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Offer,Elgar: Caractacus & Severn Suite

Judith Howarth (soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass) & Stephen Roberts (bass)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Another classic Hickox recording from the early ‘90s; an uneven work, but well worth hearing when done as brilliantly as this. — MusicWeb International, 2nd November 2016 More…
  • Release Date: 29th Jul 2016
  • Catalogue No: CHAN241-58
  • Label: Chandos
  • Series: 241, The Hickox Legacy
  • Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

2 CDs

$16.25

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Contents

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1

Work length23:01
$6.30
$7.80
  • Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, David Wilson-Johnson, Judith Howarth, Stephen Westrop, Arthur Davies
  • Recorded: 26-28 and 30-31 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Watchmen, alert! (Chorus)

Track length5:50
$1.05
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Watchmen, alert! The King is here (Caractacus)

Track length6:13
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Father, Sire and King (Eigen, Caractacus, Orbin, Chorus)

Track length2:22
$1.05
$1.30

At eve to the greenwood (Eigen)

Track length2:45
$1.05
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On the ocean and the river (Orbin, Caractacus, Eigen)

Track length2:41
$1.05
$1.30

Rest, weary monarch (Chorus)

Track length3:10
$1.05
$1.30

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2

Work length23:56
$5.80
$7.15
  • Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, Arthur Davies, London Symphony Chorus, Stephen Westrop, David Wilson-Johnson
  • Recorded: 26-28 and 30-31 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

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

Track length4:53
$1.05
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Lord of dread (Arch-Druid, Chorus)

Track length2:36
$1.05
$1.30

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

Track length8:00
$1.60
$1.95

Leap to light (Caractacus, Arch-Druid, Chorus)

Track length5:19
$1.05
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Hence, ere the Druid's wrath is woke (Orbin, Chorus)

Track length3:08
$1.05
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Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3

Work length14:24
$5.25
$6.50
  • Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Judith Howarth, Stephen Westrop, Arthur Davies
  • Recorded: 26-28 and 30-31 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Introduction. Woodland Interlude

Track length1:59
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Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs (Chorus)

Track length1:14
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O'er-arch'd by leaves (Eigen, Orbin)

Track length3:43
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$1.30

Last night beneath the sacred oak (Orbin, Chorus)

Track length1:43
$1.05
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They gather the wreaths (Orbin, Eigen)

Track length5:45
$1.05
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Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4

Work length11:51
$4.20
$5.20
  • Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Judith Howarth, David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Westrop
  • Recorded: 26-28 and 30-31 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Wild rumours shake our calm retreat (Chorus)

Track length2:31
$1.05
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When the glow of the evening (Eigen, Chorus)

Track length2:34
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We were gather'd by the river (Chorus)

Track length2:22
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O my warriors (Caractacus, Chorus)

Track length4:24
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Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 5

Work length4:22
$1.05
$1.30
  • Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Stephen Westrop
  • Recorded: 26-28 and 30-31 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Captive Britons, see them (A Bard, Chorus)

Track length4:22
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Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6

Work length24:00
$7.90
$9.75
  • Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Alastair Miles, David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Westrop, Judith Howarth, Arthur Davies
  • Recorded: 26-28 and 30-31 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

The march triumphal thunders (Chorus)

Track length7:17
$1.60
$1.95

Unbind his hands (Claudius)

Track length1:11
$1.05
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Heap torment upon torment (Caractacus, Eigen, Orbin)

Track length4:41
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Slay the Briton (Claudius, Chorus)

Track length0:35
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I plead not for myself (Caractacus, Orbin, Eigen, Chorus)

Track length2:41
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Grace from the Roman (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus)

Track length2:33
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The clang of arms is over (Chorus)

Track length5:02
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Elgar: Severn Suite, Op. 87a

Work length18:03
$5.25
$6.50
  • Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Recorded: 26-28 and 30-31 October 1992
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

I. Introduction. Worcester Castle

Track length2:35
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II. Toccata. Tournament

Track length3:57
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III. Fugue. The Cathedral

Track length4:03
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IV. Minuet. Commandery

Track length5:12
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V. Coda. Lento

Track length2:16
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$1.30

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