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Track(s) taken from SIGCD315

The Prince of Sleep

First line:
I met at eve the Prince of Sleep
composer
1925
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: 4 minutes 37 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt (conductor)
London Symphony Chorus, Stephen Westrop (chorus master), Vernon Handley (conductor)

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
The Prince of Sleep, to words by Walter de la Mare is a languid setting, capturing masterfully the Lethean sentiments of the words; imagery of dreams and the natural world (especially woodland) always seemed to inspire Elgar.

from notes by Geoffrey Hodgkins © 1998

Other albums featuring this work

Elgar: Choral Songs
CDA67019Download only
Elgar: The complete choral songs
CDA66271/22CDs Download only
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