They are at rest
Edward Elgar
Recording
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
- Album
- Elgar: Great is the Lord & other works
- Year
- 2006
- Length
- Period
- Sacred choral
- Listen
Painting
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)
Paradise, 1445
The piece
Elgar set John Henry Newman's 1835 poem "Waiting for the Morning" for unaccompanied choir in 1909, for the anniversary of Queen Victoria's death, and it was first sung at the Royal Mausoleum in Windsor Home Park in 1910.
The recording
James O'Donnell recorded it with the Choir of Westminster Abbey in the abbey in July 2006, for an album of Elgar's church music. John Quinn of MusicWeb International called it "a touching little a cappella piece, very well sung here."
Other recordings
The Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh (Signum, 2009) and the Donald Hunt Singers under Donald Hunt (Hyperion, 1987) have also recorded it.