Where Corals Lie - a song by Sir Edward Elgar

Music by Edward Elgar (1899). Words by Richard Garnett (1835 - 1906) Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano. (c) Decca Music Group Ltd, 2002 I have two recordings of this song - this one and the well-known version by Dame Janet Baker. The two versions (Janet Baker and Yvonne Minton) are rather different. Miss Baker sings it per the score indication: Allegretto, ma non troppo (56 bpm). Miss Minton takes it at about 65 bpm, some 20% faster. Personally I prefer the latter. The Baker version seems overly drawn
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