2x CD (1986 Digital Remaster)

The Dream of Gerontius

Album by Sir Edward Elgar; Sir Adrian Boult

Released 5 October 1998

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    The Music Makers op. 69: (Moderato e nobilmente)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:28
  • 2
    The Music Makers op. 69: We are the music makers
    Sir Edward Elgar
    1:57
  • 3
    The Music Makers op. 69: With wonderful deathless ditties
    Sir Edward Elgar
    1:41
  • 4
    The Music Makers op. 69: We, in the ages lying
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:58
  • 5
    The Music Makers op. 69: A breath of our inspiration
    Sir Edward Elgar
    4:00
  • 6
    The Music Makers op. 69: They had no vision amazing
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:20
  • 7
    The Music Makers op. 69: And therefore to-day is thrilling
    Sir Edward Elgar
    4:27
  • 8
    The Music Makers op. 69: But we, with our dreaming and singing
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:31
  • 9
    The Music Makers op. 69: For we are afar with the dawning
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:37
  • 10
    The music makers op. 69 (1986 digital remaster): Great hail! We cry to the comers
    Sir Edward Elgar
    8:58
  • 11
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Prelude
    Sir Edward Elgar
    9:38
  • 12
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Jesu maria, I am near to death (Gerontius)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:05
  • 13
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:07
  • 14
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:51
  • 15
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:59
  • 16
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Sanctus fortis, santus deus (Gerontius)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    5:20
  • 17
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: I can no more; For now it comes again (Gerontius)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:41
  • 18
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Rescue him, o lord (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    1:56
  • 19
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Novissima hora est (Gerontius)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    1:22
  • 20
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Proficiscere, anima christiana (Priest)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:02
  • 21
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Go in the name of angels (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    5:01
  • CD 2
  • 1
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: I went to sleep (Soul of gerontius)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    5:54
  • 2
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: My work is done (Angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:06
  • 3
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: All hail! My child (Soul, angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    6:30
  • 4
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:01
  • 5
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: It is the restless panting of their being (Angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:18
  • 6
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: The mind bold and independent (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:19
  • 7
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: I see not those false spirits (Soul, angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:29
  • 8
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Praise to the holiest (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:15
  • 9
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: The sound is like the rushing of the wind (Soul)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:17
  • 10
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Glory to him (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:32
  • 11
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: They sing of thy approaching agony (Angel, soul)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:51
  • 12
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony (Soul)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:58
  • 13
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: And now the threshold (Angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:24
  • 14
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Praise to the holiest (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    7:56
  • 15
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Thy judgement now is near (Angel, soul)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    2:33
  • 16
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (Angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    4:23
  • 17
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    0:39
  • 18
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Praise to his name! (Angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    1:36
  • 19
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Take me away (Soul)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    3:41
  • 20
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Chorus)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    1:55
  • 21
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Softly and gently (Angel)
    Sir Edward Elgar
    7:02

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