Description
Elgar: Great Is The Lord - The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Robert Quinney (organ), James O'Donnell / The Westminster Abbey Collection / Hyperion Audio CD 2007 / CDA67593
UPC 034571175935
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (/ˈɛlɡɑːr/; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.
| Label: | Hyperion – CDA67593 |
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| Series: | The Westminster Abbey Collection |
| Format: |
CD
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
2007 |
| Genre: | Classical |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Great Is The Lord |
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10:24 |
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| 2 | They Are At Rest | 2:56 | |
| 3 | Queen Alexandria Memorial Ode |
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6:39 |
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| 4 | Ave Maria | 3:11 | |
| 5 | The Spirit Of The Lord | 7:23 | |
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Te Deum & Benedictus Op. 34 |
| 6 | Te Deum | 12:11 | |
| 7 | Benedictus | 7:14 | |
| 8 | O Salutaris Hostia | 2:58 | |
| 9 | Ave Verum | 2:39 | |
| 10 | Ecce Sacerdos Magnus | 3:14 | |
| 11 | O Hearken Thou | 4:28 | |
| 12 | Give Unto The Lord | 8:45 |
- Alto Vocals [Lay Vicars] – Benjamin Turner, David Martin (22), Michael Lees, Simon Gay
- Bass Vocals [Lay Vicars] – Francis Brett, Graham Titus, Julian Empett, Lawrence Wallington, Philip Tebb, Robert Macdonald, Stuart Young (2)
- Choir – The Choir Of Westminster Abbey
- Composed By – Sir Edward Elgar
- Conductor – James O'Donnell (2)
- Engineer – David Hinitt, Simon Eadon
- Executive-Producer – Michael Spring, Simon Perry (5)
- Illustration – W W Collins
- Liner Notes – Lewis Foreman
- Liner Notes [French Translation] – Hyperion (16)
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Renate Wendel
- Organ – Robert Quinney
- Producer – Jeremy Summerly
- Tenor Vocals [Lay Vicars] – Andrew Carwood, John New, Julian Stocker, Leigh Nixon, Robert Watson (18), Thomas Hobbs, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Will Unwin
- Vocals [Choristers] – Alexander Pott, Benedict Kearns, Benedict Morris, Benjamin Gerrans, Cameron Roberts (2), Elliot Thompson (2), Frederick Brown (5), Jacob Ewens, Jinseog Lee, Kit Clifford-Page, Nicholas Morris (2), Nicholas Trapp, Oliver Colman, Shaun Wood, Theodore Criswell, Thomas Scott-Cowell, William Fairbairn, William Kitchen (2)
