Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra - Elgar: Caractacus & Severn Suite (2016)
BAND/ARTIST: London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Judith Howarth, Arthur Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Alastair Miles, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus
- Title: Elgar: Caractacus & Severn Suite
- Year Of Release: 2016
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
- Total Time: 1:59:29
- Total Size: 486 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! (Chorus) (05:50)
2. David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! The King is here (Caractacus) (06:13)
3. David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Father, Sire and King (Eigen, Caractacus, Orbin, Chorus) (02:22)
4. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Judith Howarth – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: At eve to the greenwood (Eigen) (02:45)
5. David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: On the ocean and the river (Orbin, Caractacus, Eigen) (02:41)
6. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Rest, weary monarch (Chorus) (03:10)
7. Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Tread the mystic circle round (Arch-Druid, Chorus) (04:53)
8. Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Lord of dread (Arch-Druid, Chorus) (02:36)
9. David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Bard, what read ye? (Arch-Druid, Orbin, Caractacus, Chorus) (08:00)
10. David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Leap to light (Caractacus, Arch-Druid, Chorus) (05:19)
11. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Hence, ere the Druid's wrath is woke (Orbin, Chorus) (03:08)
12. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: Introduction. Woodland Interlude (01:59)
13. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs (Chorus) (01:14)
14. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: O'er-arch'd by leaves (Eigen, Orbin) (03:43)
15. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: Last night beneath the sacred oak (Orbin, Chorus) (01:43)
16. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: They gather the wreaths (Orbin, Eigen) (05:45)
17. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: Wild rumours shake our calm retreat (Chorus) (02:31)
18. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Judith Howarth – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: When the glow of the evening (Eigen, Chorus) (02:34)
19. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: We were gather'd by the river (Chorus) (02:22)
20. David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: O my warriors (Caractacus, Chorus) (04:24)
21. Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 5: Captive Britons, see them (A Bard, Chorus) (04:22)
22. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: The march triumphal thunders (Chorus) (07:17)
23. Alastair Miles, Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Unbind his hands (Claudius) (01:11)
24. David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Heap torment upon torment (Caractacus, Eigen, Orbin) (04:41)
25. Alastair Miles, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Slay the Briton (Claudius, Chorus) (00:35)
26. David Wilson-Johnson, Alastair Miles, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: I plead not for myself (Caractacus, Orbin, Eigen, Chorus) (02:41)
27. David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Grace from the Roman (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus) (02:33)
28. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: The clang of arms is over (Chorus) (05:02)
29. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: I. Introduction. Worcester Castle (02:35)
30. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: II. Toccata. Tournament (03:57)
31. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: III. Fugue. The Cathedral (04:03)
32. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: IV. Minuet. Commandery (05:12)
33. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: V. Coda. Lento (02:16)
1. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! (Chorus) (05:50)
2. David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Watchmen, alert! The King is here (Caractacus) (06:13)
3. David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Father, Sire and King (Eigen, Caractacus, Orbin, Chorus) (02:22)
4. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Judith Howarth – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: At eve to the greenwood (Eigen) (02:45)
5. David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: On the ocean and the river (Orbin, Caractacus, Eigen) (02:41)
6. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: Rest, weary monarch (Chorus) (03:10)
7. Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Tread the mystic circle round (Arch-Druid, Chorus) (04:53)
8. Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Lord of dread (Arch-Druid, Chorus) (02:36)
9. David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Bard, what read ye? (Arch-Druid, Orbin, Caractacus, Chorus) (08:00)
10. David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Leap to light (Caractacus, Arch-Druid, Chorus) (05:19)
11. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: Hence, ere the Druid's wrath is woke (Orbin, Chorus) (03:08)
12. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: Introduction. Woodland Interlude (01:59)
13. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: Come! beneath our woodland bow'rs (Chorus) (01:14)
14. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: O'er-arch'd by leaves (Eigen, Orbin) (03:43)
15. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: Last night beneath the sacred oak (Orbin, Chorus) (01:43)
16. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: They gather the wreaths (Orbin, Eigen) (05:45)
17. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: Wild rumours shake our calm retreat (Chorus) (02:31)
18. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra & Judith Howarth – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: When the glow of the evening (Eigen, Chorus) (02:34)
19. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: We were gather'd by the river (Chorus) (02:22)
20. David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: O my warriors (Caractacus, Chorus) (04:24)
21. Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 5: Captive Britons, see them (A Bard, Chorus) (04:22)
22. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: The march triumphal thunders (Chorus) (07:17)
23. Alastair Miles, Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Unbind his hands (Claudius) (01:11)
24. David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Heap torment upon torment (Caractacus, Eigen, Orbin) (04:41)
25. Alastair Miles, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Slay the Briton (Claudius, Chorus) (00:35)
26. David Wilson-Johnson, Alastair Miles, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: I plead not for myself (Caractacus, Orbin, Eigen, Chorus) (02:41)
27. David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Judith Howarth & Arthur Davies – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: Grace from the Roman (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus) (02:33)
28. London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop & London Symphony Orchestra – Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: The clang of arms is over (Chorus) (05:02)
29. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: I. Introduction. Worcester Castle (02:35)
30. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: II. Toccata. Tournament (03:57)
31. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: III. Fugue. The Cathedral (04:03)
32. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: IV. Minuet. Commandery (05:12)
33. Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra – Severn Suite, Op. 87a: V. Coda. Lento (02:16)
Re-issued from a 1992 recording, when Richard Hickox was Associate Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, this Elgar’s Caractacus has much to offer.
The piece itself, which Elgar composed for the 1898 Leeds Festival, exudes his power of invention and luminous skills at orchestration, foreshadowing his next project, the masterful ‘Enigma’ Variations.
A Gramophone review affirmed that ‘There can be nothing but praise for Richard Hickox’s fluent, sensitive direction and the enthusiastic, full-blooded backcloth provided by the LSO. Bouquets, too, for the London Symphony Chorus whose terrific unanimity of attack, sensitivity to dynamics and wonderfully true intonation are something to marvel at. In the title-role David Wilson-Johnson makes a nobly sonorous showing, a pure-toned Judith Howarth is touchingly vulnerable as Caractacus’s daughter, Eigen, and Arthur Davies sings with unaffected sincerity in the part of Orbin, her minstrel lover. A typically ripe, wide-ranging Chandos recording into the bargain.’
The piece itself, which Elgar composed for the 1898 Leeds Festival, exudes his power of invention and luminous skills at orchestration, foreshadowing his next project, the masterful ‘Enigma’ Variations.
A Gramophone review affirmed that ‘There can be nothing but praise for Richard Hickox’s fluent, sensitive direction and the enthusiastic, full-blooded backcloth provided by the LSO. Bouquets, too, for the London Symphony Chorus whose terrific unanimity of attack, sensitivity to dynamics and wonderfully true intonation are something to marvel at. In the title-role David Wilson-Johnson makes a nobly sonorous showing, a pure-toned Judith Howarth is touchingly vulnerable as Caractacus’s daughter, Eigen, and Arthur Davies sings with unaffected sincerity in the part of Orbin, her minstrel lover. A typically ripe, wide-ranging Chandos recording into the bargain.’
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