The Dream of Gerontius

Album by Edward Elgar & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Waynflete Singers & William Kendall & Matthew Best & Sarah Fryer & David Hill

The Dream of Gerontius is an oratorio by English composer Edward Elgar, completed in 1900. The work is a large-scale late-Romantic choral-orchestral setting of a religious poem, notable for its expansive orchestration and demanding solo and choral writing, and it played a prominent role in establishing Elgar's reputation within the early 20th-century English choral tradition.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Dream of Gerontius. Part I: Prelude
    9:57
  2. 2.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part I: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (Gerontius)
    5:31
  3. 3.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part I: Rouse thee, my fainting soul (Gerontius)
    4:02
  4. 4.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part I: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius)
    10:34
  5. 5.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part I: Proficiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest and assistants)
    6:26

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: I went to sleep
    8:41
  2. 3.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: It is a member of that family
    5:57
  3. 4.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: But hark! Upon my senses comes a fierce hubbub
    5:06
  4. 5.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: I see not those false spirits
    7:51
  5. 6.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony (Soul of Gerontius)
    8:53
  6. 7.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: Thy judgement now is near (Angel)
    6:39
  7. 8.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: I go before my Judge (Soul of Gerontius)
    6:25
  8. 9.
    The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul (Angel)
    7:39

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