Martyn Brabbins - Elgar: Caractacus (2019) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Martyn Brabbins
Title: Elgar: Caractacus
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:36:02
Total Size: 397 MB / 1.59 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Elgar: Caractacus
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:36:02
Total Size: 397 MB / 1.59 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc: 1
1. Watchmen, Alert!
2. Watchmen, Alert! The King Is Here
3. Father! Sire and King
4. At Eve to the Greenwood
5. On the Ocean and the River
6. Rest, Weary Monarch
7. Tread the Mystic Circle Round
8. Invocation: Lord of Dread, and Lord of Pow'r
9. Bard, What Read Ye?
10. Leap, Leap to Light
11. Hence, Ere the Druid's Wrath Is Woke
12. Introduction: The Woodland Interlude
13. Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs
14. O'er-arch'd By Leaves
15. Last Night Beneath the Sacred Oak
16. Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs
Disc: 2
1. Wild Rumours Shake Our Calm Retreat
2. When the Glow of the Evening
3. We Were Gather'd By the River
4. Lament: O My Warriors
5. Captive Britons, See Them!
6. Processional Music: The March Triumphal Thunders
7. Unbind His Hands
8. Heap Torment Upon Torment
9. Slay, Slay the Briton
10. I Plead Not for Myself
11. Grace from the Roman!
12. The Clang of Arms Is Over
The centuries do indeed roll away as the libretto addresses questions of empireRoman and Victorianand Britains place in the world. But that shouldnt detract from the music; this is simply glorious and worthy of the mature Elgar.