Britten - Vocal Works | Warner 0151642

Britten - Vocal Works

Label: Warner

Cat No: 0151642

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 5th August 2013

Contents

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Ballads (2) for 2 voices and piano
Beware!
Canticle I: My beloved is mine, op.40
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, op.51
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, op.55
Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, op.86
Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus, op.89
Chansons francaises (4)
Dawlie's Devotion
Folksong arrangements Vol.1 (7) 'British Isles'
» no.1 The Salley Gardens
» no.2 Little Sir William
» no.3 The bonny Earl o' Moray
» no.4 O can ye sew cushions?
» no.5 The trees they grow so high
» no.6 The Ash Grove
» no.7 Oliver Cromwell
Folksong arrangements Vol.2 'France'
» no.2 Voici le printemps
» no.3 Fileuse
» no.4 Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse
» no.5 La belle est au jardin d'amour
» no.7 Eho! Eho!
» no.8 Quand j'etais chez mon pere
Folksong arrangements Vol.3 'British Isles'
» no.1 The plough boy
» no.2 There's none to soothe
» no.3 Sweet Polly Oliver
» no.5 The foggy, foggy dew
» no.6 O waly, waly
» no.7 Come you not from Newcastle?
Folksong arrangements Vol.4 'Moore's Irish Melodies'
» no.3 How sweet the Answer
» no.4 The minstrel boy
» no.7 Dear harp of my country!
» no.8 Oft in the stilly night
» no.9 The last rose of summer
Folksong arrangements Vol.5 'British Isles'
» no.1 The brisk young widow
» no.3 The Lincolnshire Poacher
» no.4 Early One Morning
» no.5 Ca' the yowes
Greensleeves: Folksong arrangment for voice and piano
If it's ever Spring again
Les Illuminations, op.18
Night covers up the rigid land
Nocturne, op.60
Not even Summer yet
Now sleeps the crimson petal
On this Island, op.11
Our Hunting Fathers, op.8
Phaedra, op.93
» I In May, in brilliant Athens
» IV O Gods of wrath
» V My time's too short
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31
Sonnets of Michelangelo (7), op.22
The Children and Sir Nameless
The Gully
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op.35
The Oxen
Tit for Tat
To lie flat on the back
Tradition
Winter Words, op.52

Purcell, Henry

A Fool's Preferment, Z571
» no.6 I'll sail upon the Dog-star
Hears not my Phillis how the birds 'The Knotting Song', Z371
King Arthur (The British Worthy), Z628
» Fairest isle
Lost is my quiet for ever, Z502
Sound the trumpet, Z335
The Indian Queen, Z630
» I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain
The Mock Marriage (incidental music), Z605
» Man is for the woman made
The Queen's Epicedium, Z383
What can we poor females do?, Z518

Schubert, Franz

Die Forelle (The Trout), op.32 D550 (orch. Benjamin Britten)

Schumann, Robert

Liederkreis, op.39
» no.12 Fruhlingsnacht (orch. Benjamin Britten)

Artists

Heather Harper (soprano)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Jill Gomez (soprano)
Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
Felicity Palmer mezzo-(soprano)
Jane Salmon (cello)
Melvyn Tan (harpsichord)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Philip Ledger (piano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
David Daniels (countertenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Timothy Brown (horn)
Aline Brewer (harp)
Julius Drake (piano)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Sarah Brightman (soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Endymion Ensemble
Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Neville Marriner
Jeffrey Tate
Simon Rattle
Richard Armstrong
John Whitfield
Steuart Bedford

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Ballads (2) for 2 voices and piano
Beware!
Canticle I: My beloved is mine, op.40
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, op.51
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, op.55
Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, op.86
Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus, op.89
Chansons francaises (4)
Dawlie's Devotion
Folksong arrangements Vol.1 (7) 'British Isles'
» no.1 The Salley Gardens
» no.2 Little Sir William
» no.3 The bonny Earl o' Moray
» no.4 O can ye sew cushions?
» no.5 The trees they grow so high
» no.6 The Ash Grove
» no.7 Oliver Cromwell
Folksong arrangements Vol.2 'France'
» no.2 Voici le printemps
» no.3 Fileuse
» no.4 Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse
» no.5 La belle est au jardin d'amour
» no.7 Eho! Eho!
» no.8 Quand j'etais chez mon pere
Folksong arrangements Vol.3 'British Isles'
» no.1 The plough boy
» no.2 There's none to soothe
» no.3 Sweet Polly Oliver
» no.5 The foggy, foggy dew
» no.6 O waly, waly
» no.7 Come you not from Newcastle?
Folksong arrangements Vol.4 'Moore's Irish Melodies'
» no.3 How sweet the Answer
» no.4 The minstrel boy
» no.7 Dear harp of my country!
» no.8 Oft in the stilly night
» no.9 The last rose of summer
Folksong arrangements Vol.5 'British Isles'
» no.1 The brisk young widow
» no.3 The Lincolnshire Poacher
» no.4 Early One Morning
» no.5 Ca' the yowes
Greensleeves: Folksong arrangment for voice and piano
If it's ever Spring again
Les Illuminations, op.18
Night covers up the rigid land
Nocturne, op.60
Not even Summer yet
Now sleeps the crimson petal
On this Island, op.11
Our Hunting Fathers, op.8
Phaedra, op.93
» I In May, in brilliant Athens
» IV O Gods of wrath
» V My time's too short
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31
Sonnets of Michelangelo (7), op.22
The Children and Sir Nameless
The Gully
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op.35
The Oxen
Tit for Tat
To lie flat on the back
Tradition
Winter Words, op.52

Purcell, Henry

A Fool's Preferment, Z571
» no.6 I'll sail upon the Dog-star
Hears not my Phillis how the birds 'The Knotting Song', Z371
King Arthur (The British Worthy), Z628
» Fairest isle
Lost is my quiet for ever, Z502
Sound the trumpet, Z335
The Indian Queen, Z630
» I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain
The Mock Marriage (incidental music), Z605
» Man is for the woman made
The Queen's Epicedium, Z383
What can we poor females do?, Z518

Schubert, Franz

Die Forelle (The Trout), op.32 D550 (orch. Benjamin Britten)

Schumann, Robert

Liederkreis, op.39
» no.12 Fruhlingsnacht (orch. Benjamin Britten)

Artists

Heather Harper (soprano)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Jill Gomez (soprano)
Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
Felicity Palmer mezzo-(soprano)
Jane Salmon (cello)
Melvyn Tan (harpsichord)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Philip Ledger (piano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
David Daniels (countertenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Timothy Brown (horn)
Aline Brewer (harp)
Julius Drake (piano)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Sarah Brightman (soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Endymion Ensemble
Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Neville Marriner
Jeffrey Tate
Simon Rattle
Richard Armstrong
John Whitfield
Steuart Bedford

About

Benjamin Britten said he aimed to ‘restore brilliance, freedom and vitality to the musical setting of the English language’. In fact, as this anthology shows, he took inspiration not only from the great English poets, but from a much wider palette including Rimbaud, Hugo, Verlaine and Michelangelo, always displaying an astonishingly sensitive and sophisticated approach to word-setting.

The collection features such masterpieces as the Serenade and Nocturne, the haunting Winter Words, the much-loved folksong arrangements, and the Michelangelo Sonnets and Holy Sonnets of John Donne performed by Peter Pears with the composer at the piano.

Contents:
CD 1
[75.48]
- Les Illuminations Op.18 (Arthur Rimbaud)
Heather Harper (soprano)
Northern Sinfonia Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 18, 19 & 22.VI.1970, Old Banqueting Hall, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne

- Serenade Op.31 for (tenor), (horn) and strings
- Now sleeps the crimson petal (Tennyson) (orch. Colin Matthews)
Neil Mackie (tenor) • Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford
Recorded: 9–10.V.1988, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

- Nocturne Op.60
Robert Tear (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate
Recorded: 24.XI.1987, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 2 [74.20]
- Quatre Chansons françaises
Jill Gomez (soprano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 22–23.IV.1982, Cheltenham Town Hall

- Our Hunting Fathers Op.8 (Text devised by W.H. Auden)
Folksong arrangements
- Little Sir William
- Come ye not from Newcastle?
- Bonny Earl Moray
- Oliver Cromwell
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano)
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Richard Armstrong
Recorded: 6–7.VI.1982, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea

Phaedra Op.93 (from Robert Lowell’s translation of Phèdre by Racine)
- In May, in brilliant Athens 6.32
- O Gods of wrath 3.14
- My time’s too short, your highness 6.11
Five French folksong arrangements
- La belle est au jardin d’amour
- Eho! Eho!
- Fileuse
- Quand j’etais chez mon père
- Le roi s’en va-t’en chasse
Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano) • Jane Salmon (cello) • Melvyn Tan (harpsichord)
Endymion Ensemble / John Whitfield
Recorded: 24–25.X.1986, St John-at-Hackney, London

CD 3 [73.40]
- Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op.22 [mono]
Peter Pears (tenor) • Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 20.XI.1942, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

- The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Op.35 [mono]
Peter Pears (tenor) • Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 29.VIII & 12.XII.1947, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

- On This Island Op.11 (W.H. Auden)
- Winter Words Op.52 (Lyrics and ballads of Thomas Hardy)
Robert Tear (tenor) • Sir Philip Ledger (piano)
Recorded: 14.I & (Op.11) 6.II.1973, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 4 [75.00]
- The Five Canticles

Folksong arrangements
- The Plough Boy (Tune by W. Shield from Vol.III – British Isles)
- The Salley Gardens (Irish Tune, words by W.B. Yeats from Vol.I – British Isles)
- The foggy, foggy dew (from Suffolk, Vol.III – British Isles)
- There’s none to soothe (Hullah’s Song-Book, Scottish from Vol.III – British Isles)
- O Waly, Waly (Somerset, collected by Cecil Sharp, from Vol.III – British Isles)
- The Ash Grove (Welsh Tune from Vol.I – British Isles)
- Greensleeves (Traditional Folk Song from Song Arrangements)

Ian Bostridge (tenor) • David Daniels (countertenor) • Christopher Maltman (baritone) • Timothy Brown (horn) • Aline Brewer (harp) • Julius Drake (piano)
Recorded: 11 –17.IX and (11 & 12) 17.X.2001

CD 5 [70.54]
- The Children and Sir Nameless (Hardy)
- If it’s ever spring again (Hardy)
- Beware! (Three Early Songs)
- Not even summer yet (Burns)
- Two songs by W.H. Auden
- To lie flat on the back (Auden)
- Night covers up the rigid land (Auden)
- The Oxen (Christmas eve, and twelve of the clock – Hardy arr. Pears)
- Dawlie’s Devotion (William Soutar)
- Tradition (William Soutar)
- The Gully (William Soutar)
Neil Mackie (tenor) • Roger Vignoles (piano)
Recorded: 27.V & 18.VII.1986, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

- Tit for Tat (de la Mare)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) • Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 16–17, 19–20.V.2005, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London

Two Ballads for two voices and piano
- Mother Comfort (Montagu Slater)
- Underneath the Abject Willow (W.H. Auden)
Felicity Lott (soprano) • Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) • Graham Johnson (piano)
Recorded: 20–22.VI.1991, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Folksong arrangements
- Sweet Polly Oliver (Old English tune)
- The Minstrel Boy (The Moreen; Moore’s Irish Melodies)
- The Brisk Young Widow (Traditional)
- Ca’ the Yowes (Words by Robert Burns)
- The Lincolnshire Poacher (Traditional)
- O can ye sew cushions? (Scottish tune)
- The trees they grow so high (Somerset folk song)
Robert Tear (tenor) • Sir Philip Ledger (piano)
Recorded: 22–23.IV.1974, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Folk songs
- Early one morning (Traditional)
- How sweet the answer (The wren – Moore’s Irish Melodies)
- Voici le printemps (Anon)
- The last rose of Summer (Groves of Blarney – Moore’s Irish Melodies)
- Dear Harp of my Country! (Kate Tyrrel – Moore’s Irish Melodies)
- Oft in the stilly night (Moore’s Irish Melodies)
Sarah Brightman (soprano) • Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Recorded: 2–4.VIII & 14.XI.1986, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 6 [41.21]
Realisations of music by Henry Purcell
1. The Queen’s Epicedium (elegy on the death of Queen Mary (1695)) [mono]
Peter Pears (tenor) • Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 30.VIII.1947, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

from Orpheus Britannicus (realised and edited by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears)
2. Sound the Trumpet (Tate) 2.27
3. I attempt from love’s sickness to fly (Dryden/Howard) 2.46
4. Lost is my quiet for ever (Anon.) 3.21
5. Fairest Isle (Dryden) 2.10
6. What can we poor females do? (Anon.) 1.14
Felicity Lott (soprano) (5) • Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) (3) • Graham Johnson (piano)
Recorded: 20–22.VI.1991, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

7. I’ll sail upon the Dog-star (D’Urley)
8. The Knotting Song (Sedley)
9. Man is for the woman made (Motteux)
Neil Mackie (tenor) • Roger Vignoles (piano)
Recorded: 27.V & 18.VII.1986, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Suite of Songs
10. 1. Let sullen discord smile (Tate)
11. 2. Why should men quarrel? (Dryden & Howard)
12. 3. So when the glittering Queen of Night (D’Urfey)
13. 4. Thou tun’st this world (Brady)
14. 5a ’Tis holiday (Brady) – 5b Sound Fame thy brazen trumpet (Betterton & Dryden)

15. SCHUBERT: Die Forelle D550 (orchestrated by Britten)
16. SCHUMANN: Frühlingsnacht (No.12 from Liederkreis Op.39) (orchestrated by Britten)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford
Recorded: 9–10.V.1988, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

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