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Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Edward EIgar’s great choraI work, in the magnificent setting of St PauI’s CathedraI in London, formed part of the BBC’s 75th anniversary ceIebrations. lt is a towering work, a setting of CardinaI Newman’s poem about the death of an elderIy sinner and his souI’s progress towards the judgment of God. Andrew Davis, an inspired interpreter of Elgar, conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra with soloists Catherine Wyn Rogers as the AngeI, Philip Langridge as Gerontius and Alastair MiIes who combines the parts of the Priest and the Angel of the Agony. |
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