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Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Elgar Orchestral works 5 CD boxed set £39.00
Elgar
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Enigma Variations
Sea Pictures
Concertos for Violin and Cello
Falstaff
The Sanguine Fan
Introduction and Allegro
Orchestral Miniatures and Marches
This comprehensive survey of Elgar’s music from the London Philharmonic Orchestra contains the first release of a 1984 performance of Sea Pictures sung by Dame Janet Baker; landmark accounts of the symphonies fromSir Georg Solti and Vernon Handley and exceptionally rare performances conducted by the composer himself and his friend and champion Sir LandonRonald. This definitive set of recordings, spanning over fifty years and released a century and a half after Elgar’s birth, is essential listening.

Elgar Organ Sonatas £14.99   
Symphony No. 1 Op. 55   51:57
 1   I   Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro - Poco meno mosso -   19:24
2   II   Allegro molto   7:17
3   III   Adagio - Molto espressivo e sostenuto   12:55
4   IV   Lento - Allegro - Grandioso (poco largamente)   12:11
Sonata for Organ, Op. 28   26:05
5   I   Allegro maestoso   8:13
6   II   Allegretto - Quasi doppio movimento - Tempo I   4:33
7   III   Andante espressivo - Animato poco a poco - Poco più tranquillo - Tranquillo   7:42
8   IV   Presto (comodo)   5:22
     78:12
 
CHSA5049

Elgar The Wand of youth £7.99 

  • Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a   21:06

  • Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b   18:06
  •  Nursery Suite   25:41
  •  Dream Children, Op. 43   7:51

              73:17

Chand 10422x

Elgar: The Black Knight £12.99

The Black Knight, Op.25 

Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Op.27

CHAN 9436

 

 

Elgar: Caractacus 2 CD set £25.98

Caractacus Op.35 

Severn Suite Op. 87a

CHAN 9156(2)

Elgar The Light of Life ('Lux Christi') Op 29  £12.99
1     No. 1 Meditation   5:29
2     No. 2 Chorus, Tenor: Seek Him that maketh the seven stars   6:56
3     No. 3 Contralto, Women's chorus: As Jesus passed by   1:25
4     No. 4 Soprano: Be not extreme, O Lord   3:06
5     No. 5 Bariton: Neither hath this man sinned   3:00
6     No. 6 Chorus: Light out of darkness   5:05
7     No. 7 Contralto, Baritone: And when He had thus spoken   1:19
8     No. 8 Chorus: Doubt not thy Father's care!   2:17
9     No. 9 Contrralto, Tenor, Chorus: He went his way therefore   5:20
10     No. 10 Tenor As a spirit didst Thou pass before mine eyes   4:33
11     Contralto, Tenor, Chorus: They brought him to the Pharisees   2:42
12     No. 12 Contralto: Thou only hast the words of life   2:45
13     No. 13 Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Chorus: But the Jews did not believe   3:38
14     No. 14 Soprano, Women's Chorus: Woe to the shepherds of the flock   3:00
15     No. 15 Contralto, Tenor, Baritone: Jesus heard that they had cast him out   2:30
16     No. 15 Baritone: I am the good Shepherd   4:29
17     No. 16 Chorus: Light of the World, we know Thy praise   5:03

CHAN 9208 

 

Edward Elgar £4.99
        

  • The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 19:26

  • Incidental Music for 'Grania and Diarmid', Op.42 13:06
  • Froissart Overture, Op. 19 14:27   
  • Variations on an Original Theme ('Enigma') for orchestra, Op. 36 31:25

CHAN 6692

Elgar: Part Songs - Finzi Singers £12.99

  • Three Part-songs Op.18: 

  • Five Part-songs from The Greek Anthology Op.45 
  • Four Part-songs Op.53 
  • Two Part-songs Op.71 
  • Death on the Hills Op.72 
  • Two Part-songs Op.73 
  • How Calmly the Evening 
  • Weary Wind of the West 
  • Evening Scene 
  • The Prince of Sleep 
  • Go, Song of Mine Op.57

CHAN 9269 

Elgar: Sea Pictures Op. 37 £12.99

  • Sea Pictures Op.37 

  • The Music Makers Op.69

 

 

CHAN 9022

Elgar: The Apostles £25.98
2 CD set 126:31

       Bryn Terfel baritone

  • COMPACT DISC ONE   

1     Prologue   07:27
2     In the Mountain - Night   8:25
3     The Dawn   1:34
4     Morning Psalm   5:04
5     Chorus - The Lord hath chosen them   8:24
6   II   By the Wayside   7:51
7     Tenor - And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples   1:51
8     In the Tower of Magdala   5:56 
9     Mary Magdalene - This shall ye have of Mine hand   8:29
10     Tenor - When Jesus came into the ports of Caesarea Philippi   3:57
11     Jesus - And I will give unto thee   6:36
12     Chorus - Turn you to the stronghold   7:52

  • COMPACT DISC TWO   

            Part II   
1     Introduction   4:16
2     Tenor - And it came to pass in those days   1:50
3     Chorus - Then gathered the chief Priests and Pharisees   3:19
4     In Gethsemane   5:38
5     Contralto - Then Judas, which had betrayed Him   3:39
6     Without the Temple   9:07
7   V   Golgotha   4:23
8   VI   At the Sepulchre   4:34
9     The Apostles - We trusted that it had been He   4:18
10     The Apostles - Give us one heart, and one way   11:27

CHAN 8875 

Elgar: The Kingdom £25.98
2 CD set
The Kingdom Op.51   93:33
            COMPACT DISC ONE   56:33
1     Prelude - Jerusalem   09:01
2     Chorus - Seek first the kingdom of God   08:12
3     Peter - Men and brethren   05:05
4     Chorus - O ye priests!   03:23
5     Mary - The singers are before the altar   05:25
6     Tenor - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come   04:39
7     Mezzo-soprano - And suddenly there came from heaven a sound   14:58
8     Peter - Repent, and be baptized   05:40             
            COMPACT DISC TWO   51:36   
            Part IV - The Sign of Healing   
1     Mezzo-soprano - Then they that gladly received his word   09:01
2     Mezzo-soprano - And as they spake   10:01
            Part V - The Upper Room   
3     Chorus - The voice of joy   06:23
4     Chorus - Thou, Almighty Lord   05:33
5     Chorus - Our Father   06:02            
6   Sospiri Op.70   4:35
  Adagio for String Orchestra, with harp and organ Op. 70   
7   Sursum Corda Op.11   9:44
            (Elevation) Op. 11
CHAN 8788