Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius & Sea Pictures (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius & Sea Pictures (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:04:38 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Classical
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Chandos Records is delighted to present this new recording of Elgar’s choral masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius and the enduringly popular song cycle Sea Pictures. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, a peerless Elgarian who this year was awarded the prestigious Elgar Society Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the composer’s music. In Gerontius the soloists are Stuart Skelton, David Soar, and Sarah Connolly who also sings Sea Pictures. This recording was made in the days leading up to their triumphant live performance of Gerontius in April this year, after which The Guardian praised Skelton as ‘the ideal tenor for the role of Gerontius’, Soar as ‘an implacable, dark-sounding Priest’, and Connolly as ‘a consummately polished Angel’.

The Dream of Gerontius was commissioned in 1900 for that year’s Birmingham Festival. The score was produced in a hurry but Elgar had long before known the text which the work sets, Cardinal Newman’s religious poem that powerfully recounts the final dream of a dying believer and the journey of his soul through death to Purgatory. At the disastrous premiere the performers struggled with Elgar’s score but this did nothing to stop the immediate popularity of the work. It is recognised today by many as the greatest choral work by an English composer.

Written not long before Gerontius, the song cycle Sea Pictures sets a collection of poetry by different authors, all on a single, loosely related theme. Inspired by Elgar’s love of nature, the songs explore the emotional resonances of the sea, from serene still waters to a mighty ocean storm.

Tracklist:
01. Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – Sea Pictures, Op. 37: I. Sea Slumber-Song (04:46)
02. Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – Sea Pictures, Op. 37: II. In Haven (Capri) (01:41)
03. Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – Sea Pictures, Op. 37: III. Sabbath Morning at Sea (05:36)
04. Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – Sea Pictures, Op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie (03:41)
05. Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – Sea Pictures, Op. 37: V. The Swimmer (06:09)
06. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Prelude (09:07)
07. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Jesu, Maria – I am near to death (Gerontius) (03:42)
08. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Kyrie eleison (Chorus) (02:11)
09. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius) (00:51)
10. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus) (02:48)
11. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius) (05:43)
12. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: I can no more; for now it comes again (Gerontius) (02:06)
13. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Rescue him, O Lord (Chorus) (02:06)
14. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Novissima hora est (Gerontius) (01:21)
15. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Profiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest) (01:54)
16. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I: Go, in the name of Angels (Chorus) (04:38)
17. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: I went to sleep (The Soul of Gerontius) (06:15)
18. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: My work is done (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius) (02:20)
19. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: It is a member of that family (Soul of Gerontius) (01:42)
20. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: I ever had believed (The Soul of Gerontius) (04:06)
21. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: But hark, upon my sense comes a fierce hubbub (Soul of Gerontius) (00:49)
22. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus) (02:20)
23. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: The mind bold and independent (Chorus) (02:23)
24. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: I see not those false spirits (The Soul of Gerontius, The Angel) (03:10)
25. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Praise to the Holiest (Chorus, Angel) (02:59)
26. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Glory to Him, who evermore by truth and justice reigns (Chorus) (01:18)
27. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony (The Soul of Gerontius) (01:17)
28. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Praise to the Holiest in the height (Chorus) (06:49)
29. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: The judgment now is near (The Angel, The Soul of Gerontius) (03:05)
30. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (The Angel of the Agony) (03:53)
31. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: I go before my Judge (The Soul of Gerontius, Chorus) (01:30)
32. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Praise to His Name! (The Angel) (01:30)
33. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Take me away, and in the lowest deep there let me be (The Soul of Gerontius) (03:20)
34. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Chorus) (01:03)
35. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Softly and gently (The Angel, Chorus) (06:46)
36. Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis – The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II: Prelude (09:23)

Personnel:
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton tenor*
David Soar bass*
BBC Symphony Chorus*
Stephen Jackson chorus master
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Bryant leader
Sir Andrew Davis conductor

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