Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Divine Art
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 809730856624
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: The Silver Hound and other songs by Betty Roe
Description
Betty Roe is quite a phenomenon – unknown to most people! Composer of six operas, orchestral works and light music for theater and cabaret, her first love is art-song of which she has produced over 300 examples. Her style is eclectic, ranging from the serious to the comical, displaying a wonderful wit as well as a firm grasp of vocal writing and a way of providing music that seems totally at one with the texts; and at the age of 87, she remains a major force in the music world. In 2011 she was awarded the MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to classical music and composition. This program of songs composed over the last 30 years is a delight, and features top English soloists Sarah Leonard and Anne Marie Sheridan (sopranos), Robin Tritschler (tenor) and Stephen Varcoe (baritone) with Nigel Foster, English Song accompanist extraordinaire (today’s Gerald Moore) at the piano. In several items obbligato French horn (Daniel Beer – the composer’s grandson), recorder (Emma Murphy) or violin (Madeleine Mitchell) add to the texture.
Tracklisting
Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay; Chiahu Lee
The Kreutzer Quartet
SoXXI Percussion Group
Robert Sholl; Justin Paterson; Anna McCready; Andy Visser
Marsyas Trio; Lotte Betts-Dean; Joseph Havlat
John Boyden's NQHO Players; John Lill; Ian Partridge; Jennifer Partridge
James Gilchrist; Nathan Williamson
Jacqueline Leclair; Kerstin Thiele; Esbjerg Ensemble; Harvey Sollberger; Mathias Reumert
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