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Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius | Halle CDHLD7520

Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius

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Label: Halle

Cat No: CDHLD7520

Barcode: 5065001341199

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th September 2008

Penguin Guide 4 stars Gramophone Award Winner Penguin Rosette Winner

Contents

Artists

Paul Groves
Bryn Terfel
Alice Coote
The Halle
Halle Choir
Halle Youth Choir

Conductor

Sir Mark Elder

Works

Elgar, Edward

The Dream of Gerontius, op.38

Artists

Paul Groves
Bryn Terfel
Alice Coote
The Halle
Halle Choir
Halle Youth Choir

Conductor

Sir Mark Elder

About

“This is the best of me ... this I saw and knew; this, if anything of mine, is worth your memory”.
(from John Ruskin’s ‘Sesame and Lilies’, quoted by Elgar at the completion of the full score of Gerontius, August 1900).

Elgar’s late masterpiece is an extraordinary work full of drama and passion alongside exquisite music of sublime delicacy. It is a moving expression of the composer’s personally unorthodox religious faith and a poignant reflection on the journey of a man through death, depicted in striking writing for choir, orchestra and soloists.

“Mark Elder’s interpretation with the Hallé orchestra and choir evaded characterisation, though he stamps his dramatic instincts all over the piece. It is either a religious tone poem or a spiritual opera, either way the effect is frequently cataclysmic.” The Guardian

“The other great quality of Sir Mark’s interpretation is that he presents Gerontius as drama. The care for building the musical and tonal shape of the work ... stood out in every phrase.” Manchester Evening News

Reviews

Elder conjures consistently inspired playing from the Hallé Orchestra and magnificent singing from the choir, creating remarkable warmth and tension in pianissimos and wonderfully expansive climaxes in a recording which has the widest possible dynamic range. ... The soloists are splendid too and every word is clear.
Penguin Guide 2010

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