,  (Elgar)
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)



Richard Lewis - Gerontius, The Soul of Gerontius; Janet Baker - The Angel; Kim Borg - The Priest, The Angel of the Agony. Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & Hallé Choir (Eric Chadwick - choir master). Ambrosian Singers (John McCarthy - choir master). Recorded: December 27-30, 1964, Manchester.
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Music Group of London: Hugh Bean, Frances Mason - violins, Christopher Wellington - viola, Eileen Croxford - cello. 1970.
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Op. 15 No. 1 - 27 April 1926 (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra); Op. 15 No. 2 - 1 April 1927
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I. Andantino, II. Allegro.
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Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Julian Milford (piano)
Premier recording in this version (arr. F. Louis Schneider)
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`Skizze`. Recorded 2015 in St. Paul`s Hall, Huddersfield University
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Shella Armstrong - soprano (the Blessed Virgin, The Angel); Helen Watts - contralto (Mary Magdalene); Robert Tear - tenor (St. John); Benjamin Luxon - bass (St. Peter); Clifford Grant - bass (Judas); John Carol Case - bass (Jesus). Choir of Downe House School. Director of music Dorothy Dickinson. Recorded in 1974.
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Margaret Marshall - soprano (Mother of the Blind Man); Helen Watts - contralto (Narrator); Robin Leggate - tenor (The Blind Man); John Shorley-Quirk - bass (Jesus). Chorus master - Edmund Walter. 1981.
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Aspiration, On the Alm, The Marksmen Chœur de la Radio Lettone
Sigvards Klava, Chef de chœur
Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
Alain Altinoglu, Direction Montpellier 2011
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Choir of Worcester Cathedral. Christopher Robinson - conductor. 1969.
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Alfreda Hodgson - contralto, Richard Morton - tenor, Stephen Roberts - bass. Cambridge University Musical Soclety Chorus. New Philharmonic Orchestrà. Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall. 1974.
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Margaret Price - soprano (The Blessed Virgin); Yvonne Minton - contralto (Mary Magdalene); Alexander Young - tenor (St. John); John Shirley-Quirk - bass (St. Peter). London Philharmonic Choir. Chorus master - Frederic Jackson. Recorded: December 16-18, 1968, London.
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Recorded in the Church of St. George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, London (England), January 6-7, 1984.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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Sheila Armstrong (soprano) - Eigen, Robert Tear (tenor) - Orbin, Peter Glossop (baritone) - Caractacus, Brian Rayner Cook (bass-baritone) - Arch-Druid, Malcolm King (bass) - Claudius, Richard Suart (bass) - A Bard. 1977.
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Introduction, Andante. Christopher Robinson - organ. 1969.
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Recorded in the Church of St. George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, London (England), January 6-7, 1984.
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¹ 4. November 6, 1929, London.
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Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory. Moscow, 2011
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Teresa Cahill - soprano, Brian Rayner Cook - bass. London Philharmonic Choir. Chorus master - Richard Cooke. 1987.
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Translated from Russian by Maykov Rosa Newmarch. 2000-2001
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Recorded July 3-5, 2010, Suffolk, UK.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory. Moscow, 2011
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Recorded July 3-5, 2010, Suffolk, UK.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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Recorded: July 3-5, 2010, Suffolk, UK.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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Recorded July 3-5, 2010, Suffolk, UK.
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Was it some golden star? Op. 59 No. 3; Oh, soft was the song Op. 59 No. 1; Twilight Op. 59 No. 6. 1980.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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ATHENA ENSEMBLE: Richard McNicol (flute), Sebastian Bell (flute), David Theodore (oboe), Roger Fallows (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bassoon). Recorded in 1978.
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Entry - July 1-4, 2000, Cambridge.
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Baccholian Singers of London. 1978.
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Text by Guido Cavalcanti. Recording 2000-2001
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Îð. 16, ¹ 1, 3. Recorded: November 25, 2010, West Sussex, UK.
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Entry - July 1-4, 2000, Cambridge.
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Le Drapeau Belge, Op. 79 (for Speaker and Orchestra). Simon Callow - speaker. BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor John Wilson.
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Recorded at the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill (Massachusetts), USA, July 6-10, 2003.
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Clare Shearer - mezzo-soprano, Gerald Finley - baritone,Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Orchestration completed by Anthony Payne.
Premiere recording.
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