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Elgar - Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf
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Special offer. Elgar: King Olaf
RecommendedEmily Birsan (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Collegium Musicum Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Sir Andrew Davis
there's nothing stilted about Elgar's music: it crackles with confident vitality...the Norwegian choruses respond with crisp vigour and superb English diction, only faintly (and appropriately)... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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A German choir performing Elgar’s partsongs in English? Doubts dissolve mere seconds into From the Bavarian Highlands, where the infectious pointing of dance rhythms in the opening song of the... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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The Dream of Gerontius is notable for the singing of Richard Lewis – his New York debut – freer than in his later studio recording. Even more impressive is the Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Archive Issue of the Month
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals (Live)
Jennifer Dobrenz, David Kalinoff, The St. Olaf Band, Timothy Mahr
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A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 14
Patrick de Hooge (piano), Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano), Jean Martin (piano), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Eduard Tumagian (baritone), Maria Kliegel (cello), Matthew Best (bass-baritone), Sarah Fryer (mezzo-soprano), William Kendall (tenor), Neville...
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The Sweet and Merry Month - Music For May Morning
The Clock of Magdalen College, Oxford, Max Thomas (treble), Benjamin Seward (treble), Luke Rowe (treble), Henry Isaacs (treble), Leo Dolan (treble), Myron Buist (treble), Benjamin Watkins (bass), Sebastian Hill (tenor), Milo Hodgkiss (tenor), Matthew Pope (tenor), Samuel Thyr (alto), Owen Huxford...
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The Reeds By Severn Side
Choral Music By Edward Elgar
Joshua Ryan, Eloise Irving, Rosemary Clifford, Edward Hughes, Angus McPhee, Jenni Harper, Clara Kanter, Nathan Harrison, Katy Hill, Eleanor Minney, Jonathan Hanley, Thomas Stoddart, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann
All told, this is another feather in the cap for the increasingly impressive Vann-Royal Hospital Chelsea partnership. —
