Britten/Berkeley: Auden Songs
Steuart Bedford (piano), Della Jones (mezzo), Philip Langridg (tenor)
Hooray for the Berkeley centenary if it wins us a bonus like this !V a rare collection of the settings of W.H. Auden's poems by Lennox B and, more to the point, Benjamin Britten. —
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Berkeley, L: Five Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53 (1958)
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: September 1997
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London
I. Lauds (Among the leaves the small birds sing)
II. O Lurcher-loving collier
III. What's in your mind, my dove, my coney?
IV. Eyes look into the well
V. Carry her over the water
Berkeley, L: Night covers up the rigid land, Op. 14, No. 2
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: September 1997
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London
Night covers up the rigid land, Op. 14, No. 2
Lay your sleeping head, my love, Op. 14, No. 2b
Britten: On this Island, Op. 11
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: September 1997
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London
Let the florid music praise
Now the leaves are falling fast
Seascape
Nocturne
As it is, plenty
Britten: Fish in the Unruffled Lakes - Six Auden settings
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: September 1997
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London
Britten: Night covers up the rigid land (No. 2 from Fish in the Unruffled Lakes)
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: September 1997
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London
Britten: To lie flat on the back
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: September 1997
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London
Britten: The sun shines down
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: December 1995
- Recording Venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London
Britten: What's in your mind?
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: December 1995
- Recording Venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London
What's on your mind?
Britten: Underneath the abject willow
- Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
- Recorded: December 1995
- Recording Venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London, London
Britten: Johnny (from Cabaret Songs)
- Steuart Bedford (piano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
- Recorded: December 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London
Tell me the truth about love
Funeral blues
Johnny
Calypso
Britten: When you're feeling like expressing your affection (Auden)
- Steuart Bedford (piano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
- Recorded: December 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London
Underneath the abject willow
- Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
- Recorded: December 1995
- Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London