Title: Dream of Gerontius / Blest Pair of Sirens Artist: Felicity Palmer Label: Chandos Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 095115244623 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2013-07-30 Number of Discs: 2
This disc forms part of our ongoing Richard Hickox legacy series. Featured on this two-disc set are Elgar's the Dream of Gerontius, and two works by Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens and I was glad.
Tracks: 1.1 Blest Pair of Sirens 1.2 I Was Glad 1.3 Prelude 1.4 Jesu, Maria - I Am Near to Death 1.5 Kyrie Eleison 1.6 Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul, and Play the Man 1.7 Be Merciful, Be Gracious; Spare Him, Lord 1.8 Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus 1.9 I Can No More; for Now It Comes Again 1.10 Rescue Him, O Lord, in This Evil Hour 1.11 Novissima Hora Est; and I Fain Would Sleep 1.12 Profociscere, Anima Christiana, de Hoc Mundo! 1.13 Go, in the Name of Angels and Archangels 2.1 I Went to Sleep; and Now I Am Refreshed 2.2 My Work Is Done 2.3 All Hail! My Child and Brother, Hail! 2.4 Low-Born Clouds of Brute Earth 2.5 It Is the Restless Panting of Their Being 2.6 The Mind Bold and Independent 2.7 I See Not Those False Spirits 2.8 Praise to the Holiest in the Height 2.9 We Now Have Passed the Gate, and Are Within 2.10 Glory to Him, Who Evermore 2.11 They Sing of Thy Approaching Agony 2.12 But Hark! a Grand Mysterious Harmony 2.13 And Now the Threshold As We Traverse It 2.14 Praise to the Holiest in the Height 2.15 Thy Judgement Now Is Near, for We Are Come 2.16 Jesu! By That Shuddering Dread Which Fell on Thee 2.17 I Go Before My Judge 2.18 Praise to His Name! 2.19 Take Me Away, and in the Lowest Deep 2.20 Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge; in Every Generation 2.21 Softly and Gently, Dearly-Ransomed Soul
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