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ELGAR: Music Makers / Sea Pictures
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Written for the striking contralto Clara Butt, who gave the work’s première in a dress said to resemble a mermaid, Sea Pictures is Elgar’s only song cycle with orchestra. These exquisite miniatures depict the sea in all its guises, peaceful and storm-tossed by turns. The heartfelt Where Corals Lie is perhaps the most remarkable three minutes in all of Elgar. Inspired by the notion that artists are the real creators and the true makers of history and society (‘We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams’), The Music Makers is a largely intimate and nostalgic work, which quotes several times from Elgar’s other compositions.
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Elgar, Edward
O'Shaughnessy, Arthur, lyricist(s)
The Music Makers, Op. 69
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I. Introduction: Moderato
00:03:32
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II. We are the music makers
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III. With wonderful deathless ditties
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IV. We, in the ages lying
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V. A breath of our inspiration
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VI. They had no vision amazing
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VII. And therefore today is thrilling
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VIII. But we, with our dreaming and singing
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IX. For we are afar with the dawning
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X. Great hail! We cry to the corners
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Elgar, Edward
Gordon, Adam Lindsay / Elgar, Caroline Alice Roberts / Browning, Elizabeth Barrett / Garnett, Richard / Noel, Roden Berkeley Wriothesley, lyricist(s)
Sea Pictures, Op. 37
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I. Sea Slumber - Song
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II. In Haven (Capri)
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III. Sabbath Morning at Sea
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IV. Where Corals Lie
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V. The Swimmer
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Total Playing Time:
01:02:34
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Composer(s):
Elgar, Edward
Lyricist(s):
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett; Elgar, Caroline Alice Roberts; Garnett, Richard; Gordon, Adam Lindsay; Noel, Roden Berkeley Wriothesley; O'Shaughnessy, Arthur
Conductor(s):
Wright, Simon
Orchestra(s):
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Choir(s):
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Artist(s):
Beardsell, Greg; Connolly, Sarah
Label: Naxos Genre: Choral - Secular; Vocal Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No:
8.557710
Barcode:
0747313271023
Physical Release: 11/2006
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