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Elgar: Sea Pictures & The Music Makers Kathryn Rudge (mezzo), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko’s The Music Makers makes a compelling case for a work often dismissed as navel-gazing, second-rate Elgar…The Liverpool choir is excellent throughout…Rudge sings the solo part with ripe-toned... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: The Music Makers & The Spirit of England Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis and his forces, especially Sarah Connolly and Andrew Staples (why is this wonderful tenor so little recorded?), give their all and one can’t imagine their being performed more... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69, etc.
RecommendedJanet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-Soprano) & Kim Borg (bass)
London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers & Hallé Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, John Barbirolli
The must-have Gerontius, recorded in the idealised soundscape so beloved of the 1960s, where choir and soloists are close-miked and crystal-clear. Richard Lewis's well-groomed, classic tones... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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Kodály: The Music Makers, an ode, etc.
Christina Wilson (mezzo-soprano)
Oxford Orchestra da Camera, Choir of Oxford Orchestra da Camera
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…Elder maintains a tension and sense of belief that The Music Makers very seldom receives. Beautifully balanced and superbly paced, this deeply sympathetic and intensely-felt reading is perhaps... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37, etc. Linda Finnie (contralto), Roderick Elms (organ)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
Indubitably lovely versions. — More…
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Elgar: Sea Pictures Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Simon Wright
The Music Makers is one of Elgar's most poignant and troubled utterances which movingly incorporates material from some of his greatest compositions, and it can hold its head high. Simon Wright... — More…
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Edward Elgar
Nicolai Gedda (Gerontius), Helen Watts (Angel), Robert Lloyd (Priest/Angel of the Agony), Janet Baker (mezzo)
London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
Nicolai Gedda is the tortured soul approaching death in this recording conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Gedda's cry of "Take me away!" as he is allowed a glimpse of God for the first time is memorable... — More…
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Sir Andrew Davis conducts Elgar
Graham Sheen, Jean Rigby
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis in particular evinces a personal identification with Elgar’s inspiration that is rather special. — More…
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