Songs my Father Taught Me

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Catalogue No: CDA67290
Label: Hyperion
Series: Song Recitals
Length: 70 minutes

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Edward C Purcell; Edward Purcell Cockram: Passing by

Work length1:46

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

anon.: The lark in the clear air

Work length1:49

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Sullivan, A: My Dearest Heart

Work length3:01

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Sanderson, W: Until

Work length2:04

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Wood, Haydn: Love's Garden of Roses

Work length3:39

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

anon.: Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

Work length2:24

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Wood, Haydn: It is only a tiny garden

Work length2:08

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Capel: Love, could I only tell thee

Work length3:48

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Travers, A: A Mood

Work length2:54

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Arthur Penn: Smilin' through

Work length1:42

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Sullivan, A: The Lost Chord

Work length3:48

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Stephen Adams; Michael Maybrick: The Holy City

Work length5:14

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Robson: The Cheviot Hills

Work length2:51

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Dresser: On the banks of the Wabash, far away

Work length3:14

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Wood, Haydn: A brown bird singing

Work length2:34

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Lambert, E: She is far from the land

Work length3:03

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Peel: In Summertime on Bredon

Work length3:38

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Dix: The Trumpeter

Work length3:28

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Wood, Haydn: Bird of Love Divine

Work length2:01

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Lambert, E: God's Garden

Work length2:13

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Ivor Novello; David Ivor Davies: Till the boys come home 'Keep the home fires burning'

Work length3:20

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Rasbach: Trees

Work length1:58

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

O'Connor, F: The Old House

Work length2:24

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Coates, E: Bird Songs at Eventide

Work length2:48

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Murray, A: I'll walk beside you

Work length2:31

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Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

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The making of this record was a very special labour of love for Sir Thomas who writes of it: 'The completion of this record marks something of a watershed for me in a career not without incident and highlight. So why, you may ask, should a recording of what were once mostly popular songs be just as telling, if not more so, than the commitment to disc of the great works of Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Berlioz and so many other heavyweight names? I can only say that nostalgia and sentiment are almost entirely responsible, plus a genuine love of the often simple but very beautiful melodies that lie within these songs. The majority of them did indeed enjoy popularity in their day, still do in some cases. Others never made their mark, and I feel should have done, but who can ponder the eternal riddle of why, with works of not dissimilar quality, some make it and others don't. There's no academia behind this recording, just my very simple need to recapture memories I have of amateur singers coming through our house in Seaham Harbour, to practice these songs and others with my father at a time when there seemed a need for reassurance, perhaps, following two world wars. Then, there was no embarrassment at the sentiment common to so many of them, as one might experience now. My father, I think, would have liked the record and I want it to be in his beloved memory ... Thomas Allen'.

Songs my Father Taught Me

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