The Dream of Gerontius

Album by Edward Elgar & Dame Janet Baker & John Mitchinson & John Shirley‐Quirk & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle

The Dream of Gerontius is an oratorio by English composer Edward Elgar, premiered in 1900. The work employs late-Romantic orchestration, expansive choral writing and introspective solo passages to explore theological and existential themes, and it established Elgar's reputation as a leading figure in late-Romantic English music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Prelude
    10:18
  2. 2.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius)
    3:18
  3. 3.
    The Dream of Gerontius: So pray for me... Kyrie eleison... Holy Mary, pray for him (Gerontius, semi-chorus, chorus)
    2:45
  4. 4.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Rouse thee, my fainting soul... Be merciful (Gerontius, chorus)
    3:50
  5. 5.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius)
    4:52
  6. 6.
    The Dream of Gerontius: I can no more (Gerontius)
    5:58
  7. 7.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Proficiscere, anima Christiana (Priest)
    6:32

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Dream of Gerontius: (Andantino)
    1:50
  2. 3.
    The Dream of Gerontius: I went to sleep (Soul of Gerontius)
    2:58
  3. 4.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Another marvel... My work is done (Soul, Angel)
    3:35
  4. 5.
    The Dream of Gerontius: It is a member of that family (Soul, Angel)
    6:03
  5. 6.
    The Dream of Gerontius: But hark!... Low-born clods of brute earth (Soul, Angel, chorus)
    1:32
  6. 7.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Dispossessed, aside thrust (chorus)
    3:43
  7. 8.
    The Dream of Gerontius: I see not those false spirits (Soul, Angel)
    2:06
  8. 9.
    The Dream of Gerontius: There was a mortal... Praise to the holiest (Angel, semi-chorus, chorus, Soul)
    5:38
  9. 10.
    The Dream of Gerontius: But hark! a grand mysterious harmony (Soul, Angel, chorus)
    8:07
  10. 11.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Thy judgment now is near (Angel, Soul)
    3:15
  11. 12.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Jesu! by that shuddering dread (Angel of the Agony, Soul, semi-chorus, chorus)
    5:52
  12. 13.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Praise to His Name!... Take me away (Angel, Soul, chorus)
    5:46
  13. 14.
    The Dream of Gerontius: Softly and gently (Angel, chorus, semi-chorus)
    7:04

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