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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
It takes an impressive performance for Elgar to come alive for me, as he does in this recording by Edo de Waart and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, both subtle and fiery. The First Symphony, in particular, burns under a surface sheen, and “The Dream of Gerontius” is intensely played and firmly sung.
– New York Times
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
It takes an impressive performance for Elgar to come alive for me, as he does in this recording by Edo de Waart and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, both subtle and fiery. The First Symphony, in particular, burns under a surface sheen, and “The Dream of Gerontius” is intensely played and firmly sung.
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Works on This Recording
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The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:
Michelle Breedt (Mezzo Soprano),
Peter Auty (Tenor),
John Hancock (Baritone)
Conductor:
Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ghent Collegium Vocale,
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899-1900; England
Sound Samples
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Prelude
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Rescue him, O Lord (Chorus)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Profiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Andantino
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: I went to sleep (The Soul of Gerontius)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: I see not those false spirits (The Soul of Gerontius, The Angel)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Praise to the Holiest (Chorus, Angel)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: And now the threshold - Praise to the Holiest (Angel, Chorus)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: The judgment now is near (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (The Angel of the Agony)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: I go before my Judge - Be merciful, o Lord (The Soul of Gerontius, Angel, Chorus)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Chorus)
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Angel's Farewell (Angel, Chorus)
Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: I. Andante nobilmente e semplice - Allegro
Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: II. Allegro molto
Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: III. Adagio
Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: IV. Lento - Allegro
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