The Reeds by Severn Side Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea & William Vann

• Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Gloria in F Major (After Mozart's K. 547) [Arr. for Soloists, Mixed Choir & Organ]:
• 1 Elgar: Gloria in F Major (After Mozart's K. 547) [Arr. for Soloists, Mixed Choir & Organ] 05:06
• Credo on Themes from Beethoven (Arr. B. Pappenheim for Soloists, Mixed Chorus & Organ) [Completed by J. Olsen]:
• 2 Elgar: Credo on Themes from Beethoven (Arr. B. Pappenheim for Soloists, Mixed Chorus & Organ) [Completed by J. Olsen] 11:09
• Drakes Broughton (Arr. for Mixed Choir & Organ):
• 3 Elgar: Drakes Broughton (Arr. for Mixed Choir & Organ) 01:53
• O Salutaris Hostia No. 3 in F major:
• 4 Elgar: O Salutaris Hostia No. 3 in F major 03:20
• 3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version):
• 5 Elgar: 3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version): No. 1, Jesu, Word of God Incarnate 02:51
• 3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version):
• 6 Elgar: 3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version): No. 2, Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory 02:44
• 3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version):
• 7 Elgar: 3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version): No. 3, Jesu, Meek and Lowly 03:39
• Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30:
• 8 Elgar: Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: No. 18, As Torrents in Summer 02:23
• 4 Part Songs, Op. 53:
• 9 Elgar: 4 Part Songs, Op. 53: No. 1, There Is Sweet Music 04:53
• Psalm 68:
• 10 Elgar: Psalm 68 04:22
• Angelus, Op. 56:
• 11 Elgar: Angelus, Op. 56 03:29
• They Are at Rest:
• 12 Elgar: They Are at Rest 03:27
• O Hearken Thou, Op. 64 (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ):
• 13 Elgar: O Hearken Thou, Op. 64 (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ) 02:44
• Give unto the Lord, Op. 74 (Version for Mixed Chorus & Organ):
• 14 Elgar: Give unto the Lord, Op. 74 (Version for Mixed Chorus & Organ) 08:30
• Fear Not, O Land:
• 15 Elgar: Fear Not, O Land 03:46
• I Sing the Birth:
• 16 Elgar: I Sing the Birth 04:09
• Good Morrow (Arr. for Mixed Chorus):
• 17 Elgar: Good Morrow (Arr. for Mixed Chorus) 04:32
• Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ):
• 18 Elgar: Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ) 06:41
• Total Runtime 01:19:38

Info zu The Reeds by Severn Side

SOMM Recordings announces the release of The Reeds by Severn Side, a ravishing collection of choral works by Edward Elgar, sung by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, led by director William Vann, accompanied by organist Joshua Ryan.

Of the 18 featured works, six are first recordings. They traverse Elgar’s remarkable ascension from lowly lawyer’s clerk to self-taught composer to Master of the King’s Musick. And chart the impeccable fusing of his Roman Catholic heritage with the Anglican church tradition to which he contributed several masterpieces.

They also reveal what Vaughan Williams described as the “mystery and [the] miracle” of Elgar’s flowering into the music laureate of Edwardian England, as Andrew Neill, former Chairman of the Elgar Society, observes in his authoritative booklet notes.

Alongside juvenilia such as the 16-year-old Elgar’s Credo on Themes from Symphonies 5, 7 and 9 by Beethoven (in James Olsen’s completion) and Drake’s Broughton, to which the 73-year-old composer would return in his Nursery Suite, are diverse works that reveal growing confidence, including early settings of the Mass and first recordings (in English) of the Op.2 trilogy: Jesu, word of God Incarnate; Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory; Jesu, Meek and Lowly.

The masterpiece bitonal setting of Tennyson, There is Sweet Music, one of Elgar’s self-described “choral songs”, is a highlight, alongside twin peaks of his anthem writing: O Hearken Thou (heard as the Latin motet, Intende voci orationis meae) and substantial Give Unto the Lord.

William Vann and the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea’s previous SOMM releases include In Remembrance (SOMMCD 0187), described by Gramophone as “almost unbearably moving”, and as “an album that will have enduring value into the future” by MusicWeb International. Carols from Chelsea (SOMMCD 0161) was a Best Classical Christmas Release, praised for its “model singing”, in The Guardian.

Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Joshua Ryan, organ
William Vann, director

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Booklet für The Reeds by Severn Side