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Track(s) taken from CDA67019

The Reveille, Op 54

First line:
Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands
composer
1907
author of text

London Symphony Chorus, Stephen Westrop (chorus master), Vernon Handley (conductor)
Recording details: April 1998
St Alban's Church, Holborn, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: November 1998
Total duration: 4 minutes 51 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

The Donald Hunt Singers, Donald Hunt (conductor)

Reviews

‘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)

‘You cannot do better than a recent Hyperion disc of choral songs. The choral writing is beautiful in an understated way and the performances are winning’ (The New York Times)
Over Christmas 1907 Elgar found the time to compose five of his finest part-songs – the four Opus 53 songs for mixed voice; and The Reveille (Op 54) for male voices. This last—a large-scale, impressive setting, lasting almost as long as the five Greek Anthology songs put together—had been commissioned by William McNaught.

from notes by Geoffrey Hodgkins © 1998

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Elgar: The complete choral songs
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