Duration97 Min

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35

Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins

Duration97 Min

Edward Elgar

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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 1, Watchmen, Alert! (Chorus) –Huddersfield Choral Society05:51
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 2, Watchmen, Alert! the King Is Here (Caractacus/Sentries) –Roland Wood, Huddersfield Choral Society05:52
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 3, Father! Sire and King (Eigen/Caractacus/Orbin/Sentries) –Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Huddersfield Choral Society, Roland Wood02:33
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 4, At Eve to the Greenwood (Eigen) –Elizabeth Llewellyn02:36
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 5, On the Ocean and the River (Eigen/Orbin/Caractacus) –Roland Wood, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn02:45
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 6, Rest, Weary Monarch (Spirits of the Hill)Huddersfield Choral Society02:57
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 1, Tread the Mystic Circle Round (Arch-Druid/Druids/Druid Maidens) –Huddersfield Choral Society, Christopher Purves04:28
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 2, Invocation. Lord of Dread, and Lord of Pow'r (Chorus/Arch-Druid) –Christopher Purves, Huddersfield Choral Society02:25
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 3, Bard, What Read Ye? (Arch-Druid/Orbin/Caractacus/Druids/Druid Maidens) –Roland Wood, Christopher Purves, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Huddersfield Choral Society07:08
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 4, Leap, Leap to Light (Caractacus/Soldiers/Orbin/Arch-Druid) –Roland Wood, Huddersfield Choral Society, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Christopher Purves04:46
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 5, Hence, Ere the Druid's Wrath Is Woke (Druids/Druid Maidens/Orbin/Soldiers)Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Huddersfield Choral Society03:23
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 1, Introduction. The Woodland Interlude01:51
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 2, Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs (Youths/Maidens) –Huddersfield Choral Society01:09
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 3, O'er-arch'd by Leaves (Eigen/Orbin) –Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn03:33
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 4, Last Night Beneath the Sacred Oak (Orbin) –Elgan Llŷr Thomas01:32
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 5, Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs – They Gather the Wreaths (Youths/Maidens/Orbin/Eigen)Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Huddersfield Choral Society05:19
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 1, Wild Rumours Shake Our Calm Retreat (Maidens) –Huddersfield Choral Society02:24
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 2, When the Glow of the Evening (Eigen/Maidens) –Elizabeth Llewellyn, Huddersfield Choral Society02:12
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 3, We Were Gather'd by the River (Soldiers) –Huddersfield Choral Society02:09
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 4, Lament. O My Warriors (Caractacus/Chorus)Huddersfield Choral Society, Roland Wood04:11
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 5: No. 5, Captive Britons, See Them! (A Bard/Druid Maidens) –Christopher Purves, Huddersfield Choral Society03:51
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 1, Processional Music. The March Triumphal Thunders (Chorus)Huddersfield Choral Society07:04
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 2, Unbind His Hands (Claudius) –Alastair Miles01:11
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 3, Heap Torment upon Torment (Caractacus/Eigen/Orbin) –Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Roland Wood04:46
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 4, Slay, Slay the Briton! (Roman Citizens/Claudius) –Alastair Miles, Huddersfield Choral Society00:35
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 5, I Plead Not for Myself (Caractacus/Orbin/Eigen/Roman Citizens/Claudius) –Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Alastair Miles, Roland Wood, Huddersfield Choral Society, Elizabeth Llewellyn02:32
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 6, Grace from the Roman! (Eigen/Orbin/Caractacus/Claudius) –Elizabeth Llewellyn, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Roland Wood, Alastair Miles02:26
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Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 7, The Clang of Arms Is Over (Chorus)Huddersfield Choral Society04:51

Artists

Martyn Brabbins

Conductor

Huddersfield Choral Society

Choir

The Orchestra of Opera North

Orchestra

Composers

Edward Elgar

Composer

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