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Track(s) taken from SIGCD315

Ave verum corpus, Op 2 No 1

composer
originally composed as a Pie Jesu in 1887; rearranged as Ave verum corpus in 1902
author of text
Sequence Hymn for Corpus Christi

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 50 seconds
 

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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
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When Elgar left school at the age of fifteen his father asked his friend W A Allen, a local solicitor and the treasurer of St George’s, if he had a position for the young Edward. Elgar thus worked, as what appears to have been office boy and clerk, but left after a year. When Allen died in January 1887 Elgar marked it with a funeral setting from the Requiem Mass for the choir of St George’s, subsequently resetting it to the words of Ave verum in 1902. Ave Maria was similarly written for St George’s and revised with Ave verum for publication in 1902 when the opus number was allocated. The music for Ave Maria is dedicated to Mrs H A Leicester, wife of his friend Hubert Leicester.

from notes by Lewis Foreman © 2007

Quand Elgar quitta l’école à l’âge de quinze ans, son père demanda à son ami W. A. Allen, avoué local et trésorier de Saint George, s’il avait un poste pour son jeune fils. Ce fut ainsi qu’Elgar travailla, semble-t-il, comme garçon de bureau et comme clerc, mais pendant un an seulement. À la mort d’Allen (janvier 1887), il composa une musique funèbre inspirée de la messe de requiem pour le chœur de Saint George, musique qu’il recycla, en 1902, sur les paroles de l’Ave verum. L’Ave Maria, également destiné à Saint George, fut révisé en même temps que l’Ave verum pour être publiée en 1902, année de l’attribution du numéro d’opus. Elgar dédia son Ave Maria à Mrs H. A. Leicester, la femme de son ami Hubert Leicester.

extrait des notes rédigées par Lewis Foreman © 2007
Français: Hypérion

Als Elgar im Alter von 15 Jahren die Schule verließ, bat sein Vater seinen Freund W. A. Allen, einen ortsansässigen Rechtsanwalt und Kassenwart der St. Georgskirche, um eine Position für den jungen Edward. Elgar arbeitete also für ihn, vermutlich als Bürogehilfe, kündigte aber nach einem Jahr. Als Allen im Januar 1887 starb, gedachte er ihm mit einem Satz aus der Requiemsmesse für den Chor der Georgskirche, den er 1902 auf die Worte des Ave verum umarbeitete. Ave Maria wurde ebenfalls für St. Georg geschrieben und zur Veröffentlichung 1902 zusammen mit dem Ave verum revidiert, wenn sie auch ihre Opusnummer erhielten. Die Musik für Ave Maria ist Frau H. A. Leicester, der Frau seines Freundes Hubert Leicester gewidmet.

aus dem Begleittext von Lewis Foreman © 2007
Deutsch: Renate Wendel

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