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SOMM Recordings proposes here the release of a ravishing collection of choral works by Edward Elgar, sung by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, led by director William Vann, accompanied by organist Joshua Ryan. Of the 18 featured works, six are first recordings. They traverse Elgar’s remarkable ascension from lowly lawyer’s clerk to self-taught composer to Master of the King’s Musick. And chart the impeccable fusing of his Roman Catholic heritage with the Anglican church tradition to which he contributed several masterpieces.
They also reveal what Vaughan Williams described as the "mystery and [the] miracle" of Elgar’s flowering into the music laureate of Edwardian England, as Andrew Neill, former Chairman of the Elgar Society, observes in his authoritative booklet notes. Alongside juvenilia such as the 16-year-old Elgar’s Credo on Themes from Symphonies 5, 7 and 9 by Beethoven (in James Olsen’s completion) and Drake’s Broughton, to which the 73-year-old composer would return in his Nursery-Suite, are diverse works that reveal growing confidence, including early settings of the Mass and first recordings (in English) of the Op. 2 trilogy: Jesu, word of God Incarnate, Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory and Jesu, Meek and Lowly.
The masterpiece bitonal setting of Tennyson, There is Sweet Music, one of Elgar’s self-described “choral songs”, is a highlight, alongside twin peaks of his anthem writing: O Hearken Thou (heard as the Latin motet, Intende voci orationis meae) and substantial Give Unto the Lord).
William Vann and the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea’s previous SOMM releases include In Remembrance, described by Gramophone as "almost unbearably moving", and as "an album that will have enduring value into the future" by MusicWeb International. © SOMM Recordings
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Gloria in F Major (After Mozart's K. 547) [Arr. for Soloists, Mixed Choir & Organ] (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Edward Hughes, Artist, MainArtist - Eloise Irving, Artist, MainArtist - Angus McPhee, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Rosemary Clifford, Artist, MainArtist
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Credo on Themes from Beethoven (Arr. B. Pappenheim for Soloists, Mixed Chorus & Organ) [Completed by J. Olsen] (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Edward Hughes, Artist, MainArtist - Jenni Harper, Artist, MainArtist - Clara Kanter, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Nathan Harrison, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Drakes Broughton (Arr. for Mixed Choir & Organ) (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Francis Stanfield, Lyricist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
O salutaris hostia No. 3 in F Major (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Thomas Aquinas, Lyricist - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version) (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
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Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Katy Hill, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30 (Edward Elgar)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lyricist - Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Harry Arbuthnot Acworth, Lyricist
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4 Part Songs, Op. 53 (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Alfred Tennyson, Lyricist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Psalm 68 (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Angelus, Op. 56 (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
They are at rest (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Saint John Henry Newman, Lyricist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
O Hearken Thou, Op. 64 (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ) (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Give unto the Lord, Op. 74 (Version for Mixed Chorus & Organ) (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Fear not, O land (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
I sing the birth (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - ben jonson, Lyricist - Eleanor Minney, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Stoddart, Artist, MainArtist - Jonathan Hanley, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Good Morrow (Arr. for Mixed Chorus) (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - George Gascoigne, Lyricist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ) (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - John Masefield, Lyricist - Joshua Ryan, Artist, MainArtist - Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Album review
SOMM Recordings proposes here the release of a ravishing collection of choral works by Edward Elgar, sung by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, led by director William Vann, accompanied by organist Joshua Ryan. Of the 18 featured works, six are first recordings. They traverse Elgar’s remarkable ascension from lowly lawyer’s clerk to self-taught composer to Master of the King’s Musick. And chart the impeccable fusing of his Roman Catholic heritage with the Anglican church tradition to which he contributed several masterpieces.
They also reveal what Vaughan Williams described as the "mystery and [the] miracle" of Elgar’s flowering into the music laureate of Edwardian England, as Andrew Neill, former Chairman of the Elgar Society, observes in his authoritative booklet notes. Alongside juvenilia such as the 16-year-old Elgar’s Credo on Themes from Symphonies 5, 7 and 9 by Beethoven (in James Olsen’s completion) and Drake’s Broughton, to which the 73-year-old composer would return in his Nursery-Suite, are diverse works that reveal growing confidence, including early settings of the Mass and first recordings (in English) of the Op. 2 trilogy: Jesu, word of God Incarnate, Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory and Jesu, Meek and Lowly.
The masterpiece bitonal setting of Tennyson, There is Sweet Music, one of Elgar’s self-described “choral songs”, is a highlight, alongside twin peaks of his anthem writing: O Hearken Thou (heard as the Latin motet, Intende voci orationis meae) and substantial Give Unto the Lord).
William Vann and the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea’s previous SOMM releases include In Remembrance, described by Gramophone as "almost unbearably moving", and as "an album that will have enduring value into the future" by MusicWeb International. © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:37
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
- Composer: Edward Elgar
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
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