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Elgar - English Choral Music
Director of Music: 
Christopher Robinson
Organ Scholar: 
Jonathan Vaughn
Record Label: 
Naxos
Catalogue Number: 
8.557288
Release Date: 
Oct 2003
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Recorded in July 2003, this CD marked the end of Christopher Robinson's career as Director of Music at St John's College, and the widely acclaimed English Choral Music series of ten discs for Naxos. This collection follows Elgar from early settings for the Catholic liturgy through to his heyday as the Empire's best-known composer, with powerful settings such as Give unto the Lord, commissioned for St Paul's Cathedral in 1914.

Notes: 

Soloists: Benjamin Durrant (Treble); Allan Clayton (Tenor); Ronan Collet (Bass)

Reviews: 

"these are beautifully sensitive performances of a selection of pieces from all phases of Elgar's career ... well worth investigating" The Observer 2004
"beautifully done ... the tenors and basses [have] a special concentration and vigour ... the freshness and the energy, a feeling for the joy of the thing"
"With fine organ-playing by Jonathan Vaughn and excellent recorded sound (producer, Andrew Walton), the disc ranks among the best choral issues of recent times"
Gramophone 2004

Track Listing: 
O Hearken Thou, Elgar
Te Deum laudamus, Elgar
Benedictus, Elgar
O salutaris hostia, Elgar
Great is the Lord, Elgar
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Elgar
Go, Song of Mine, Elgar
Seek Him that maketh the seven stars, Elgar
Light of the World, Elgar

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