Cat No:
CHAN10691
Release Date: 25 September 2011
Label: Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 095115169124
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Various English Songs
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Description
Sarah Connolly received excellent reviews for her recital performance of 'English Songs' on 11 April 2011 at the Alice Tully Hall in New York. The New York Times wrote: 'Ms Connolly's voice was strong and steady through its range, velvety, but with a soft, subtle graininess that gave weight and presence to even her most ethereal floated notes.' Here the mezzo-soprano, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau on piano, performs four arrangements by Benjamin Britten: three folk songs and one song from an early choral work. These complement the recent Britten CD on Chandos, on which Connolly performs the cantata Phaedra as well as A Charm of Lullabies (CHAN 10671). Next come eleven songs from the 1920s, which is considered the golden decade for English art songs. Among the highlights are By a Bierside, Ivor Gurney's stark reflection on death, written in the World War I trenches, and Herbert Howells's King David which has long been considered a masterpiece. Howells himself said: 'I am prouder to have written King David than almost anything else of mine.' The most recent contribution to this disc of English Songs is the surreally retro A History of the The Dansant by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, which was published in 1995. -
Tracklisting
- 1. O Waly Waly (Benjamin Britten)
- 2. A Corpus Christi Carol (Benjamin Britten)
- 3. Early One Morning (Benjamin Britten)
- 4. How Sweet the Answer (Benjamin Britten)
- 5. Sleep (Ivor Gurney)
- 6. By a Bierside
- 7. The First Mercy (Peter Warlock)
- 8. Her Song (John Ireland)
- 9. Tryst (John Ireland)
- 10. My True Love Hath My Heart (John Ireland)
- 11. Lost Love (Herbert Howells)
- 12. King David (Herbert Howells)
- 13. Gavotte (Herbert Howells)
- 14. Come Sing and Dance (Herbert Howells)
- 15. Cotswold Love (Michael Head)
- 16. Foxgloves (Michael Head)
- 17. A History of the Thé Dansant (Sir Richard Rodney Bennett)
Disc 1
Side 1
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 'The Fi...
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Halle Choir; John Storgards
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William Walton: Cello Concerto; Symphony No.1; Scapino
Jonathan Aasgaard; Sinfonia of London; John Wilson
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Latin Connections
Sara Dowling; Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
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The World Feels Dusty - Songs by Barber; Chausson; C...
Dame Sarah Connolly; Joseph Middleton
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Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Camille Saint-Sae...
James Ehnes; BBC Philharmonic; Juanjo Mena
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B ...
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SPANISH IMPRESSIONS
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH - SYMPHONY NO. 6/ NOCTURNE/ SYMP
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VARIOUS - WEDDING CLASSICS
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VARIOUS - ROMANTIC CLASSICS
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VARIOUS - REMEMBRANCE CLASSICS
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VARIOUS:LAUGH WITH
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TOSCA
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The Voice of Wales
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THE MAGIC FLUTE
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