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Elgar - Sacred Choral Works | Hyperion CDA67593

Elgar - Sacred Choral Works

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA67593

Barcode: 0034571175935

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th January 2007

Contents

Works

Edward Elgar
Great is the Lord Op 67; They are at rest; Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode; Ave Maria Op 2 No 2; The Spirit of the Lord Prologue from The Apostles Op 49; Te Deum & Benedictus Op 34; Te Deum; Benedictus; O salutaris hostia; Ave verum Op 2 No 1; Ecce sacerdos magnus; O hearken Thou Op 64; Give unto the Lord Op 74

Artists

The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ)

Conductor

James O’Donnell

Works

Edward Elgar
Great is the Lord Op 67; They are at rest; Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode; Ave Maria Op 2 No 2; The Spirit of the Lord Prologue from The Apostles Op 49; Te Deum & Benedictus Op 34; Te Deum; Benedictus; O salutaris hostia; Ave verum Op 2 No 1; Ecce sacerdos magnus; O hearken Thou Op 64; Give unto the Lord Op 74

Artists

The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ)

Conductor

James O’Donnell

About

Elgar from the Abbey—what could be more fitting? From the regal opulence of Great is the Lord, first performed in Westminster Abbey in 1912, to the quiet devotion of the opus 2 Ave verum and Ave Maria, this varied programme is the perfect guide through Elgar’s rich choral output.
 
Performances on this new recording are astounding, as James O’Donnell guides the men and boys of Westminster Abbey through the grandiloquence and tenderness of this seminal music. The full gamut of Elgar’s career—from son of provincial instrument dealer to ‘composer laureate’—is represented and at every turn these performers offer new insights into the performing possibilities of these all-too-often-hackneyed works. There is also a rare performance of the long-forgotten Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode—a fitting tribute by Poet Laureate (John Masefield) and Master of the King’s Musick (Elgar) to Edward VII’s much-lamented consort.
 
Performances by The Choir of Westminster Abbey, under the direction of James O’Donnell and with the sympathetic organ accompaniment of Robert Quinney, are every bit as good as their previous Hyperion recordings would lead us to expect:

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