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Edward Elgar disapproved of the term "oratorio" for The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, even though it seems to fit the criteria for the term. In this reading by Daniel Barenboim, the Staatskapelle Berlin, a pair of massed top German choirs, and fine soloists, Elgar's caution seems to be borne out: the work emerges as positively operatic, with impressive results. The soloists are English, the conductor Argentine-Israeli-Palestinian, but this is at heart a German Traum des Gerontius, appropriate in view of the fact that it was the Germans who first appreciated and did justice to this work that has so long been thought of as purely English. Barenboim's conception of the piece is intensely dramatic, with very deliberate, stately slow sections, such as the opening Prelude, heavy in a good way. The soloists take their place in the work naturally: there was disappointment in 2016 when the star tenor Jonas Kaufmann had to cancel and was replaced by Andrew Staples as Gerontius, but the coherence of the performance may have thereby improved. The Staatsopernchor Berlin and RIAS Kammerchor are the real stars of the show: coaxed by Barenboim into chilling mockery in the Demons' chorus and into resplendent beauty in "Praise to the Holiest in the Height." Decca's live sound from the Philharmonie in Berlin is very fine, with superb dynamic range. The end result is a recording that captures both the work's mysticism and its mighty choral festival face. Strongly recommended.
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The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Thomas Hampson, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Thomas Hampson, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Thomas Hampson, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Andrew Staples, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Edward Elgar, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - RIAS Kammerchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Henry Newman, Author - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer, Recording Producer - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Staatsopernchor Berlin, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Nattkemper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
Album review
Edward Elgar disapproved of the term "oratorio" for The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, even though it seems to fit the criteria for the term. In this reading by Daniel Barenboim, the Staatskapelle Berlin, a pair of massed top German choirs, and fine soloists, Elgar's caution seems to be borne out: the work emerges as positively operatic, with impressive results. The soloists are English, the conductor Argentine-Israeli-Palestinian, but this is at heart a German Traum des Gerontius, appropriate in view of the fact that it was the Germans who first appreciated and did justice to this work that has so long been thought of as purely English. Barenboim's conception of the piece is intensely dramatic, with very deliberate, stately slow sections, such as the opening Prelude, heavy in a good way. The soloists take their place in the work naturally: there was disappointment in 2016 when the star tenor Jonas Kaufmann had to cancel and was replaced by Andrew Staples as Gerontius, but the coherence of the performance may have thereby improved. The Staatsopernchor Berlin and RIAS Kammerchor are the real stars of the show: coaxed by Barenboim into chilling mockery in the Demons' chorus and into resplendent beauty in "Praise to the Holiest in the Height." Decca's live sound from the Philharmonie in Berlin is very fine, with superb dynamic range. The end result is a recording that captures both the work's mysticism and its mighty choral festival face. Strongly recommended.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:33:57
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Catherine Wyn-Rogers
- Composer: Edward Elgar
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2017 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc ℗ 2017 Daniel Barenboim and Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Oberhaching
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