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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Her Song - Orchestral Songs & AriasRecorded: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 27-29 January 2009
Susan Gritton’s solo recital with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins is focussed on orchestral songs by Elgar and John Ireland, varied with delightful solo items by Susan’s grandfather Eric Gritton, by John Sanders, and an aria from Parry’s opera ‘Guenever’, here orchestrated by Jeremy Dibble. This is an enchanting and pioneering survey, with ten Elgar orchestral songs ringingly presented and crowned by Susan Gritton’s affecting reading of The Sun Goeth Down from ‘The Kingdom’. This is the first time so substantial a survey of Elgar’s orchestral songs has been presented in one programme. The song by Eric Gritton, O Stay, Madonna, is a ripe example of lyrical Edwardiana and contrasts nicely with John Sanders’ atmospherically floated Evening on Severn, and Parry’s affecting but stoutly written aria for Queen Guenever facing death at the stake. In contrast there are two groups of John Ireland songs, nine in all, each especially eloquent when heard with orchestral accompaniment. They include the title song Her Song of 1925, which makes a touching lyrical foil to Elgar’s exuberance. “Throughout Gritton is musically purposeful… while Martyn Brabbins and the BBC players do a fine job.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 **** “…performances are all one could hope for. Susan Gritton brings resplendent tone and intelligent observation to the task in hand, and she receives bright-eyed sensitive support from the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Peter Pears - Anniversary Tribute
Bach, J S: | Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben (from Christmas Oratorio) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger St John Passion, BWV245: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgement Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger Mass in B minor: Benedictus Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum St John Passion, BWV245: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgement John Shirley-Quirk, Gwynne Howell English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys Choir | Bennett, R R: | Tom O’Bedlam’s Song Joan Dickson (piano) | Berlioz: | L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25: Les pèlerins étant venus Goldsbrough Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, Colin Davis | Bridge: | Tis but a week When you are old Goldenhair So perverse Journey's end | Britten: | Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 Dennis Brain (horn) The Boyd Neel String Orchestra Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 At Night (from The Turn of the Screw) Peter Pears (Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Olive Dyer (Flora), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess) English Opera Group Orchestra Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart (from The Rape of Lucretia) English Chamber Orchestra Canticle II - Abraham & Isaac Op. 51 Norma Procter (alto) War Requiem, Op.66: Move him into the sun Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61 We committed his body to the deep (from Billy Budd) London Symphony Orchestra The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 How now my love? (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) Josephine Veasey (Hermia) London Symphony Orchestra Albert the Good! (from Albert Herring) English Chamber Orchestra May God bless the Queen (from Owen Wingrave) Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere) English Chamber Orchestra Canticle V: The Death of St. Narcissus, Op. 89 Osian Ellis (harp) The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me (from Death in Venice) English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (from Peter Grimes) Old Joe has gone fishing (from Peter Grimes) The bridge is down, we half swam over (from Peter Grimes) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House O Waly, Waly The foggy, foggy dew The Brisk Young Widow Le Roi s'en va-t'en chasse The Plough Boy | Busch, W: | The echoing green The Shepherd If thou wilt ease thine heart Come, o come, my life's delight Viola Tunnard (piano) | Bush, A: | Voices of the Prophets Alan Busch (piano) | Delius: | To Daffodils Viola Tunnard (piano) | Dieren: | Dream Pedlary Take, o take those lips away Viola Tunnard (piano) | Dowland: | I saw my Lady weepe In darkness let me dwell Julian Bream (guitar) | Elgar: | The Dream of Gerontius: Sanctus fortis London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Grainger: | Bold William Taylor | Handel: | Love in her eyes sits playing (from Acis and Galatea) Lo! Here my love (from Acis and Galatea) Thurston Dart (harpischord) Philomusica of London, Adrian Boult | Ireland: | The Land of Lost Content The Trellis Love and friendship Friendship in misfortune The One Hope | Lutoslawski: | Paroles tissées London Sinfonietta, Witold Lutoslawski | Moeran: | The Merry Month of May Viola Tunnard (piano) | Morley: | It was a lover and his lass Julian Bream (guitar) | Pilkington: | Rest sweet Nimphs Julian Bream (guitar) | Purcell: | When a cruel long winter (from The Fairy Queen) | Rainier: | Cycle for Declamation | Rosseter: | What then is love but mourning? Julian Bream (guitar) | Schubert: | Gute Nacht (No. 1 from Winterreise, D911) Der Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911) Frühlingstraum (No. 11 from Winterreise, D911) Der Leiermann (No. 24 from Winterreise, D911) Das Wandern (No. 1 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Der Neugierige (No. 6 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Der Jäger (No. 14 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Die böse Farbe (No. 17 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Ganymed, D544 (Goethe) | Schumann: | Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (No. 1 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Ich grolle nicht (No. 7 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Ich hab' im Traum geweinet (No. 13 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Die alten, bosen Lieder (No. 16 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Szenen aus Goethes Faust: Die ihr dies Haupt umschwebt im luft'gem Kreise Jenny Hill, Margaret Cable, John Elwes, Neil Jenkins, John Noble Aldeburgh Festival Singers, English Chamber Orchestra | Schütz: | Matthäus Passion: Jesus aber stund für dem Landpleger Meriel Dickinson, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon Heinrich Schütz Choir, Roger Norrington | Tippett: | Boyhood's End The Heart's Assurance Noel Mewton-Wood (piano) Songs for Ariel | Vaughan Williams: | On Wenlock Edge Zorian String Quartet |
The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a vast amount of twentieth-century English music and German Lieder. This anniversary collection features Pears in a wide selection of this repertory and it also charts his career as a recording artist from landmark recordings such as the first recording of Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (made in 1944) through to Britten's Canticle V The Death of St Narcissus (composed in 1974), recorded near the end of his career in 1976. Many recordings included here appear on CD for the first time as international releases. Performances of Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge, and of Tippett’s Songs for Ariel , are of especial interest, and in a different vein, Pears sings Lutoslawski’s Paroles tissées, which he commissioned. A true rarity is the first ever release of Schubert's Ganymed. Packaging is cap box; 28-page booklet features a new essay on Pears by George Hall. “so astute is his characterization and formidable his musical intelligence that he is able to portray the comic flavour of Albert Herring with as much conviction as the haunting melancholy of Death in Venice....All in all, a superb tribute to one of the most characterful and important singers of the twentieth century.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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