London Symphony Chorus, Vernon Handley, Stephen Westrop - Elgar: Choral Songs & Partsongs (1998)

Tracklist

01. 2 Choral Songs, Op. 71: I. The Shower
02. 2 Choral Songs, Op. 71: II. The Fountain
03. My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land, Op. 18 No. 3
04. 5 Partsongs from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45: I. Yea, Cast Me from Heights of the Mountains
05. 5 Partsongs from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45: II. Whether I Find Thee
06. 5 Partsongs from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45: III. After Many a Dusty Mile
07. 5 Partsongs from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45: IV. It's Oh to Be a Wild Wind
08. 5 Partsongs from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45: V. Feasting I Watch
09. Death On The Hills, Op. 72
10. Go, Song of Mine, Op. 57
11. The Wanderer
12. Zut, Zut, Zut
13. 2 Choral Songs, Op. 73: I. Love's Tempest
14. 2 Choral Songs, Op. 73: II. Serenade
15. 4 Choral Songs, Op. 53: I. There Is Sweet Music
16. 4 Choral Songs, Op. 53: II. Deep in My Soul
17. 4 Choral Songs, Op. 53: III. O Wild West Wind
18. 4 Choral Songs, Op. 53: IV. Owls, an Epitaph
19. The Reveille, Op. 54
20. The Herald
21. Weary Wind of the West
22. Evening Scene
23. The Prince of Sleep

Elgar's greatest part-songs were written specifically for the competition festival movement and he produced them more or less throughout his career, the first to be published being My love dwelt in a Northern land, from 1890 (marking the beginning of his association with the publishers Novello). But it was realized that the term 'part-song' might cause people to underestimate their size and quality so by 1914 they were being described as 'choral songs'. Their scale and range vary enormously.

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