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This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser known and hitherto rather under-served work The Apostles , in a performance which the Guardian described as being ‘revelatory’. This retelling of Christ's Passion from the viewpoint of His followers features extensive and effective use of and choral writing which is arguably an advance on that of Gerontius with the work’s closing section – depicting Christ’s Ascension to heaven – thought to be one of the most poignant ever written. Latest release in Elder and Halle’s renowned Elgar series. Recorded live at sell out Bridgewater Hall concert. The performance benefits from extensive research by Mark Elder, including study of a proof copy of the vocal score which he matched with what Elgar himself conducted in 1921, reinstating the semichorus of nine male voices, sung here by an ensemble Elder specially selected from the Royal Northern College of Music. The recording is probably the first since Elgar conducted The Apostles in Hereford on 7 September 1921, at the Three Choirs Festival, to incorporate Elgar’s intentions at several points in the oratorio Elgar included a part for a shofar, an ancient Hebrew instrument made of ram’s horn. In most performances this is imitated by modern instruments, but for this recording Sir Mark Elder features a genuine shofar player. The Apostles features mystic choruses and vivid orchestration, perfectly suited to Hallé forces. “It's hard to believe that this detailed account was sourced from a concert – there is very little extraneous noise, while the placing of the soloists, the three choruses and the off-stage shofar seems perfectly natural...Elder's performance has shown that, though the narrative thread is sometimes quite weak, the best of the score is top-quality Elgar.” The Guardian, 29th August 2012 **** “The musical idiom is home territory for Mark Elder and the Hallé...The choruses sound magnificent, but Elder has a tendency to stretch the slow music and over-egg the climaxes, bringing out the bombastic side of Elgar.” Financial Times, 15th September 2012 *** “It has all the tension and excitement of live performance, rising to incandescence in the closing pages, and Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing. Brindley Sherratt is an affecting, dark-voiced haunted Judas, Jacques Imbrailo an authoritative Jesus...I'm inclined to rate this new Halle version the most nearly definitely Apostles yet.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2012 ***** “All six of the soloists...are outstanding...The Halle Choir is splendid throughout, firm and incisive in attack, and splendidly recorded...The Halle Orchestra players seem to be Elgarians to a man or woman...It is typical of the thoroughness with which this Halle version has been prepared that it should...trump the hand of its few but still worthy predecessors, and qualify as the new Apostles of choice.” International Record Review, October 2012 “Elder’s Hallé choirs sing splendidly. They’re most attentive to Elgar’s many instructions regarding dynamics, the words are clear and the choral tone is always well focused...At the end of the day the triumph is Mark Elder’s...Elder is convincing throughout and in every respect. Both Boult and Hickox offer insightful interpretations but neither trump Elder...this superb Apostles is a mandatory purchase for all Elgar enthusiasts” MusicWeb International, August 2012 “not only does Elder obtain playing and singing of the utmost accomplishment and sensitivity, his hugely penetrating interpretation evinces an idiomatic pliancy, sure dramatic instinct and iron grip...Coote makes a memorably involving Mary Magdalene while Brindley Sherratt shines in a deeply sympathetic portrayal of Judas...A set absolutely not to be missed.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2012  BBC Music Magazine
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"Among Chandos' finest. Warm and incandescent, with plenty of detail" 3* | | | (also available to download from $21.75) | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. (Available now to download.) |
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An illustrated talk by Sir Adrian Boult featuring Sir Adrian’s recordings with the London Philharmonic Orchestra | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Sir Adrian Boult: Elgar: The Complete EMI Recordings
Elgar: | Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' Froissart Overture, Op. 19 recorded 1971 Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 Bavarian Dances (3) The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi' - Meditation Imperial March, Op. 32 recorded 1976 Triumphal March from Caractacus Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1970 London Symphony Orchestra Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 recorded 1976/7 Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 - Incidental Music Dream Children, Op. 43: Two pieces for small orchestra recorded 1974 Empire March The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a recorded 1967 Carillon, Op. 75 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b Polonia Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, Op. 86 (after Bach, BWV 537) recorded 1973 Overture in D minor (after Handel, HWV247) Funeral March Chopin orch. Elgar. recorded 1974 Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 recorded 1976 In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 recorded 1970 Elegy for strings, Op. 58 Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 BBC Symphony Orchestra Sospiri, Op. 70 BBC Symphony Orchestra The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 BBC Symphony Orchestra Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 recorded 1972 Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 recorded 1973 Nursery Suite Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, Op. 86 (after Bach, BWV 537) recorded 1949 Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 recorded 1965 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) New Philharmonia Orchestra Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 recorded 1972 Paul Tortelier (violoncello) The Music Makers, Op. 69 Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) London Philharmonic Choir The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Helen Watts (The Angel), Nicolai Gedda (Gerontius), Robert Lloyd (The Priest, The Angel of the Agony) London Philharmonic Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra The Apostles, Op. 49 Sheila Armstrong (The Blessed Virgin), Helen Watts (Mary Magdalene), Robert Tear (St. John), Benjamin Luxon (St. Peter), Clifford Grant (Judas), John Carol Case (Jesus) Choir of Downe House School & London Philharmonic Choir The Kingdom, Op. 51 Margaret Price (The Blessed Virgin), Yvonne Minton (Mary Magdalene), Alexander Young (St. John), John Shirley-Quirk (St. Peter) London Philharmonic Choir Coronation Ode, Op. 44 Bonus Track Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Richard Morton (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass) Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Sir Philip Ledger Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 recorded 1945 Pablo Casals (violoncello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1936 BBC Symphony Orchestra Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 recorded 1937 BBC Symphony Orchestra Imperial March, Op. 32 recorded 1937 BBC Symphony Orchestra The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 - Prelude recorded 1934 BBC Symphony Orchestra Funeral March Chopin orch. Elgar. recorded 1932 BBC Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 recorded 1944 BBC Symphony Orchestra Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 recorded 1977/8 Ida Haendel (violin) Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 recorded 1961 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39 No. 3 recorded 1953 Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1961 Dream Children, Op. 43: Two pieces for small orchestra recorded 1955 Froissart Overture, Op. 19 recorded 1955 Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 recorded 1955 In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 recorded 1955 Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 recorded 1950 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a recorded 1953 Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 recorded 1949 Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1953 |
plus: The Apostles & The Kingdom: An illustrated introduction by Sir Adrian Boult
Back in 1920, having heard the young Adrian Boult conduct the Second Symphony, Sir Edward Elgar was certain: ‘My reputation in the future is safe in your hands. It was a wonderful series of sounds. Bless you!’ How right Elgar was, as this treasury confirms: the first set to unite all of Boult’s recordings for EMI of a composer he conducted and recorded throughout his long career. We can thereby hear four different versions of the Enigma Variations, recorded between 1936 and 1970, and marvel at their clear-sighted consistency as much as changing nuances of expression over the years. The oldest recording in this collection, being Sir Adrian’s first of his long association with Elgar, that of the orchestration of the Chopin: Funeral March from his Piano Sonata No. 2, commissioned by the Gramophone Company, was attended by the composer and his daughter. About a tenth of the total collection is available on CD for the first time in this box set. This set is part of our series of releases marking 30 years since the conductor’s passing. | 
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| |  | Elgar- The Collector’s Edition
anon.: | God Save The Queen (arr. Elgar) | Elgar: | Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 Allegri Quartet Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Elegy for strings, Op. 58 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Sospiri, Op. 70 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Froissart Overture, Op. 19 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Dame Janet Baker London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 David Parkhouse Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Hugh Bean (violin) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Nursery Suite Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Severn Suite, Op. 87 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Crown of India, Op. 66: Suite Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Coronation March, Op. 65 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Bavarian Dances (3) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, Op. 86 (after Bach, BWV 537) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Overture in D minor (after Handel, HWV247) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Carillon, Op. 75 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 - Incidental Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Polonia London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Imperial March, Op. 32 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Empire March David Bell London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Beau Brummel Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Collingwood Dream Children, Op. 43 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Collingwood Salut d'amour, Op. 12 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Collingwood Minuet Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner May Song Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Rosemary Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Romance, Op. 62 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Sevillana Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Sérénade lyrique Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Mazurka, Op. 10 No. 1 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Sérénade mauresque, Op. 10 No. 2 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Contrasts, Op. 10 No. 3 Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Carissima Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Mina Northern Sinfonia of England, Sir Neville Marriner Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 John Ogdon (piano) Allegri Quartet String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 Allegri Quartet Serenade for piano John Ogdon (piano) Concert Allegro, Op. 46 Allegri Quartet The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Richard Lewis (Tenor) & Kim Borg (Bass) Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers & Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli The Apostles, Op. 49 Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), Helen Watts (Contralto), Robert Tear (Tenor), Benjamin Luxon (Baritone), Clifford Grant (Bass) & John Carol Case (Baritone) Downe House School Choir, London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult The Kingdom, Op. 51 Dame Margaret Price (Soprano), Yvonne Minton (Contralto), Alexander Young (Tenor) & John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone) London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Coronation Ode, Op. 44 Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto), Richard Morton (Tenor) & Stephen Roberts (Baritone) Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Band of the Royal Military School of Music & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi' Margaret Marshall (Soprano), Helen Watts (Contralto), Robin Leggate (Tenor) & John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone) Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves The Black Knight, Op. 25 Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf Teresa Cahill (Soprano), Philip Langridge (Tenor) & Brian Rayner Cook (Baritone) London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Spanish Serenade 'Stars of the Summer Night' Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves The Snow Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Fly singing bird Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Caractacus, Op. 35 Peter Glossop (Baritone), Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), Robert Tear (Tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (Baritone), Malcolm King (Bass) & Richard Suart (Bass) Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves Caractacus, Op. 35 Peter Glossop (Baritone), Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), Robert Tear (Tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (Baritone), Malcolm King (Bass) & Richard Suart (Bass) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult The Banner of St George London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Benedictus, Op. 34 No. 2 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Te Deum laudamus, Op. 34, No. 1 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Great is the Lord (Psalm XLVIII), Op. 67 Stephen Roberts (Baritone) London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox The Spirit of England, Op. 80 Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano) London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Give unto the Lord (Psalm XXIX), Op. 74 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox O hearken Thou, Op. 64 London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Land of Hope and Glory (arr. Arthur Fagge) London Symphony Chorus & Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 No. 1 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Ave Maria, Op. 2 No. 2 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Ave maris stella, Op. 2 No. 3 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Vesper Voluntaries, Op. 14 Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Angelus Worcester Cathedral Choir, Harry Bramma & Christopher Robinson Organ Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 28 Herbert Sumsion (organ) The Music Makers, Op. 69 Dame Janet Baker London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Starlight Express, Op. 78 Valerie Masterson (Soprano) & Derek Hammond-Stroud (Baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Scenes (6) from the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27 Pleading, Op. 48 No. 1 Three Songs, Op. 59 Two Songs Op. 60 (The Torch; The River) Two Part-songs Op. 71 My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land Op. 18 No. 3 Five Part-songs from The Greek Anthology, Op. 45 The Wanderer The Reveille Op. 54 Four Part-songs Op. 53 Jerusalem Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor, Op. 39 No. 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39 No. 3 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C major, Op. 39 No. 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 - Prelude Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Five Piano Improvisations Sir Edward Elgar Salut d'amour, Op. 12 New Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 (Trio) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'
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Also includes 'The Apostles and the Kingdom - An Illustrated Introduction by Sir Adrian Boult' (2006 remaster)
Elgar is the quintessential English composer. He is loved as our Shakespeare of music, and we turn to him at times of solemn remembrance and national rejoicing. This edition, released to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth, presents all the major orchestral, choral, chamber and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in interpretations by the 20th century’s finest Elgarians. All your favourite Elgar is here, in over 32 hours of music on 30 CDs. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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