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The Dream of Gerontius op. 38

Text: John Henry Newman
Sir Colin Davis, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Paul Groves (Tenor), John Relyea (Bass), Dame Sarah Connolly (Mezzo Soprano)
2008, Dresden, Semperoper
35 Tracks, 1:33:58

  • Part I

    • 1. Prelude
      09:47
    • 2. 'Jesu, Maria - I am near to death' (Gerontius)
      03:48
    • 3. 'Kyrie eleison' (Chorus)
      02:11
    • 4. Rouse thee, my fainting soul' (Gerontius)
      00:49
    • 5. 'Be merciful, be gracious' (Chorus)
      02:41
    • 6. 'Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus' (Gerontius)
      05:04
    • 7. 'I can no more; for now it comes again' (Gerontius)
      02:05
    • 8. 'Rescue him, O Lord' (Chorus)
      02:13
    • 9. 'Novissima hora est' (Gerontius)
      01:18
    • 10. 'Proficiscere, anima Christiana (The Priest)
      02:01
    • 11. 'Go, in the name of Angels' (Chorus)
      04:33

  • Part II

    • 1. Introduction
      01:31
    • 2. 'I went to sleep' (Gerontius)
      03:49
    • 3. 'My work is done' (The Angel, Gerontius)
      03:05
    • 4. 'All hail, my child and brother, hail!' (The Angel, Gerontius)
      05:46
    • 5. 'Low-born clods of brute earth' (Chorus)
      01:56
    • 6. 'It is the restless panting of their being' (The Angel)
      00:17
    • 7. 'The mind bold and independent' (Chorus)
      02:21
    • 8. 'I see not those false spirits' (Gerontius, The Angel)
      03:05
    • 9. 'Praise to the Holiest' (Chorus, The Angel)
      03:01
    • 10. 'The sound is like the rushing of the wind' (Gerontius)
      00:18
    • 11. 'Glory to Him' (Chorus)
      00:29
    • 12. 'They sing of thy approaching agony' (The Angel, Gerontius)
      00:48
    • 13. 'But hark! A grand mysterious harmony' (Gerontius)
      00:55
    • 14. 'And now the threshold as we traverse it' (The Angel)
      00:27
    • 15. 'Praise to the Holiest in the height' (Chorus)
      07:16
    • 16. 'The judgment now is near' (The Angel, Gerontius)
      02:16
    • 17. 'Jesu! By that shuddering dread which fell on Thee' (The Angel of the Agony)
      04:56
    • 18. 'Be merciful, be gracious' (Chorus)
      00:45
    • 19. 'Praise to His Name!' (The Angel)
      01:49
    • 20. 'Take me away' (Gerontius)
      02:58
    • 21. 'Lord, Thou hast been our refuge' (Chorus)
      01:59
    • 22. 'Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul' (The Angel, Chorus)
      01:33
    • 23. 'Lord, Thou hast been our refuge' (Chorus, The Angel)
      02:17
    • 24. 'Praise to the Holiest' (Chorus, The Angel)
      03:51