Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius is very well served on record but a new version with good soloists may still be worth a look.  And there is a new one on the Ondine label featuring Christine Rice, John Findon and Rod Williams.  There’s a rather staggering collection of choirs; the Helsinki Music Centre Choir, the Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Dominante | Helsinki Chamber Choir and the
Alumni of the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.  All this plus the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Collon. Continue reading →