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ELGAR: Dream of Gerontius (The) / PARRY: Blest pair of sirens / I was glad

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Label: Chandos

Genre: Choral - Sacred

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: CHAN8641-42

Barcode: 095115864128

Release Date: 11/1988

ELGAR: Dream of Gerontius (The) / PARRY: Blest pair of sirens / I was glad

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Artist details

Disc 1

Elgar, Edward
Newman, John Henry - Lyricist

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Howell, Gwynne (baritone)
Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)

1

Part I: Prelude

10:18

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

2

Part I: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius)

03:20

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Part I: Kyrie eleison (Chorus)

02:28

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

4

Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius)

00:52

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Part I: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)

03:16

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius)

04:14

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

7

Part I: I can no more; for now it comes again (Gerontius)

02:24

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Part I: Rescue him, O Lord (Chorus)

01:46

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Part I: Novissima hora est (Gerontius)

02:09

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

10

Part I: Profiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest)

01:37

Howell, Gwynne (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

11

Part I: Go, in the name of Angels (Chorus)

04:46

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

12

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

06:06

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

13

Part II: My work is done (The Angel)

03:14

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

14

Part II: All hail, my child! (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius)

05:54

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

15

Part II: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus)

01:55

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

16

Part II: It is the restless panting of their being (The Angel)

00:41

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

17

Part II: The mind bold and independent (Chorus)

02:24

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

18

Part II: I see not those false spirits (The Soul of Gerontius, The Angel)

03:24

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

19

Part II: Praise to the Holiest (Chorus)

02:43

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

20

Part II: The sound is like the rushing of the wind (The Soul of Gerontius)

00:25

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

21

Part II: Glory to Him (Chorus)

00:24

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

22

Part II: They sing of thy approaching agony (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius)

00:55

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

23

Part II: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony (The Soul of Gerontius)

00:39

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

24

Part II: And now the threshold (The Angel)

00:32

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

25

Part II: Praise to the Holiest (Chorus)

07:02

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Disc 2

1

Part II: The judgment now is near (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius)

03:21

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

2

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

03:54

Howell, Gwynne (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Part II: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)

01:44

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

4

Part II: Praise to His Name! (The Angel)

01:34

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Part II: Take me away (The Soul of Gerontius)

02:36

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Chorus)

01:35

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

7

Part II: Softly and gently (The Angel)

07:14

Palmer, Felicity (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Parry, Hubert
Milton, John - Lyricist

Blest Pair of Sirens

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Elms, Roderick (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Blest Pair of Sirens

11:50

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Elms, Roderick (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Parry, Hubert
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist

I was glad

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Elms, Roderick (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

I was glad

07:01

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Elms, Roderick (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:54:17