Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35

Huddersfield Choral Society, Edward Elgar, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

28 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 36 MINUTES • MAR 29 2019

1

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 1, Watchmen, Alert! (Chorus) –

Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

05:51

2

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 2, Watchmen, Alert! the King Is Here (Caractacus/Sentries) –

The Orchestra Of Opera North, Roland Wood, Martyn Brabbins, Huddersfield Choral Society & Edward Elgar

05:52

3

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 3, Father! Sire and King (Eigen/Caractacus/Orbin/Sentries) –

Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Martyn Brabbins, Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Roland Wood & Edward Elgar

02:33

4

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 4, At Eve to the Greenwood (Eigen) –

Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

02:36

5

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 5, On the Ocean and the River (Eigen/Orbin/Caractacus) –

Roland Wood, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

02:45

6

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 6, Rest, Weary Monarch (Spirits of the Hill)

Martyn Brabbins, Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

02:57

7

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 1, Tread the Mystic Circle Round (Arch-Druid/Druids/Druid Maidens) –

The Orchestra Of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society, Christopher Purves, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

04:28

8

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 2, Invocation. Lord of Dread, and Lord of Pow'r (Chorus/Arch-Druid) –

Martyn Brabbins, Christopher Purves, Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

02:25

9

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 3, Bard, What Read Ye? (Arch-Druid/Orbin/Caractacus/Druids/Druid Maidens) –

Roland Wood, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Christopher Purves, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Huddersfield Choral Society & Edward Elgar

07:08

10

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 4, Leap, Leap to Light (Caractacus/Soldiers/Orbin/Arch-Druid) –

Roland Wood, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins, Huddersfield Choral Society, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Christopher Purves & Edward Elgar

04:46

11

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 5, Hence, Ere the Druid's Wrath Is Woke (Druids/Druid Maidens/Orbin/Soldiers)

Elgan Llyr Thomas, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society & Edward Elgar

03:23

12

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 1, Introduction. The Woodland Interlude

The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

01:51

13

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 2, Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs (Youths/Maidens) –

The Orchestra Of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

01:09

14

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 3, O'er-arch'd by Leaves (Eigen/Orbin) –

Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

03:33

15

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 4, Last Night Beneath the Sacred Oak (Orbin) –

Elgan Llyr Thomas, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

01:32

16

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 5, Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs – They Gather the Wreaths (Youths/Maidens/Orbin/Eigen)

Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

05:19

17

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 1, Wild Rumours Shake Our Calm Retreat (Maidens) –

Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

02:24

18

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 2, When the Glow of the Evening (Eigen/Maidens) –

Elizabeth Llewellyn, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

02:12

19

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 3, We Were Gather'd by the River (Soldiers) –

Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

02:10

20

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 4, Lament. O My Warriors (Caractacus/Chorus)

Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins, Roland Wood & Edward Elgar

04:11

21

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 5: No. 5, Captive Britons, See Them! (A Bard/Druid Maidens) –

Christopher Purves, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins, Huddersfield Choral Society & Edward Elgar

03:51

22

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 1, Processional Music. The March Triumphal Thunders (Chorus)

Martyn Brabbins, Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

07:04

23

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 2, Unbind His Hands (Claudius) –

Alastair Miles, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

01:11

24

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 3, Heap Torment upon Torment (Caractacus/Eigen/Orbin) –

Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins, Roland Wood & Edward Elgar

04:46

25

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 4, Slay, Slay the Briton! (Roman Citizens/Claudius) –

Alastair Miles, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North & Edward Elgar

00:35

26

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 5, I Plead Not for Myself (Caractacus/Orbin/Eigen/Roman Citizens/Claudius) –

Elgan Llyr Thomas, Alastair Miles, Roland Wood, Huddersfield Choral Society, Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins & Edward Elgar

02:33

27

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 6, Grace from the Roman! (Eigen/Orbin/Caractacus/Claudius) –

Martyn Brabbins, Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Roland Wood, Alastair Miles & Edward Elgar

02:26

28

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 7, The Clang of Arms Is Over (Chorus)

Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society & Edward Elgar

04:51

℗© 2019 Hyperion Records Limited