Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:31:17 minutes | 1,59 GB | Genre: Classical
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“This is the best of me,” wrote Edward Elgar in 1900 at the end of the manuscript of The Dream of Gerontius. This impressive and modern new recording of Elgar’s magnum opus by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, features mezzo-soprano Christine Rice, tenor John Findon, and baritone Roderick Williams, along with singers from five different choirs: Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante, Helsinki Chamber Choir, and the Alumni of the Choir of Clare College Cambridge.

The Dream of Gerontius is a setting of extracts from the visionary poem of the same title by John Henry Newman (1801–90), a leading theologian and academic at Oxford University, as well as a priest. Newman was made a Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1879, beatified in 2010 by Benedict XIV, and canonised by Pope Francis nine years later.

Tracklist:

01. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part I: Prelude (09:49)
02. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part I: Jesu, Maria – I am near to death (05:52)
03. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (03:39)
04. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (07:07)
05. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part I: Rescue him, O Lord (03:17)
06. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part I: Proficiscere, anima Christiana (06:16)
07. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: I went to sleep (06:03)
08. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: My work is done (08:01)
09. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: But hark! upon my sense (05:20)
10. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: I see not those false spirits (03:19)
11. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: Praise to the Holiest (11:52)
12. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: Thy judgement now is near (03:08)
13. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (03:57)
14. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: I go before my Judge (05:55)
15. Christine Rice, John Findon, Roderick Williams, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon – Elgar: Part II: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (07:35)

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