Utwory na płycie:

• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 1 #1 Watchmen, Alert!
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 1 #2 Watchmen, Alert! The King Is Here
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 1 #3 Father! Sire & King
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 1 #4 At Eve To The Greenwood
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 1 #5 On The Ocean & The River
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 1 #6 Rest, Weary Monarch
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 2 #1 Tread The Mystic Circle Round
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 2 #2 Lord Of Dread
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 2 #3 Bard, What Read Ye?
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 2 #4 Leap, Leap To Light
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 2 #5 Hence, Ere The Druid's Wrath
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 3 #1 The Woodland Interlude
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 3 #2 Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 3 #3 O'er-Arch'd By Leaves
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 3 #4 Last Night Beneath The Sacred Oak
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 3 #5 Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 4 #1 Wild Rumours Shake
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 4 #2 When The Glow Of The Evening
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 4 #3 We Were Gather'd By The River
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 4 #4 O My Warriors
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 5 Captive Britons, See Them!
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 6 #1 The March Triumphal Thunders
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 6 #2 Unbind His Hands
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 6 #3 Heap Torment Upon Torment
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 6 #4 Slay, Slay The Briton!
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 6 #5 I Plead Not For Myself
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 6 #6 Grace From The Roman!
• Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35 - Sc. 6 #7 The Clang Of Arms Is Over

Caractacus
Op. 35

The centuries do indeed ‘roll away’ as the libretto addresses questions of empire Roman and Victorian and Britain’s place in the world. But that shouldn’t detract from the music; this is simply glorious and worthy of the mature Elgar.

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Recorded in Huddersfield Town Hall, on 11-13 April 2018.