Elgar / Davis,Sir Colin - Dream of Gerontius - COMPACT DISCS [CD]
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• Excerpted from a Q&A with the late Colin Davis...Q Sir Colin, Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius is very popular in the UK but heard less often inGermany. Why do you think that is?A That is hard to explain. As a young man, Elgar was quite famous in Germany. The work was performedin Dusseldorf.• Richard Strauss attended, and acknowledged the work's significance.• Perhaps Gerontius is less well known because the text appears to have come straight from the Vatican.• This work also addresses the issue of dying. If you think what it must be like on your deathbed, you startto dream - that is Gerontius' dream. Album Tracks 1. 01. Prelude 2. 02. Jesu, Maria 3. 03. Kyrie Eleison 4. 04. Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul 5. 05. Be Merciful, Be Gracious 6. 06. Sanctus Fortis 7. 07. I Can No More 8. 08. Rescue Him, O Lord 9. 09. Novissima Hora Est 10. 10. Proficiscere, Anima, Christiana 11. 11. Go, in the Name of Angels 1. 01. Introduction 2. 02. I Went to Sleep 3. 03. My Work Is Done 4. 04. All Hail, My Child and Brother, Hail! 5. 05. Low Born Clods of Brute Earth 6. 06. It Is the Restless Panting of Their Being 7. 07. the Mind Bold and Independent 8. 08. I See Not Those False Spirits 9. 09. Praise to the Holiest 10. 10. the Sound Is Like the Rushing of the Wind 11. 11. Glory to Him 12. 12. the Sign of Thy Approaching Agony 13. 13. But Hark! a Grand Mysterious Harmony 14. 14. And Now the Threshold As We Traverse It 15. 15. Praise to the Holiest in the Height 16. 16. the Judgement Now Is Near 17. 17. Jesu! By That Shuddering Dread Which Fell on Thee 18. 18. Be Merciful, Be Gracious 19. 19. Praise to His Name 20. 20. Take Me Away 21. 21. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 22. 22. Softly and Gently, Dearly-Ransomed 23. 23. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 24. 24. Praise to the Holiest
- GenreClassicalDescription• Excerpted from a Q&A with the late Colin Davis...Q Sir Colin, Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius is very popular in the UK but heard less often inGermany. Why do you think that is?A That is hard to explain. As a young man, Elgar was quite famous in Germany. The work was performedin Dusseldorf.• Richard Strauss attended, and acknowledged the work's significance.• Perhaps Gerontius is less well known because the text appears to have come straight from the Vatican.• This work also addresses the issue of dying. If you think what it must be like on your deathbed, you startto dream - that is Gerontius' dream. Album Tracks 1. 01. Prelude 2. 02. Jesu, Maria 3. 03. Kyrie Eleison 4. 04. Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul 5. 05. Be Merciful, Be Gracious 6. 06. Sanctus Fortis 7. 07. I Can No More 8. 08. Rescue Him, O Lord 9. 09. Novissima Hora Est 10. 10. Proficiscere, Anima, Christiana 11. 11. Go, in the Name of Angels 1. 01. Introduction 2. 02. I Went to Sleep 3. 03. My Work Is Done 4. 04. All Hail, My Child and Brother, Hail! 5. 05. Low Born Clods of Brute Earth 6. 06. It Is the Restless Panting of Their Being 7. 07. the Mind Bold and Independent 8. 08. I See Not Those False Spirits 9. 09. Praise to the Holiest 10. 10. the Sound Is Like the Rushing of the Wind 11. 11. Glory to Him 12. 12. the Sign of Thy Approaching Agony 13. 13. But Hark! a Grand Mysterious Harmony 14. 14. And Now the Threshold As We Traverse It 15. 15. Praise to the Holiest in the Height 16. 16. the Judgement Now Is Near 17. 17. Jesu! By That Shuddering Dread Which Fell on Thee 18. 18. Be Merciful, Be Gracious 19. 19. Praise to His Name 20. 20. Take Me Away 21. 21. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 22. 22. Softly and Gently, Dearly-Ransomed 23. 23. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 24. 24. Praise to the HoliestArtistELGAR / DAVIS,SIR COLINTitleDream of GerontiusFormatCDLabelProfil - G Haenssler
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• Excerpted from a Q&A with the late Colin Davis...Q Sir Colin, Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius is very popular in the UK but heard less often inGermany. Why do you think that is?A That is hard to explain. As a young man, Elgar was quite famous in Germany. The work was performedin Dusseldorf.• Richard Strauss attended, and acknowledged the work's significance.• Perhaps Gerontius is less well known because the text appears to have come straight from the Vatican.• This work also addresses the issue of dying. If you think what it must be like on your deathbed, you startto dream - that is Gerontius' dream. Album Tracks 1. 01. Prelude 2. 02. Jesu, Maria 3. 03. Kyrie Eleison 4. 04. Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul 5. 05. Be Merciful, Be Gracious 6. 06. Sanctus Fortis 7. 07. I Can No More 8. 08. Rescue Him, O Lord 9. 09. Novissima Hora Est 10. 10. Proficiscere, Anima, Christiana 11. 11. Go, in the Name of Angels 1. 01. Introduction 2. 02. I Went to Sleep 3. 03. My Work Is Done 4. 04. All Hail, My Child and Brother, Hail! 5. 05. Low Born Clods of Brute Earth 6. 06. It Is the Restless Panting of Their Being 7. 07. the Mind Bold and Independent 8. 08. I See Not Those False Spirits 9. 09. Praise to the Holiest 10. 10. the Sound Is Like the Rushing of the Wind 11. 11. Glory to Him 12. 12. the Sign of Thy Approaching Agony 13. 13. But Hark! a Grand Mysterious Harmony 14. 14. And Now the Threshold As We Traverse It 15. 15. Praise to the Holiest in the Height 16. 16. the Judgement Now Is Near 17. 17. Jesu! By That Shuddering Dread Which Fell on Thee 18. 18. Be Merciful, Be Gracious 19. 19. Praise to His Name 20. 20. Take Me Away 21. 21. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 22. 22. Softly and Gently, Dearly-Ransomed 23. 23. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 24. 24. Praise to the Holiest
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