Caractacus
~ Release by Elgar; Elizabeth Llewellyn, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Roland Wood, Christopher Purves, Alastair Miles, Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins (see all versions of this release, 2 available)
Annotation
Cast
Eigen................................Elizabeth Llewellyn Soprano
Orbin.................................Elgan Llŷr Thomas Tenor
Caractacus................................Roland Wood Baritone
Arch-Druid, A Bard.........Christopher Purves Bass
Claudius....................................Alastair Miles Bass
Annotation last modified on 2023-11-27 14:53 UTC.
Tracklist
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills — Night: Watchmen, Alert! (Chorus)
| Edward Elgar | 5:51 | |
| 2 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills — Night: Watchmen, Alert! The King is Here (Caractacus, Sentries)
| Edward Elgar | 5:52 | |
| 3 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills — Night: Father! Sire and King (Eigen, Caractacus, Orbin, Sentries)
| Edward Elgar | 2:33 | |
| 4 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills — Night: At Eve to the Greenwood (Eigen)
| Edward Elgar | 2:36 | |
| 5 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills — Night: On the Ocean and the River (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus)
| Edward Elgar | 2:45 | |
| 6 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills — Night: Rest, Weary Monarch (Spirits of the Hill)
| Edward Elgar | 2:57 | |
| 7 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: Tread the Mystic Circle Round (Arch-Druid, Druids & Druid Maidens)
| Edward Elgar | 4:28 | |
| 8 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: Lord of Dread, and Lord of Pow’r (Chorus & Arch-Druid)
| Edward Elgar | 2:25 | |
| 9 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: Bard, What Read Ye? (Arch-Druid, Orbin, Druids & Druid Maidens, Caractacus)
| Edward Elgar | 7:08 | |
| 10 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: Leap, Leap to Light (Caractacus, Soldiers, Orbin, Arch-Druid)
| Edward Elgar | 4:46 | |
| 11 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: Hence, Ere the Druid’s Wrath is Woke (Druids & Druid Maidens, Orbin, Soldiers
| Edward Elgar | 3:23 | |
| 12 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn — Morning: Introduction “The Woodland Interlude”
| Edward Elgar | 1:51 | |
| 13 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn — Morning: Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow’rs (Youths & Maidens)
| Edward Elgar | 1:09 | |
| 14 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn — Morning: O’er-arch’d by Leaves (Eigen, Orbin)
| Edward Elgar | 3:33 | |
| 15 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn — Morning: Last Night Beneath the Sacred Oak (Orbin)
| Edward Elgar | 1:32 | |
| 16 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn — Morning: Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow’rs – They Gather the Wreaths (Youths & Maidens, Orbin, Eigen)
| Edward Elgar | 5:19 | |
| 2CD | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene IV, The Malven Hills: Wild Rumours Shake Our Calm Retreat (Chorus of Maidens)
| Edward Elgar | 2:24 | |
| 2 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene IV, The Malven Hills: When the Glow of the Evening (Eigen, Chorus of Maidens)
| Edward Elgar | 2:12 | |
| 3 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene IV, The Malven Hills: We Were Gather’d by the River (Soldiers)
| Edward Elgar | 2:09 | |
| 4 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene IV, The Malven Hills: O My Warriors (Caractacus, Chorus)
| Edward Elgar | 4:11 | |
| 5 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene V, The Severn: Captive Britons, See Them! (A Bard, Druid Maidens)
| Edward Elgar | 3:51 | |
| 6 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: The March Triumphal Thunders (Chorus)
| Edward Elgar | 7:04 | |
| 7 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: Unbind His Hands (Claudius)
| Edward Elgar | 1:11 | |
| 8 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: Heap Torment Upon Torment (Caractacus, Eigen, Orbin)
| Edward Elgar | 4:46 | |
| 9 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: Slay, Slay the Briton! (Roman Citizens, Claudius)
| Edward Elgar | 0:35 | |
| 10 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: I Plead Not for Myself (Caractacus, Orbin, Eigen, Roman Citizens, Claudius)
| Edward Elgar | 2:32 | |
| 11 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: Grace From the Roman! (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus, Claudius)
| Edward Elgar | 2:26 | |
| 12 | Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: The Clang of Arms is Over (Chorus)
| Edward Elgar | 4:51 | |
Credits
Release
| liner notes: | Andrew Neill |
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| executive producer: | Perdita Andrew Simon Perry (Hyperion classical music producer) |
| booklet editor: | Peter Hall (booklet editor) |
| copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Hyperion Records Ltd, London (holding company - do not use this as a release label) (in 2019) |
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