The Hills of Dreamland: Orchestral Songs by Elgar / Wordsworth, BBC Concerto Orchestra

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SOMM Recordings
Release Date
September 21, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ELGAR, EDWARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Concert Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Rudge, Neven, Wordsworth, De Montmollin, Collett
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 21, 2018
    • UPC
      748871227125
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SOMMCD 271-2
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. O soft was the song

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Henk Neven

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    2. No. 2. Was it some golden star?

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Henk Neven

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    3. No. 3. Twilight

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Henk Neven

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    4. No. 4. The Wind at Dawn

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    5. No. 5. The Pipes of Pan

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Henk Neven

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    6. The Torch, Op. 60, No. 1

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    7. The River, Op. 60, No. 2

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    8. Pleading, Op. 48

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    9. Follow the Colours

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Henk Neven

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    10. The King's Way (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    11. Incidental Music

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Barry Collett

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    12. Funeral March

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    13. There are Seven that Pull the Thread

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    14. Like to the Damask Rose

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    15. Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, No. 1

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    16. Dry those fair, those crystal eyes

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    17. The Millwheel (Winter)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    18. Muleteers' Song

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    19. As I laye a-thynkynge

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    20. Queen Mary's Song

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    21. The Torch, Op. 60, No. 1

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    22. The River, Op. 60, No. 2

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    23. In the Dawn, Op. 41, No. 1

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett

    24. Speak, Music, Op. 41, No. 2

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Performer: Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett


Somm Recordings is delighted to present a revelatory collection of orchestral songs by Sir Edward Elgar performed by two of today’s most exciting young singers – mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge and baritone Henk Neven – accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. The Hills of Dreamland takes its title from a line in Elgar’s well-known setting, beautifully still and beseeching, of Arthur L Salmon’s Pleading. Historically the least regarded part of Elgar’s output, his songs contain a treasure-trove of vocal gems and here receive performances of insight, imagination and emotional directness. The Op.59 Song Cycle is an exemplary case in point, by turns quietly radiant, touchingly nostalgic and achingly melancholic. Two settings of poems by Elgar’s wife – the richly orchestrated The Wind at Dawn and celebratory The King’s Way– show Elgar at his most evocative and ebullient. Sombre and powerful, The Pipes of Pan boasts colorful imagery and driving rhythmic energy, The River and The Torch wholly Elgarian in their wonderful sonorities. A first recording of the orchestral version of the marching song Follow the Colours shows Elgar at his most patriotic. The complete incidental music for a 1901 staging of WB Yeats’ Grania and Diarmid offers a rare opportunity to experience the full gamut of Elgar’s moving and dramatic evocation of a timeless tale of love in the ancient Irish myth. A bonus album of recordings made under the auspices of the Elgar Society showcases soprano Nathalie de Montmollin and pianist Barry Collett in a collection of piano-accompanied songs. It includes first recordings of the piano version of ‘Winter’ from The Mill Wheel and the world-weary tread of Muleteer’s Serenade, setting words from Cervantes’ Don Quixote.