EDWARD ELGAR
(1857-1934)
The Kingdom Op. 51
Margaret Price soprano...............The Blessed Virgin
Yvonne Minton contralto................Mary Magdalene
Alexander Young tenor...................................St John
John Shirley-Quirk bass.................................St Peter
London Philharmonic Choir
Frederick Jackson Choir Master
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
Coronation Ode Op. 44
Felicity Lott soprano • Alfreda Hodgson contralto
Richard Morton tenor • Stephen Roberts bass
Cambridge University Musical Society
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall
Philip Ledger
24 page booklet with English librettos for both works.