The Apostles

Album by Edward Elgar & Alison Hargan & Alfreda Hodgson & David Rendall & Bryn Terfel & Stephen Roberts & Robert Lloyd & London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox

The Apostles is an oratorio by English composer Edward Elgar, completed and first performed in 1903. The work is a large-scale sacred choral and orchestral composition rooted in late-Romantic idioms, characterised by dense harmonies, expansive orchestration and recurring motifs, and it marks Elgar's deepening engagement with dramatic religious subjects between his earlier orchestral achievements and his later sacred works.
First released: August 2014

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Prologue: The Sprit of the Lord is upon me
    7:32
  2. 2.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II: Orchestral Introduction
    4:20
  3. 3.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Betrayal: And it came to pass that He went throughout every city and village
    1:50
  4. 4.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. The Calling of the Apostles: And it came to pass in those days…
    2:46
  5. 5.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Betrayal: Then gathered the chief Priests and Pharisees a council
    3:19
  6. 6.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. The Calling of the Apostles: The voice of Thy watchman!
    5:38
  7. 7.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. The Calling of the Apostles: It shines
    1:34
  8. 8.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Betrayal: Hail, Master!
    2:16
  9. 9.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. The Calling of the Apostles: It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord
    4:08
  10. 10.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Betrayal: Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth
    3:21
  11. 11.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Betrayal: Then Judas, which had betrayed Him
    3:39
  12. 12.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. The Calling of the Apostles: And when it was a day, He called unto Him His disciples
    9:23
  13. 13.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Betrayal: Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit?
    9:12
  14. 14.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. The Calling of the Apostles: Blessed are the poor in Spirit
    7:56
  15. 15.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. The Calling of the Apostles: Recitative. Tenor. 'And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship'
    1:50
  16. 16.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. Golgotha: Truly this was the Son of God
    4:36
  17. 17.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. By the Wayside: O Lord Almighty, God of Israel
    5:56
  18. 18.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. At the Sepulchre: And very early in the morning they came unto the sepulchre
    4:32
  19. 19.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Ascension: We trusted that it had been He which should have redeemed Israel
    4:21
  20. 20.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. By the Wayside: This shall ye have of Mine hand
    8:29
  21. 21.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part II. The Ascension: And when He had spoken these things
    11:34
  22. 22.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. By the Sea if Galilee: When Jesus came into the ports of Caesarea Philippi
    5:20
  23. 23.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. By the Sea if Galilee: Thy face, Lord, will I seek
    5:12
  24. 24.
    The Apostles, Op. 49, Part I. By the Sea if Galilee: Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope
    7:57