New Album Releases: ELGAR - FROM THE BAVARIAN HIGHLANDS (Bavarian Radio Chorus & Howard Arman)

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Artist:
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Howard Arman

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
01:05:24

Record Label:
BR Klassik

Purchasing Links:
CD, iTunes

Release Date
January 15, 2021



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Product Description: The British composer Edward Elgar wrote a great deal more than just his Pomp & Circumstance marches: his highly diverse oeuvre encompasses symphonies, concertos, chamber works, piano music and numerous choral works (oratorios, cantatas and partsongs). On this release, partsongs by Elgar can be heard with and without accompaniment as part of a representative selection of live and studio recordings. The album begins with the song cycle From the Bavarian Highlands op. 27; its six cheerful numbers were written while Elgar and his wife were on holiday in Garmisch in 1895. Alice Elgar had sketched verses from Bavarian folk melodies, and Upper Bavarian songs and dances can be heard in her husbands settings. These were happy memories of carefree holidays in a region rich in music and full of fine landscapes. The Bavarian Radio Chorus, conducted by Howard Arman, sings the songs in their original version with piano accompaniment (the orchestral version came later). As a composer of English-language choral songs, Elgar is still little-known on the European mainland; in the United Kingdom, however, the situation is very different. The country has long had a lively choral scene, focusing primarily on English music from Purcell and Handel to Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford and Elgar, all the way to Benjamin Britten and todays contemporary composers. The program on this release has been compiled and conducted by the Englishman Howard Arman, one of todays most knowledgeable experts on British choral music and artistic director of the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and these recordings should do much to boost the popularity of this highly appealing music on the European mainland as well.

TRACK LIST:

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From the Bavarian Highlands, Sechs Chorlieder mit Klavierbegleitung, Op. 27

1 . 1. The Dance (Tanz. Sonnenbichl) Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:41)

2 . 2. False Love (Falsche Liebe. Wamberg) Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:40)

3 . 3. Lullaby (Wiegenlied. In Hammersbach) Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:17)

4 . 4. Aspiration (Sehnen. Bei Sankt Anton) Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:13)

5 . 5. On the Alm (Wahre Liebe. Auf der Alm) Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:33)

6 . 6. The Marksmen (Die Schützen. Bei Murnau) Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (5:42)


Two Partsongs für Frauenstimmen, zwei Violinen und Klavier, Op. 26

7 . 1. The Snow Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (4:31)

8 . 2. Fly, Singing Bird Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:18)


Five Partsongs from the Greek Anthology für Männerstimmen, Op. 45

9 . 1. Yea, Cast Me from Heights Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (1:28)

10 . 2. Whether I Find Thee Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (1:01)

11 . 3. After Many a Dusty Mile Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (1:37)

12 . 4. It's Oh! to Be a Wild Wind Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (0:58)

13 . 5. Feasting I Watch Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (2:07)

14 . Go, song of mine für gemischten Chor, Op. 57 . Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (4:08)

15 . As Torrents in Summer aus den "Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf", Op. 30 . Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (2:11)

16 . Spanish Serenade für Frauenstimmen, zwei Violinen und Klavier, Op. 23 . Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:43)

17 . The Reveille für Männerstimmen und Klavier, Op. 54 . Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (6:02)

18 . They Are at Rest Elegie für gemischten Chor Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:33)

19 . Weary Wind of the West für Frauenstimmen und Klavier Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (3:14)

20 . The Prince of Sleep für gemischten Chor Edward Elgar Howard Arman / Bavarian Radio Chorus (4:27)

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