The Music Makers / The Spirit of England - Elgar; Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis

The Music Makers / The Spirit of England

Album by Elgar; Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis

Released 2 November 2018

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1
The Music Makers, op. 69: Moderato e nobilmente — Tranquillo e cantabile — Tempo I — Più tranquillo —
Edward Elgar
3:21
2
The Music Makers, op. 69: Chorus: “We are the music makers”. Larghetto — Come prima —
Edward Elgar
1:59
3
The Music Makers, op. 69: Chorus: “With wonderful deathless ditties”. Allegro — Animato — Vivace — Tempo I — Stringendo molto — Più lento —
Edward Elgar
1:47
4
The Music Makers, op. 69: Chorus: “We, in the ages lying”. Allegretto — Maestoso — (Giocoso) — Stringendo molto — Con fuoco — Maestoso — Poco animato — Moderato — Più lento —
Edward Elgar
3:29
5
The Music Makers, op. 69: Chorus: “A breath of our inspiration”. Molto tranquillo — Poco animato — Allegretto — Poco più mosso — Poco più animato — Più allegro ma maestoso — Grandioso —
Edward Elgar
4:04
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The Music Makers, op. 69: Contralto: “They had no vision amazing”. Lento, quasi recitativo — Più lento — Lento — Contralto and Chorus: “But on one man’s soul it hath broken”. Solenne —
Edward Elgar
3:20
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The Music Makers, op. 69: Contralto and Chorus: “And therefore to-day is thrilling”. Allegro molto — Maestoso — Nobilmente — Tranquillo — Lento espressivo —
Edward Elgar
4:42
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The Music Makers, op. 69: Chorus: “But we, with our dreaming and singing”. Andantino — Chorus: “For we are afar with the dawning”. Come prima — Tempo I. Con fuoco — Allegro — Più lento —
Edward Elgar
5:44
9
The Music Makers, op. 69: Contralto: “Great hail! we cry to the comers”. Allegro — Andantino — Poco più mosso — Chorus: “Oh men! it must ever be”. [Poco più mosso] — Contralto: “You shall teach us your song’s new numbers”. [Poco più mosso] — Poco più mosso — Contralto: “Yea, in spite of a dreamer who slumbers”. Molto lento — Più lento — Chorus: “We are the music makers”. Come prima, ma più lento
Edward Elgar
8:17
10
The Spirit of England, op. 80: I. The Fourth of August: Moderato e maestoso — “Now in thy splendour go before us”. Grandioso — “The cares we hugged drop out of vision”. Poco più mosso — “Among the nations nobliest chartered”. Lento — Tempo I — “She fights the fraud that feeds desire”. Più mosso — “Endure, O Earth! and thou, awaken”. Tempo I (poco più lento) — “O wronged, untameable, unshaken”. Più lento — “Now in thy splendour go before us”. Nobilmente e grandioso, come prima — Più lento
Edward Elgar
6:53
11
The Spirit of England, op. 80: II. To Women: “Your hearts are lifted up”. Moderato — “Swift, swifter than those hawks of war”. Sempre animato — “And not a shot comes blind with death”. Più tranquillo — Tempo I — “Amid the thunder of the guns”. Animato — “Your hope, your dread, your throbbing pride”. Tempo I, molto largamente — [ ] — “Burningly offered up”. Tempo I
Edward Elgar
5:51
12
The Spirit of England, op. 80: III. For the Fallen: “With proud thanksgiving”. Solenne — “Death august and royal”. Nobilmente — Allegro (tempo di Marcia) — “They went with songs to the battle”. Giusto ed accentato — “They shall not grow old”. Moderato (Tempo I) — “But where our desires are and our hopes profound”. Quasi recitativo — “As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust”. Sostenuto — “Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain”. Grandioso
Edward Elgar
12:21