of Gerontius) 00:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    Part II: But hark, upon my sense comes a fierce hubbub (Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  24. 6 Part II: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus) 02:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    Part II: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  25. 7 Part II: The mind bold and independent (Chorus) 02:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Part II: The mind bold and independent (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  26. 8 Part II: I see not those false spirits (The Soul of Gerontius, The Angel) 03:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Part II: I see not those false spirits (The Soul of Gerontius, The Angel)
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  27. 9 Part II: Praise to the Holiest (Chorus, Angel) 02:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Part II: Praise to the Holiest (Chorus, Angel)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  28. 10 Part II: Glory to Him, who evermore by truth and justice reigns (Chorus) 01:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    Part II: Glory to Him, who evermore by truth and justice reigns (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  29. 11 Part II: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony (The Soul of Gerontius) 01:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    Part II: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony (The Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  30. 12 Part II: Praise to the Holiest in the height (Chorus) 06:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    Part II: Praise to the Holiest in the height (Chorus)
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  31. 13 Part II: The judgment now is near (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius) 03:05
    Track
    13
    Title
    Part II: The judgment now is near (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  32. 14 Part II: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (The Angel of the Agony) 03:53
    Track
    14
    Title
    Part II: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (The Angel of the Agony)
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  33. 15 Part II: I go before my Judge (The Soul of Gerontius, Chorus) 01:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    Part II: I go before my Judge (The Soul of Gerontius, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  34. 16 Part II: Praise to His Name! (The Angel) 01:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    Part II: Praise to His Name! (The Angel)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  35. 17 Part II: Take me away, and in the lowest deep there let me be (The Soul of Gerontius) 03:20
    Track
    17
    Title
    Part II: Take me away, and in the lowest deep there let me be (The Soul of Gerontius)
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Stuart Skelton
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  36. 18 Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Chorus) 01:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  37. 19 Part II: Softly and gently (The Angel, Chorus) 06:34
    Track
    19
    Title
    Part II: Softly and gently (The Angel, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    Sarah Connolly
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis
  38. 20 Part II: Prelude 09:23
    Track
    20
    Title
    Part II: Prelude
    Duration
    09:23
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andrew Davis