Composer: George Dyson
Performer: Mark Padmore, Neal Davies
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN10439
Release: 2007
Size: 1.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Nebuchadnezzar
01. I. Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold – To you it is commanded – Therefore at that time… (The Herald, Chorus)
02. II. Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near – Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee… (Nebuchadnezzar, Chorus)
03. III. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury- …and they have no hurt – Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth… – Blessed be the God… (Nebuchadnezzar, Chorus)
04. IV. O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord – O let the earth bless the Lord (Bass, Chorus)
Woodland Suite
05. I. At Evening Bell
06. II. Silken Sails
07. III. Moon-Fairy
08. IV. Elfin Market
09. O Praise God In His Holiness (Psalm 150)
Three Songs Of Praise
10. I. Praise
11. II. Lauds
12. III. A Poet’s Hymn
13. Confortare
Dyson took the text for Nebuchadnezzar from the Book of Daniel, incorporating the ‘Song of the Three Holy Children’ from the Apocrypha. Emulating Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, Dyson set the story in four parts. In the first three the music tells the well-known biblical story of the Jews Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and the burning fiery furnace, while the fourth is a more conventional hymn of praise, ‘All the works of the Lord, Bless Ye the Lord’ – the Benedicite. The tenor Mark Padmore sings the Herald, and Nebuchadnezzar is sung by the bass-baritone Neal Davies.