David Temple, London Mozart Players - Edward Elgar: The Kingdom (2025)
David Temple, London Mozart Players - Edward Elgar: The Kingdom (2025)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 387 Mb | Total time: 01:29:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Signum Records | # SIGCD896 | Recorded: 2024
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 387 Mb | Total time: 01:29:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Signum Records | # SIGCD896 | Recorded: 2024
Elgar’s unjustly neglected ‘greatest choral masterpiece’ (Jeremy Dibble) is given an outstanding new recording by conductor David Temple, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, and soloists Francesca Chiejina, Dame Sarah Connolly, Benjamin Hulett and Ashley Riches. Composed in 1906 after The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles, The Kingdom depicts the lives of Christ’s disciples and the community of the early church with a mixture of gentle conversational sections and astonishing dramatic passages. Recorded in the recently restored Victorian Theatre at Alexandra Palace, its fluid musical narrative is both arresting and profoundly moving. Echoing Sir Adrian Boult, David Temple considers the oratorio to be Elgar’s pinnacle achievement. ‘I truly believe The Kingdom to be Elgar’s greatest choral work. It is a gem from the first note to the last.’
Performer:
The Blessed Virgin - Francesca Chiejina
Mary Magdalene - Dame Sarah Connolly
St. John - Benjamin Hulett
St. Peter - Ashley Riches
Crouch End Festival Chorus
London Mozart Players
David Temple, conductor
Tracklist:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
The Kingdom, Op.51
CD1:
01. Prelude
I. In the Upper Room
02. Ia. In The Upper Room (Seek first the kingdom)
03. Ib. In The Upper Room (Men and brethren)
04. II. At the Beautiful Gate (The singers are before the altar)
III. Pentecost
05. IIIa. Pentecost (And when the day of Pentecost was fully come)
06. IIIb. Pentecost (And suddenly there came from heaven)
07. IIIc. Pentecost (Ye men of Judea)
CD2:
IV. The Sign of Healing
01. IVa. The Sign of Healing (Then they that gladly received his word)
02. IVb. The Sign of Healing (And as they spake)
V. The Upper Room
03. Va. The Upper Room (The Voice of Joy)
04. Vb. The Upper Room (Give thanks first for the Cup)
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David Temple, London Mozart Players - Edward Elgar: The Kingdom (2025)
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