David Butt Philip, Karen Cargill, Roland Wood, Huddersfield Choral Society, RNCM Chamber Choir, Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins — Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

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<i>The Dream Gerontius</i> survived a disastrous first performance and initial controversy surrounding the Roman Catholicism of its text to become an enduring staple of the choral repertoire in Britain and beyond. Elgar’s oratorio, a key emotional element in <i>The Choral</i>, the 2025 film starring Ralph Fiennes, receives a compelling interpretation in Martyn Brabbins’ magnificent recording with the choir that inspired Alan Bennett’s movie screenplay. The dedicated amateur singers of the Huddersfield Choral Society are joined by a classy chamber choir comprising 20 students from Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music. The Orchestra of Opera North, on top form throughout, mine a multitude of Wagnerian colours from the score to support David Butt Philip’s sensational performance as the pious Gerontius, whose soul moves from the spiritual torments of death to face God’s judgement and enter Purgatory. Brabbins conjures an ideal balance between the work’s dramatic choral set-pieces and passages of great tenderness, aided by his Gerontius and Karen Cargill as the Guardian Angel, supremely compassionate in her sonorous final farewell.

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David Butt Philip, Karen Cargill, Roland Wood, Huddersfield Choral Society, RNCM Chamber Choir, Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

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  1. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: I. Prelude 9:38
  2. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: IIa. Jesu, Maria, I Am Near to Death 3:55
  3. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: IIb. Kyrie eleison 1:42
  4. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: III. Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul – Be Merciful, Be Gracious 3:31
  5. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: IVa. Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus 5:26
  6. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: IVb-d. I Can No More – Rescue Him, O Lord – Novissima hora est 5:27
  7. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1: V. Proficiscere, anima Christiana – Go, in the name of Angels and Archangels 6:07
  8. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: Introduction 1:48
  9. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: VIa–b. I Went to Sleep – Another Marvel 4:15
  10. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: VIc. My Work Is Done, My Task Is O'er 2:05
  11. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: VII. It Is a Member of That Family 6:01
  12. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: VIIIa. But Hark! Upon my Sense Comes a Fierce Hubbub 0:51
  13. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: VIIIb-d. Low-born Clods of Brute Earth – Dispossessed, Aside Thrust – The Mind Bold and Independent 4:52
  14. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: IXa. I See Not Those False Spirits 2:12
  15. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: IXb-d. There Was a Mortal Praise – Praise to the Holiest in the Height – Glory to Him 5:30
  16. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: Xa-b. But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony – And Now the Threshold as We Traverse It 1:20
  17. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: Xc. Praise to the Holiest in the Height 7:40
  18. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: XIa. Thy Judgement Now Is Near 2:20
  19. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: XIb. Jesu! By That Shuddering Dread – XIIa. I Go Before My Judge 5:05
  20. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: XIIb-d. Praise to His Name! – Take Me Away! – Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 5:48
  21. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: XIII. Softly and Gently "Angel's Farewell" 6:45