Elgar: Choral Songs

Elgar's greatest part-songs were written specifically for the competition festival movement and he produced them more or less throughout his career, the first to be published being My love dwelt in a Northern land, from 1890 (marking the beginning of his association with the publishers Novello). But it was realized that the term 'part-song' might cause people to underestimate their size and quality so by 1914 they were being described as 'choral songs'. Their scale and range vary enormously.

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‘Marvellous songs … most beautifully sung’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘Deserves to remain the authoritative recording for many years to come’ (Choir & Organ)
‘No Elgar fan will want to miss the genuinely valuable disc. Another Hyperion success’ (Classic CD)