Utwory na płycie:

• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Chorus- Watchmen- alert! -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Caractacus- Watchmen- alert! the King is here -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Eigen- Father! Sire and King -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Eigen- At eve to the greenwood- we wanderd away -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Orbin- On the ocean and the river -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Spirits of the Hill- Rest- weary monarch
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Arch-Druid- Tread the mystic circle round -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Arch-Druid- Druids- Druid Maidens- Lord of dread and lord of powr -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Arch--Druid- Bard- what read ye in the field ?-
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Caractacus- Leap to light- my brand of fight -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Druids- Druid Maidens- Hence- ere the Druids wrath is woke
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Introduction Woodland Interlude (Orchestra) -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Chorus- Come! beneath our woodland bowrs -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Eigen- Oer-archd by leaves the streamlet weaves -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Orbin- last night beneath the sacred Oak -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Chorus- Come! beneath our woodland bowrs
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Maidens- Wild rumours shake our calm retreat -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Eigen- When the glow of the evening had died from the hill -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Soldiers- We were gatherd by the river -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Caractacus- Chorus- O my warriors- tell me truly
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Druid Maidens- Captive Britons- see them! Hark -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Processional Music (Orchestra) -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Claudius- Unbind his hands- silence the trumpets -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Caractacus- Heap torment upon torment- woe on woe -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Chorus- Slay the Briton -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Caractacus- I plead not for myself -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Eigen- Orbin- Caractacus- Grace from the Roman! -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Chorus- The clang of arms is over
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Introduction Worcester Castle Pomposo -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Toccata Tournament Allegro molto -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Fugue The Cathedral Andante -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Minuet Commandery Moderato -
• Caractacus- Op 35 (1898) - Coda Lento

Caractacus, Op. 35
Severn Suite, Op. 87

Richly endowed with musical qualities, Richard Hickox was a great champion of neglected music in general, and of British music in particular. His sudden death in November 2008 robbed the world of a most vital, industrious, and energising musician, whose discographical legacy remains a treasure trove of the record catalogue. With the Richard Hickox Legacy we wish to express our gratitude to and appreciation of this great musical artist.

Re-issued from a 1992 recording, when Richard Hickox was Associate Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, this Elgar’s Caractacus has much to offer.

The piece itself, which Elgar composed for the 1898 Leeds Festival, exudes his power of invention and luminous skills at orchestration, foreshadowing his next project, the masterful ‘Enigma’ Variations.

A Gramophone review affirmed that ‘There can be nothing but praise for Richard Hickox’s fluent, sensitive direction and the enthusiastic, full-blooded backcloth provided by the LSO. Bouquets, too, for the London Symphony Chorus whose terrific unanimity of attack, sensitivity to dynamics and wonderfully true intonation are something to marvel at. In the title-role David Wilson-Johnson makes a nobly sonorous showing, a pure-toned Judith Howarth is touchingly vulnerable as Caractacus’s daughter, Eigen, and Arthur Davies sings with unaffected sincerity in the part of Orbin, her minstrel lover. A typically ripe, wide-ranging Chandos recording into the bargain.’