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ELGAR: Caractacus / Severn Suite

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Label: Chandos

Genre: Choral - Secular; Orchestral

Period: 20th Century; Contemporary

Catalogue No: CHAN9156-57

Barcode: 095115915622

Release Date: 01/1993

ELGAR: Caractacus / Severn Suite

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Disc 1

Elgar, Edward
Acworth, H. A. - Lyricist

Caractacus, Op. 35

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
Howarth, Judith (soprano)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
Roberts, Stephen (bass)
Miles, Alastair (bass)

1

Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! (Chorus)

05:46

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

2

Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! the King is here (Caractacus)

06:16

Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Scene 1: Father, Sire and King (Eigen, Caractacus, Orbin, Chorus)

02:22

Howarth, Judith (soprano)
Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

4

Scene 1: At eve to the greenwood (Eigen)

02:38

Howarth, Judith (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Scene 1: On the ocean and the river (Orbin, Caractacus, Eigen)

02:49

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
Howarth, Judith (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Scene 1: Rest, weary monarch (Chorus)

03:07

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

7

Scene 2: Tread the mystic circle round (Arch-Druid, Chorus)

04:45

Roberts, Stephen (bass)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Scene 2: Lord of dread (Arch-Druid, Chorus)

02:44

Roberts, Stephen (bass)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Scene 2: Bard, what read ye? (Arch-Druid, Orbin, Caractacus, Chorus)

08:00

Roberts, Stephen (bass)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

10

Scene 2: Leap to light (Caractacus, Arch-Druid, Chorus)

05:20

Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
Roberts, Stephen (bass)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

11

Scene 2: Hence, ere the Druid's wrath is woke (Orbin, Chorus)

03:05

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

12

Scene 3: Introduction: Woodland Interlude

01:59

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

13

Scene 3: Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs (Chorus)

01:14

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

14

Scene 3: O'er-arch'd by leaves (Eigen, Orbin)

03:43

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

15

Scene 3: Last night beneath the sacred oak (Orbin, Chorus)

01:43

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

16

Scene 3: They gather the wreaths (Orbin, Eigen)

05:41

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

Disc 2

1

Scene 4: Wild rumours shake our calm retreat (Chorus)

02:31

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

2

Scene 4: When the glow of the evening (Eigen, Chorus)

02:35

Howarth, Judith (soprano)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Scene 4: We were gather'd by the river (Chorus)

02:23

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

4

Scene 4: O my warriors (Caractacus, Chorus)

04:21

Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Scene 5: Captive Britons, see them (A Bard, Chorus)

04:22

Roberts, Stephen (bass)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Scene 6: The march triumphal thunders (Chorus)

07:18

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

7

Scene 6: Unbind his hands (Claudius)

00:58

Miles, Alastair (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Scene 6: Heap torment upon torment (Caractacus, Eigen, Orbin)

04:55

Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
Howarth, Judith (soprano)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Scene 6: Slay the Briton (Claudius, Chorus)

00:36

Miles, Alastair (bass)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

10

Scene 6: I plead not for myself (Caractacus, Orbin, Eigen, Chorus)

02:37

Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
Howarth, Judith (soprano)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

11

Scene 6: Grace from the Roman (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus)

02:37

Howarth, Judith (soprano)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
Wilson-Johnson, David (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

12

Scene 6: The clang of arms is over (Chorus)

04:53

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

Elgar, Edward
Bright, Dudley - Arranger

Severn Suite, Op. 87

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

13

I. Introduction [Worcester Castle]

02:33

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

14

II. Toccata [Tournament]

03:59

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

15

III. Fugue [Cathedral]

04:03

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

16

IV. Minuet [Commandery]

05:12

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

17

V. Coda

02:15

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

Total Playing Time: 01:59:20