EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 / Sursum corda, Op. 11 / etc Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Arthur Davies & David Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Following the success of The Dream of Gerontius in 1900 and The Apostles in 1903, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival commissioned Elgar to produce another large oratorio for the 1906 festival. The Kingdom continues the narrative of the lives of... |
David Palmer
Plays Queen - Import [ Sony Classical / CD ] |
ALUN HODDINOTT
Dives & Lazarus / Sinfonia Fidei / etc Felicity Palmer (sop) Thomas Allen (baritone) Csaba Erdelyi (viola) Moray Welsh (cello) / Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Atherto [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Apr/2007 ] "Nocturnes and Cadenzas is an ideal work to try if you want to know if Hoddinott is for you: its three nocturnes are finely coloured and quite characteristic, and the linking cadenzas have both clear structural function and expressive weight." Gramophone |