Elgar - Sir John Barbirolli

Elgar - Sir John Barbirolli

0190296438424 (Warner Classics, CD, 7 discs)

Stereo/Mono
COMPILATION (25 March 2022)

Playing time: 53'57"/72'46"/66'10"/56'06"/75'51"/38'58"/73'14" - TT 437'02"
Tracks: 9 + 22 + 6 + 4 + 12 + 11 + 22
Booklet pages: 24
℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Ltd
© 2022 Parlophone Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Patrick Maxwell
Review of Elgar - Sir John Barbirolli published on 19 May 2022


Listen: I went to sleep (The Dream of Gerontius) (0190296438424 CD7 track 2, 0:00-0:57)

Jacqueline du Pré, cello (CD1, tracks 1-4)
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano (CD1 tracks 5-9, CD6 and CD7 tracks 1-18)
London Symphony Orchestra (CD1)
Richard Lewis, tenor (CD6 and CD7 tracks 1-18)
Kim Borg, bass (CD6 and CD7 tracks 1-18)
Peter Dawson, baritone (CD7 tracks 21-22)
The combined Hallé Choir and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus (CD6 and CD7 tracks 1-18)
The Ambrosian Singers (CD6 and CD7 tracks 1-18)
Allegri Quartet (Eli Goren, James Barton, Patrick Ireland, William Pleeth) (CD2 tracks 1-3)
Sinfonia of London (CD2 tracks 1-6)
Philharmonia Orchestra (CD2 tracks 7-22 and CD3)
Hallé Orchestra (CD4, CD5 tracks 7-12, CD6 and CD7 tracks 1-18)
New Philharmonia Orchestra (CD5 tracks 1-6)
unnamed orchestra (CD7 tracks 21-22)
John Barbirolli, conductor

Edward Elgar (1857-1934):

CD1

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85
1 Adagio - Moderato -
2 Lento - Allegro molto
3 Adagio
4 Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo

Sea Pictures, Op 37
5 Slumber Song (Roden Noel)
6 In Haven (Capri) (C Alice Elgar)
7 Sabbath Morning at Sea (Elizabeth Barratt Browning)
8 Where Corals Lie (Richard Garnett)
9 The Swimmer (A Lindsay Gordon)

CD2

Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op 47
1 Moderato -
2 Allegro -
3 Fugue: Allegro

Serenade in E minor, Op 20
4 Allegro piacevole
5 Larghetto
6 Allegretto - Come prima

Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma', Op 36
7 Theme: Andante
8 Variation 1: C A E (The composer's wife)
9 Variation 2: H D S-P (Hew David Steuart-Powell)
10 Variation 3: R B T (Richard Baxter Townsend)
11 Variation 4: W M B (William Meath Baker)
12 Variation 5: R P A (Richard Penrose Arnold)
13 Variation 6: Ysobel (Isobel Fitton)
14 Variation 7: Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
15 Variation 8: W N (Winifred Norbury)
16 Variation 9: Nimrod (A J Jaeger)
17 Variation 10: Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny)
18 Variation 11: G R S (George Robertson Sinclair)
19 Variation 12: B G N (Basil G Nevison)
20 Variation 13: Romanza * * * (Lady Mary Lygon)
21 Variation 14: E D U (The composer) - Finale

22 Cockaigne Overture

CD3

Symphony No 1 in A flat, Op 55
1 Andante nobilmente e semplice - Allegro
2 Allegro molto -
3 Adagio
4 Lento - Allegro

5 Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D, Op 39

6 Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G, Op 39

CD4

Symphony No 2 in E flat, Op 63
1 Allegro vivace e nobilmente
2 Larghetto
3 Rondo (Presto)
4 Moderato e maestoso

CD5

1 Froissart, Op 19

2 Pomp and Circumstance March No 2 in A minor, Op 39

3 Pomp and Circumstance March No 3 in C minor, Op 39

4 Pomp and Circumstance March No 5 in C, Op 39

5 Sospiri, Op 70

6 Elegy, Op 58

Falstaff, Op 68
7 Falstaff and Prince Henry
8 Eastcheap - Gadshill - The Boar's Head, revelry and sleep
9 Dream Interlude: Jack Falsatff [sic], now Sir John a boy and page to Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
10 Falstaff's march - The return to Gloucestershire -
11 Interlude: Gloucestershire. Shallow's orchard (Allegretto) - The new king - The hurried ride to London
12 King Henry V's progress - The repudiation of Falstaff and his death


CD6

The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38

Part One
1 Prelude
2 Jesu, Maria: I am near to death
3 So pray for me ... Kyrie eleison ... Holy Mary, pray for him
4 Rouse thee, my fainting soul
5 Be merciful
6 Sanctus fortis, sanctus Deus
7 I can no more
8 Rescue him, O Lord ... Noe from the waters
9 ... Novissima hora est
10 Proficiscere, anima Christiana
11 Go in the name of Angels and Archangels

CD7

Part Two
1 Andantino
2 I went to sleep
3 My work is done
4 It is a member of that family ... All Hail! my Child and brother
5 A presage falls
6 But hark! ... Low-born clods of brute earth
7 Dispossessed, aside thrust
8 The mind bold and independent
9 I see not these false spirits ... There was a mortal ...
10 Praise to the holiest
11 Glory to him ...But hark! A grand mysterious harmony
12 And now the threshold ... Praise for the Holiest
13 Thy judgement now is near
14 Jesu! By that shuddering dread
15 I go before my judge ... Be merciful, be gracious
16 Praise to His name! ...Take me away
17 Lord, though hast been our refuge
18 Softly and gently

19 Dream Children, Op 43 : I. Andante

20 Bavarian Dances, Op 27: II. Lullaby

Caractacus, Op 35
21 Oh! My warriors
22 Leap, leap to light (Sword Song)

Recordings from 1962-66 (stereo) and 1928-50 (mono), digitally remastered from the original tapes.