℗ 2022 SOMM Recordings
Released | April 15, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 19m 38s |
Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
Catalogue No. | SOMMCD278 |
Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
The Reeds by Severn Side
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Gloria in F Major (After Mozart's K. 547 / Arr. for Soloists, Mixed Choir & Organ)
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann; Eloise Irving; Rosemary Clifford; Edward Hughes; Angus McPhee |
5:06 | |||
1.2
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Credo on Themes from Beethoven (Arr. B. Pappenheim for Soloists, Mixed Chorus & Organ / Completed by J. Olsen)
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann; Jenni Harper; Clara Kanter; Edward Hughes; Nathan Harrison |
11:09 | |||
1.3
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Drakes Broughton (Arr. for Mixed Choir & Organ)
Sir Edward Elgar; Francis Stanfield; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
1:53 | |||
1.4
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O Salutaris Hostia No. 3 in F major
Thomas Aquinas; Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
3:20 | |||
3 Motets, Op. 2 (English Version)
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1.5
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No. 1, Jesu, Word of God Incarnate
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
2:51 | |||
1.6
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No. 2, Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
2:44 | |||
1.7
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No. 3, Jesu, Meek and Lowly
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann; Katy Hill |
3:39 | |||
Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30
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1.8
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No. 18, As Torrents in Summer
Sir Edward Elgar; Harry Arbuthnot Acworth; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; William Vann |
2:23 | |||
4 Part Songs, Op. 53
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1.9
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No. 1, There Is Sweet Music
Alfred Tennyson; Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; William Vann |
4:53 | |||
1.10
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Psalm 68
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
4:22 | |||
1.11
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Angelus, Op. 56
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; William Vann |
3:29 | |||
1.12
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They Are at Rest
Sir Edward Elgar; Saint John Henry Newman; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; William Vann |
3:27 | |||
1.13
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O Hearken Thou, Op. 64 (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ)
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
2:44 | |||
1.14
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Give unto the Lord, Op. 74 (Version for Mixed Chorus & Organ)
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
8:30 | |||
1.15
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Fear Not, O Land
Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
3:46 | |||
1.16
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I Sing the Birth
Sir Edward Elgar; Ben Jonson; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; William Vann; Eleanor Minney; Jonathan Hanley; Thomas Stoddart |
4:09 | |||
1.17
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Good Morrow (Arr. for Mixed Chorus)
George Gascoigne; Sir Edward Elgar; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; William Vann |
4:32 | |||
1.18
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Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ)
Sir Edward Elgar; John Masefield; Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea; Joshua Ryan; William Vann |
6:41 | |||
Digital Booklet
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SOMM Recordings announces the release of The Reeds by Severn Side, a ravishing collection of choral works by Edward Elgar, sung by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, led by director William Vann, accompanied by organist Joshua Ryan. Of the 18 featured works, six are first recordings. They traverse Elgar’s remarkable ascension from lowly lawyer’s clerk to self-taught composer to Master of the King’s Musick. And chart the impeccable fusing of his Roman Catholic heritage with the Anglican church tradition to which he contributed several masterpieces. They also reveal what Vaughan Williams described as the “mystery and [the] miracle” of Elgar’s flowering into the music laureate of Edwardian England, as Andrew Neill, former Chairman of the Elgar Society, observes in his authoritative booklet notes. Alongside juvenilia such as the 16-year-old Elgar’s Credo on Themes from Symphonies 5, 7 and 9 by Beethoven (in James Olsen’s completion) and Drake’s Broughton, to which the 73-year-old composer would return in his Nursery Suite, are diverse works that reveal growing confidence, including early settings of the Mass and first recordings (in English) of the Op.2 trilogy: Jesu, word of God Incarnate; Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory; Jesu, Meek and Lowly. The masterpiece bitonal setting of Tennyson, There is Sweet Music, one of Elgar’s self-described “choral songs”, is a highlight, alongside twin peaks of his anthem writing: O Hearken Thou (heard as the Latin motet, Intende voci orationis meae) and substantial Give Unto the Lord. William Vann and the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea’s previous SOMM releases include In Remembrance, described by Gramophone as “almost unbearably moving”, and as “an album that will have enduring value into the future” by MusicWeb International. Carols from Chelsea was a Best Classical Christmas Release, praised for its “model singing”, in The Guardian.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.76 -8.39 to -0.71 | -27.98 -33.61 to -21.51 | -24.15 -30.30 to -17.50 | 14 11 to 17 | |
1 | Gloria in F Major (After Mozart's K. 547 / Arr. for Soloists, Mixed Choir & Organ) | -0.78 | -24.95 | -20.5 | 15 |
2 | Credo on Themes from Beethoven (Arr. B. Pappenheim for Soloists, Mixed Chorus & Organ / Completed by J. Olsen) | -0.71 | -26.50 | -22.4 | 15 |
3 | Drakes Broughton (Arr. for Mixed Choir & Organ) | -3.82 | -28.81 | -25.0 | 14 |
4 | O Salutaris Hostia No. 3 in F major | -0.71 | -26.82 | -22.0 | 15 |
5 | No. 1, Jesu, Word of God Incarnate | -5.67 | -28.28 | -26.9 | 12 |
6 | No. 2, Jesu, Lord of Life and Glory | -3.07 | -29.37 | -25.4 | 16 |
7 | No. 3, Jesu, Meek and Lowly | -4.68 | -29.00 | -25.0 | 15 |
8 | No. 18, As Torrents in Summer | -5.81 | -29.54 | -24.9 | 13 |
9 | No. 1, There Is Sweet Music | -8.39 | -33.61 | -30.3 | 17 |
10 | Psalm 68 | -5.40 | -27.62 | -25.3 | 11 |
11 | Angelus, Op. 56 | -7.38 | -30.21 | -25.1 | 13 |
12 | They Are at Rest | -5.98 | -32.65 | -27.8 | 15 |
13 | O Hearken Thou, Op. 64 (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ) | -4.23 | -27.11 | -24.6 | 12 |
14 | Give unto the Lord, Op. 74 (Version for Mixed Chorus & Organ) | -0.71 | -21.51 | -17.5 | 13 |
15 | Fear Not, O Land | -1.65 | -22.75 | -19.8 | 13 |
16 | I Sing the Birth | -3.86 | -31.30 | -26.0 | 16 |
17 | Good Morrow (Arr. for Mixed Chorus) | -3.66 | -27.67 | -23.7 | 15 |
18 | Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode (Arr. for Mixed Chorus & Organ) | -1.17 | -26.02 | -22.5 | 15 |