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Elgar - Caractacus | Hyperion CDA68254

Elgar - Caractacus

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA68254

Barcode: 0034571282541

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th March 2019

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Artists

Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)
Elgan Llyr Thomas (tenor)
Roland Wood (baritone)
Christopher Purves (baritone)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society
Orchestra of Opera North

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

Works

Elgar, Edward

Caractacus, op.35

Artists

Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)
Elgan Llyr Thomas (tenor)
Roland Wood (baritone)
Christopher Purves (baritone)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society
Orchestra of Opera North

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

About

The centuries do indeed ‘roll away’ as the libretto addresses questions of empire – Roman and Victorian – and Britain’s place in the world. But that shouldn’t detract from the music; this is simply glorious and worthy of the mature Elgar.

Reviews

... Caractacus, in many ways a one-act nationalist opera, and points the way to those operas-manqués of The Dream of Gerontius, The Apostles and The Kingdom, which represent the pinnacle of his interpretation of the British oratorio paradigm. ... [Martyn Brabbins] brings an electricity and Straussian Schwung to the orchestral sound throughout this recording ... The well-prepared Huddersfield Choral Society, appropriately attuned to their role as turba, provide a range of sensitive light and shade, as well muscular tone, to the varying dramatic contexts, and a crisp counterpoint to the orchestra, with which they often participate as part of the larger instrumental canvas.  Jeremy Dibble
Gramophone April 2019

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