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Elgar - The Spirit of England, Op. 80
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Special offer. Elgar: Coronation Ode & The Spirit of England
Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Collins (contralto), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass)
Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight. —
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Elgar: The Spirit of England, Carillon & With Proud Thanksgiving
Judith Howarth (soprano), Simon Callow (speaker)
London Symphony Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Paul’s, John Wilson, Ben Palmer
Throughout the programme Wilson proves himself to be a very successful and sensitive Elgarian. In the bombastic sections he is willing to give the orchestra their head but more impressively... —
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Special offer. Elgar: The Music Makers & The Spirit of England
Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis and his forces, especially Sarah Connolly and Andrew Staples (why is this wonderful tenor so little recorded?), give their all and one can’t imagine their being performed more... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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Edward Elgar - The Spirit of England
Susan Gritton (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Iain Farrington (organ)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, David Lloyd-Jones
Lloyd-Jones conducts a powerful performance, bitingly dramatic in 'The Fourth of August', with the chorus in superb form...Susan Gritton sings brightly and with clarity...a fascinating disc,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Choral
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For the fallen: Elgar & Bax
Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Joshua Ellicott (narrator), Jennifer France (soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Sir Mark Elder
Elgar’s beautifully imagined score [of A Voice in the Wilderness] is graced with two very fine performances, from Joshua Ellicott’s narrator (his delivery and accent are pitched exactly right),... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Elgar: Coronation Ode & The Spirit of England
Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Collins, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
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Choral Evensong from Liverpool Cathedral
Daniel Bishop, Martyn Noble (organ)
Choir of Liverpool Cathedral, David Poulter
Choral evensong is not often performed on such a grand scale as this...while the boys are direct and focused, even enthusiastically gutsy at times, the girls produce a consistently softer, reticent,... —
