Edward Elgar - The Spirit of England

Dutton: CDLX7172

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Edward Elgar - The Spirit of England

Awards:

Gramophone Awards 2007

Finalist - Choral

Label:

Dutton

Catalogue No:

CDLX7172

Discs:

1

Release date:

23rd Oct 2006

Barcode:

0765387717223

Medium:

CD
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Edward Elgar - The Spirit of England

Elgar:

The Spirit of England, Op. 80

(first recording in the version for two solo voices)

Iain Farrington (organ)

Elkington:

Out of the Mist (1921)

Gurney:

War Elegy (1920)

Kelly, F:

Elegy for Strings ‘In Memoriam Rupert Brooke’ (1915)

Parry:

The Chivalry of the Sea (1916)

Susan Gritton (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, David Lloyd-Jones

World Premiere recordings

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Penguin Guide

2011 edition

“Lloyd-Jones conducts a powerful performance, bitingly dramatic in 'The Fourth of August', with the chorus in superb form...Susan Gritton sings brightly and with clarity...a fascinating disc, offering first recordings of five war-inspired works.”

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