Elgar / BBC Concert Orchestra: Ecce Sacerdos Magnus / Music for Chorus & Orch - COMPACT DISCS

Elgar / BBC Concert Orchestra: Ecce Sacerdos Magnus / Music for Chorus & Orch - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Ecce Sacerdos Magnus Music for Chorus & Orch Artist: Elgar BBC Concert Orchestra Label: Somm Recordings Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 748871226722 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2018 03 16 Number of Discs: 1 The growing genius of a titan of English music comes vividly into focus in a stunning collection of Edward Elgar's music for chorus and orchestra from the Brighton Festival Chorus and BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth.

Title: Ecce Sacerdos Magnus / Music for Chorus & Orch
Artist: Elgar / BBC Concert Orchestra
Label: Somm Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 748871226722
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-03-16
Number of Discs: 1

The growing genius of a titan of English music comes vividly into focus in a stunning collection of Edward Elgar's music for chorus and orchestra from the Brighton Festival Chorus and BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. The voice was at the center of Elgar's musical life as a child, and it was to play a defining role in his own compositions. Spanning 26 years - from the imposing setting of Ecce sacerdos magnus ('Behold the great priest')* in 1888 to the richly realized psalm settings of the 1910s, it is possible to chart in these often moving, occasionally monumental works the development of Elgar's prowess in setting the voice. The muscular and poetic Op.34 Te Deum and Benedictus and consoling Offertory Anthem, O Hearken Thou are heard alongside two contrasted psalms - the mighty Great is the Lord and bold and vigorous Give unto the Lord - that have become cornerstones of the English choral tradition. Two sunny, secular works show Elgar balancing delicacy and deliberateness with consummate skill. Based on a play by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Iberian-accented Spanish Serenade is courtship of exquisite beauty and warmth. Scenes from the Bavarian Alps sets words by the composer's wife, Alice, to produce six animated and colorful songs that conjure the sights and sounds of happy holiday visits by the recent newlyweds. Behold the Great Priest presents a treasure-trove of Elgar's choral compositions intriguingly mapping out his development towards the full-scale masterpieces of Sea Pictures, The Apostles and The Dream of Gerontius.

Tracks:
1.1 Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
1.2 Te Deum, Op. 34, No. 1
1.3 Benedictus, Op. 34, No. 2
1.4 O Hearken Thou, Op. 64
1.5 Great Is the Lord, Psalm 48, Op. 67
1.6 Give Unto the Lord, Psalm 29, Op. 74
1.7 Spanish Serenade, Op. 23
1.8 The Dance (Sonnenbichl)
1.9 False Love (Wamberg)
1.10 Lullaby (In Hammersbach)
1.11 Aspiration (Bei Sankt Anton)
1.12 On the Alm (Hoch Alp)
1.13 The Marksmen (Bei Murnau)
1.14 Benedictus

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