The Dream of Gerontius

Album by Edward Elgar & Sir Adrian Boult

The Dream of Gerontius is an oratorio by English composer Sir Edward Elgar, premiered in 1900. The work pairs large-scale chorus, soloists and orchestra in a late-Romantic idiom characterised by rich orchestration and expressive vocal writing, and it occupies a central place in Elgar's output as a major sacred work that contributed to the revitalisation of the English choral tradition around the turn of the twentieth century.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Music Makers op. 69: (Moderato e nobilmente)
    3:28
  2. 2.
    The Music Makers op. 69: We are the music makers
    1:57
  3. 3.
    The Music Makers op. 69: With wonderful deathless ditties
    1:41
  4. 4.
    The Music Makers op. 69: We, in the ages lying
    3:58
  5. 5.
    The Music Makers op. 69: A breath of our inspiration
    4:00
  6. 6.
    The Music Makers op. 69: They had no vision amazing
    3:20
  7. 7.
    The Music Makers op. 69: And therefore to-day is thrilling
    4:27
  8. 8.
    The Music Makers op. 69: But we, with our dreaming and singing
    3:31
  9. 9.
    The Music Makers op. 69: For we are afar with the dawning
    2:37
  10. 10.
    The music makers op. 69 (1986 digital remaster): Great hail! We cry to the comers
    8:58
  11. 11.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Prelude
    9:38
  12. 12.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Jesu maria, I am near to death (Gerontius)
    3:05
  13. 13.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
    2:07
  14. 14.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius)
    0:51
  15. 15.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)
    2:59
  16. 16.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Sanctus fortis, santus deus (Gerontius)
    5:20
  17. 17.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: I can no more; For now it comes again (Gerontius)
    2:41
  18. 18.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Rescue him, o lord (Chorus)
    1:56
  19. 19.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Novissima hora est (Gerontius)
    1:22
  20. 20.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Proficiscere, anima christiana (Priest)
    2:02
  21. 21.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 1: Go in the name of angels (Chorus)
    5:01

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: I went to sleep (Soul of gerontius)
    5:54
  2. 3.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: My work is done (Angel)
    3:06
  3. 4.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: All hail! My child (Soul, angel)
    6:30
  4. 5.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Low-born clods of brute earth (Chorus)
    2:01
  5. 6.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: It is the restless panting of their being (Angel)
    0:18
  6. 7.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: The mind bold and independent (Chorus)
    2:19
  7. 8.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: I see not those false spirits (Soul, angel)
    3:29
  8. 9.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Praise to the holiest (Chorus)
    3:15
  9. 10.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: The sound is like the rushing of the wind (Soul)
    0:17
  10. 11.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Glory to him (Chorus)
    0:32
  11. 12.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: They sing of thy approaching agony (Angel, soul)
    0:51
  12. 13.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony (Soul)
    0:58
  13. 14.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: And now the threshold (Angel)
    0:24
  14. 15.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Praise to the holiest (Chorus)
    7:56
  15. 16.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Thy judgement now is near (Angel, soul)
    2:33
  16. 17.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Jesu! By that shuddering dread (Angel)
    4:23
  17. 18.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Be merciful, be gracious (Chorus)
    0:39
  18. 19.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Praise to his name! (Angel)
    1:36
  19. 20.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Take me away (Soul)
    3:41
  20. 21.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Chorus)
    1:55
  21. 22.
    The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part 2: Softly and gently (Angel)
    7:02

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