Arthur Bliss: Lieder
Lieder
2
CDs
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- A Knot of Riddles; 3 Romantic Songs; 7 Songs; 9 American Poems; Fair is my Love; In Praise of his Daphnis; When I was one-and-twenty; The Tramps; 2 Nursery Rhymes; Elegiac Sonnet; Angels of the Mind; The Tempest Incidental Music; The Ballads of the 4 Seasons; The Fallow Deer at the lonely House; Rich or poor; Child's Prayer; 3 Jolly Gentlemen; The Hammers; Simples; 'Tis time; At the Window; Auvergnat
- Künstler: McGreevy, Spence, Herford, Sturrock, Nash Ensemble, Brabbins
- Label: Hyperion, DDD, 98
- Bestellnummer: 2083557
- Erscheinungstermin: 3.3.2000
Product-Information:
This 2-CD set presents the most comprehensive recording yet of the songs of Sir Arthur Bliss—which turns out to be a surprisingly varied output dating from all periods of his life. There are many first recordings here, and in fact many of the songs are virtually unknown. The poets range from the eighth-century Li-Po and early English to Housman, Hardy, Walter de la Mare and Kathleen Raine (the cycle Angels of the Mind), with a strong showing of the American writers Edna St Vincent Millay and Elinor Wylie. (Bliss was half-American himself.)
The Nash Ensemble provides the varied instrumental backings for the many songs which are not accompanied by piano alone.
The set comes with generous notes by Giles Easterbook and complete texts.
Rezensionen
'This double album is a revelatory document and a source of ever unpredictable delight ... These songs beg to be performed more often.' (BBC Music Magazine)
'Kathleen Raine's poems drew the best from Bliss: simple eloquence, bold, shining gestures and memorable images including a fine nocturne: they are masterly, and would alone make investigating this pair of discs worthwhile. Geraldine McGreevy sings them simply, purely and very movingly.' (Gramophone)
'A minor revelation ... [the songs] display the best features of the 20th-century song as an art form: the poetry is well-chosen, the music is quick-witted, and the accompaniments are as fascinating as the vocal line ... No sooner had the disc finished than I punched the start button again.' (Gramophone)
'This set marks yet another achievement by Hyperion in its splendid series of song releases.' (International Record Review)
- Tracklisting
- Details
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 2 (CD)
A Knot of Riddles für Bariton und 11 Instrumente
- 1 Fish in River
- 2 Swallows
- 3 An Oyster
- 4 A Weather Cock
- 5 A Bookworm (Hommage modeste à Maurice Ravel)
- 6 A Cross of Wood
- 7 Sun and Moon
Three Romantic Songs
- 8 The Hare
- 9 Lovelocks
- 10 The Buckle
Four Songs für Singstimme, Violine und Klavier
- 11 A Christmas Carol
- 12 Sea Love
- 13 Vocalise
- 14 The Mad Woman of Punnet's Town
Seven American Poems
- 15 Gone, gone again is summer
- 16 Siege
- 17 Feast
- 18 Little Elegy
- 19 Rain comes down
- 20 Fair Annet's Song
- 21 Being young and green
Two American Poems
- 22 Humoresque
- 23 The Return from Town
Three Songs
- 24 Thunderstorms
- 25 This Night
- 26 Leisure
Two Love Songs
- 27 Fair is my love
- 28 In praise of his Daphnis
- 29 The Tramps
- 30 When I was one-and-twenty
Disk 2 von 2 (CD)
Nursery Rhymes Nr. 1-2
- 1 The Ragwort
- 2 The Dandelion
- 3 Elegiac Sonnet (für Tenor, Streichquartett und Klavier)
Angels of the Mind
- 4 Worry about Money
- 5 Lenten Flowers
- 6 Harvest
- 7 Seed
- 8 In the Beck
- 9 Storm
- 10 Nocturne
- 11 The Tempest (Overture and Act 1 Scene 1)
The Ballads of the Four Seasons
- 12 Spring
- 13 Summer
- 14 Autumn
- 15 Winter
- 16 The fallow Deer at the lonely House
- 17 Rich or Poor
- 18 A Child's Prayer
- 19 Three Jolly Gentlemen
- 20 The Hammers
- 21 Simples
- 22 Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town
- 23 At the Window
- 24 Auvergnat
