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Track(s) taken from SIGCD315

Love, Op 18 No 2

First line:
Like the rosy norther glow
composer
1907
author of text

The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (conductor)
Recording details: Unknown
St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: December 2012
Total duration: 2 minutes 23 seconds
 

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The Donald Hunt Singers, Donald Hunt (conductor)
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Reviews

'Many an aspiring composer today would relish the lucrative market for sheet music afforded by the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries' passion for choral festivals, glee clubs and suchlike. Elgar certainly knew their worth, as this selection of splendid part-songs—composed over a 40-year period—testifies … the delicacy (and occasional fragility) of the Rodolfus's young voices make the effect even more poignant … the whole choir blooms in Elgar's greatest part-song, the unbridled Go, song of mine' (Gramophone)

'The combination of Ralph Allwood and the Rodolfus Choir usually means quality. It does again here in this excellently sung recital of Elgar choral pieces. It's hard, in fact, to imagine Go, song of mine, the opening item, done better … The sound is ideally balanced. A fine introduction to a still under-appreciated area of Elgar's output' (BBC Music Magazine)» More
PERFORMANCE
RECORDING
Love reflects the blend of craftsmanship and inspiration that had placed Elgar at the summit of Edwardian musical life: both qualities emerge in his treatment of Maquarie’s line ‘Cease to be’, repeated four times in the bass line and richly decorated in the tenor part’s flowing melody.

from notes by Andrew Stewart © 2009

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Elgar: The complete choral songs
CDA66271/22CDs Download only
Romance du Soir
SIGCD147Download only
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