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CHAN 9156
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Elgar: Caractacus
Running Time: 119:20
Digital UPC: 5059864915635
Release Date: January 1993
Originally recorded in 1992
Release Date: January 1993
Originally recorded in 1992
Composer
Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar
Bass Voice bass
Alastair Miles
Alastair Miles
Tenor Voice tenor
Arthur Davies
Arthur Davies
Tenor Voice baritone
David Wilson-Johnson
David Wilson-Johnson
Solo soprano
Judith Howarth
Judith Howarth
Solo bass
Stephen Roberts
Stephen Roberts
Choral
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
Venue
All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Peter Newble
Peter Newble
Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Choir
Orchestral & Concertos
Choir
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SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
Caractacus Op.35
101:29
COMPACT DISC ONE: 61:21
Scene I - British camp on the Malvern Hills, Night
1.
Chorus: Watchmen, alert!
5:46
2.
Caractacus: Watchmen, alert! The King is here
6:16
3.
Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus: Father, Sire and King
2:22
4.
Eigen: At eve to the greenwood
2:38
5.
Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus: On the ocean and the river
2:49
6.
Chorus: Rest, weary monarch
3:07
Scene II - The sacred oak grove by the tomb of the Kings
7.
Arch-Druid, Chorus: Tread the mystic circle round
4:45
8.
Chorus: Lord of dread
2:44
9.
Arch-Druid, Orbin, Caractacus: Bard, what read ye?
8:00
10.
Caractacus, Chorus: Leap to light
5:20
11.
Chorus: Hence, ere the Druid's wrath is woke
3:05
Scene III - The forest near the Severn. Morning
12.
Introduction Orchestra: 'Woodland Interlude'
1:59
13.
Chorus: Come! Beneath our wodland bow'rs
1:14
14.
Eigen: O'er-arch'd by leaves
3:43
15.
Orbin: Last night beneath the sacred oak
1:43
16.
Eigen, Orbin, Chorus: They gather the wreaths
5:41
COMPACT DISC TWO: 58:21
Scene IV - The Malvern Hills
1.
Chorus: Wild rumours shake our calm retreat
2:31
2.
Eigen: When the glow of the evening
2:35
3.
Chorus: We were gather'ed by the river
2:23
4.
Caractacus, Chorus: O my warriors
4:21
Scene V - The Severn
5.
A Bard, Chorus: Captive Britons, see them
4:22
Scene VI - Rome. The Triumphal Procession
6.
Processional Music Orchestra, Chorus
7:18
The march triumphal thunders
7.
Claudius: Unbind his hands
0:58
8.
Caractacus: Heap torment upon torment
4:55
9.
Chorus: Slay the Briton
0:36
10.
Caractacus: I plean not for myself
2:37
11.
Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus, Claudius: Grace from the Roman
2:37
12.
Chorus: The clang of arms is over
4:53
Severn Suite Op. 87a
18:02
Version for full orchestra
13.
I
Introductiion. Worcester Castle
2:33
Pomposo
14.
II
Toccata. tournament
3:59
Allegro molto
15.
III
Fugue. The Cathedral
4:03
Andante
16.
IV
Minuet. Commandery
5:12
Moderato
17.
V
Coda
2:15
Lento
Solo: Judith Howarth soprano
Solo: Stephen Roberts bass
Choral: London Symphony Chorus
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Hickox
26-28, 30-31 October 1992
