Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius album
The Guardian 0
McCreesh/Stéphany/Spence/Foster-Williams
(Signum, two CDs)
Paul McCreesh’s historically informed performance of the composer’s greatest choral work has many gains but ultimately never really catches fire
The Guardian 0
Findon/Rice/Williams/Finnish RSO/Collon
(Ondine)
This is a very distinguished addition to the pantheon of Gerontius recordings, and Christine Rice is as good an Angel as any on disc since Janet Baker