Cambridge University Chamber Choir, Iain Farrington and Christopher Robinson - Elgar: Part-Songs (2008)

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Title: Elgar: Part-Songs
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:15:30
Total Size: 245 MB
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There is Sweet Music - Deep in my Soul - O Wild West Wind - 6 The Prince of Sleep - Love’s Tempest - Evening Scene... / Iain Farrington, piano - Chœur de chambre de l'Université de Cambridge - Christopher Robinson, direction


Tracklist:

4 Choral songs, Op. 53 -
01. No. 1, There Is Sweet Music - [04:46]
02. No. 2, Deep in my Soul - [04:07]
03. No. 3, O Wild West Wind! - [03:28]
04. No. 4, Owls (an Epitaph) - [03:21]Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: As Torrents in Summer -
05. As Torrents in Summer - [02:17]
06. The Prince of Sleep - [04:55]
2 Choral songs, Op. 71 -
07. No. 1, The Shower - [02:39]
08. No. 2, The Fountain - [03:36]09. My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land, Op. 18 No. 3 - [04:31]
10. Death on the Hills, Op. 72 - [04:06]
2 Choral songs, Op. 73 -
11. No. 1, Love's Tempest - [03:02]
12. No. 2, Serenade - [02:05]13. Evening Scene - [03:33]
14. Go, Song of Mine, Op. 57 - [04:58]
Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27 -
15. No. 1, The Dance (Version for choir and orchestra) - [03:56]
16. No. 2, False Love (Version for choir and orchestra) - [03:55]
17. No. 3, Lullaby (Version for choir and orchestra) - [03:36]
18. No. 4, Aspiration (Version for choir and orchestra) - [03:00]
19. No. 5, On the Alm (Version for choir and orchestra) - [03:44]
20. No. 6, The Marksmen (Version for choir and orchestra) - [06:04]

When Elgar's popular steamy song My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land was published in 1890, the market for such works was created by the competitive festival movement, which itself was fueled by a huge increase in the number of choirs. This wide selection includes some of Elgar's best songs, including his most famous work in the genre As Torrents in Summer, which boasts a catchy melody, the highly original and chromatic Owls, probably the strangest Elgar has ever created, and the ambitious and tonal There is Sweet Music, which the composer himself described as "clinker and the best thing I've done."