The Choral by Johann Sebastian Bach

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 4, Last Night Beneath the Sacred Oak (Orbin) –

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Martyn Brabbins & The Orchestra of Opera North

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 1, Watchmen, Alert! (Chorus) –

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

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 2, Watchmen, Alert! the King Is Here (Caractacus/Sentries) –

The Orchestra of Opera North, Roland Wood, Martyn Brabbins & Huddersfield Choral Society

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 3, Father! Sire and King (Eigen/Caractacus/Orbin/Sentries) –

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Martyn Brabbins, Huddersfield Choral Society, The Orchestra of Opera North & Roland Wood

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 4, At Eve to the Greenwood (Eigen) –

Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 5, On the Ocean and the River (Eigen/Orbin/Caractacus) –

Roland Wood, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 1: No. 6, Rest, Weary Monarch (Spirits of the Hill)

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

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 1, Tread the Mystic Circle Round (Arch-Druid/Druids/Druid Maidens) –

The Orchestra of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society, Christopher Purves & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 2, Invocation. Lord of Dread, and Lord of Pow'r (Chorus/Arch-Druid) –

The Orchestra of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society, Christopher Purves & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 3, Bard, What Read Ye? (Arch-Druid/Orbin/Caractacus/Druids/Druid Maidens) –

Roland Wood, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra of Opera North, Christopher Purves, Elgan Llŷr Thomas & Huddersfield Choral Society

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 4, Leap, Leap to Light (Caractacus/Soldiers/Orbin/Arch-Druid) –

Roland Wood, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra of Opera North, Christopher Purves, Elgan Llŷr Thomas & Huddersfield Choral Society

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 5, Hence, Ere the Druid's Wrath Is Woke (Druids/Druid Maidens/Orbin/Soldiers)

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Martyn Brabbins, The Orchestra of Opera North & Huddersfield Choral Society

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 1, Introduction. The Woodland Interlude

The Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 2, Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow'rs (Youths/Maidens) –

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

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 3: No. 3, O'er-arch'd by Leaves (Eigen/Orbin) –

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Martyn Brabbins & The Orchestra of Opera North

Elgar: 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 Society, Martyn Brabbins & The Orchestra of Opera North

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 1, Wild Rumours Shake Our Calm Retreat (Maidens) –

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

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 2, When the Glow of the Evening (Eigen/Maidens) –

Elizabeth Llewellyn, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins & The Orchestra of Opera North

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 3, We Were Gather'd by the River (Soldiers) –

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

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 4: No. 4, Lament. O My Warriors (Caractacus/Chorus)

The Orchestra of Opera North, Roland Wood, Martyn Brabbins & Huddersfield Choral Society

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 1, Processional Music. The March Triumphal Thunders (Chorus)

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

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 2, Unbind His Hands (Claudius) –

Alastair Miles, The Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 3, Heap Torment upon Torment (Caractacus/Eigen/Orbin) –

Roland Wood, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 4, Slay, Slay the Briton! (Roman Citizens/Claudius) –

Alastair Miles, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins & The Orchestra of Opera North

Elgar: 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 Llewellyn, The Orchestra of Opera North & Martyn Brabbins

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 6, Grace from the Roman! (Eigen/Orbin/Caractacus/Claudius) –

Martyn Brabbins, Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Orchestra of Opera North, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Roland Wood & Alastair Miles

Elgar: Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 6: No. 7, The Clang of Arms Is Over (Chorus)

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

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Rev. Elgar, Atkins / Pt. Two: Chorus: "O Sacred Head Surrounded"

The Bach Choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Prelude

Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Berlin

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Jesu, Maria, I am near to death

Andrew Staples, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Kyrie eleison

RIAS Kammerchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Rouse thee, my fainting soul

Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Be merciful, be gracious

RIAS Kammerchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus

Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: I can no more; for now it comes again

Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Rescue him, O Lord

RIAS Kammerchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Novissima hora est

Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Proficiscere, anima Christiana

Andrew Staples, Thomas Hampson, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 1: Go, in the name of Angels and Archangels

Thomas Hampson, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: Introduction

Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Berlin

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: I went to sleep

Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: My work is done, my task is o'er

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: Low-born clods of brute earth

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: The mind bold and independent

RIAS Kammerchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: I see not those false spirits

Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: Praise to the Holiest

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Andrew Staples, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: Glory to him

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Andrew Staples, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: But hark! A grand mysterious harmony

Andrew Staples, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: And now the threshold as we traverse it

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Pt. 2: Praise to the Holiest in the height

RIAS Kammerchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin & Daniel Barenboim