Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49 (complete oratorio)
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49 (complete oratorio)
Rebecca Evans, Paul Groves, Alice Coote / Halle Choir & Orchestra, Mark Elder
[ Halle / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 10 December 2012
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"It has all the tension and excitement of live performance, rising to incandescence in the closing pages, and Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 RECORDING OF THE YEAR
GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Choral
"not only does Elder obtain playing and singing of the utmost accomplishment and sensitivity, his hugely penetrating interpretation evinces an idiomatic pliancy, sure dramatic instinct and iron grip...Coote makes a memorably involving Mary Magdalene while Brindley Sherratt shines in a deeply sympathetic portrayal of Judas...A set absolutely not to be missed." Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - November 2012
"It has all the tension and excitement of live performance, rising to incandescence in the closing pages, and Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing. Brindley Sherratt is an affecting, dark-voiced haunted Judas, Jacques Imbrailo an authoritative Jesus...I'm inclined to rate this new Halle version the most nearly definitely Apostles yet."
BBC Music Magazine - Choral & Song Choice - November 2012
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Choral WINNER
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 RECORDING OF THE YEAR
"It's hard to believe that this detailed account was sourced from a concert - there is very little extraneous noise, while the placing of the soloists, the three choruses and the off-stage shofar seems perfectly natural...Elder's performance has shown that, though the narrative thread is sometimes quite weak, the best of the score is top-quality Elgar." (The Guardian)
