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The last few years have witnessed a general resurgence of interest in the songs of early-to mid-20th Century British composers and this has been a welcome development for anyone interested in the genre. Whether on CD or in concert, through the actual published music or scholarly books on the subject, the work of such notable composers as Bax, Bliss, Brian, Bridge, Delius, Van Dieren, Finzi, Gibbs, Grainger, Gurney, Howells, Ireland, Vaughan Williams and Walton are generally becoming more widely known. And it is squarely within this musical tradition that the songs of the three composers represented on this CD find their place.
Originally released on the Dunelm label in 2006, this recording will now benefit from considerably wider distribution and promotion on the Diversions imprint from Divine Art.
Ernest John Moeran: 6 Norfolk Folksongs
No. 1. Down by the Riverside
No. 2. The Bold Richard
No. 3. Lonely Waters
No. 4. The Pressgang
No. 5. The Shooting of his Dear
No. 6. The Oxford Sporting Blade
Ernest John Moeran: 7 Poems of James Joyce
No. 1. Strings in the earth and air
No. 2. The Merry Green Wood
No. 3. Bright cap
No. 4. The Pleasant Valley
No. 5. Donnycarney
No. 6. Rain has fallen
No. 7. Now, O now, in this brown land
Peter Warlock: Candlelight
No. 1. How many miles to Babylon?
No. 2. I won't be my father's Jack
No. 3. Robin and Richard
No. 4. O my kitten
No. 5. Little Tommy Tucker
No. 6. There was an old man
No. 7. I had a little pony
No. 8. Little Jack Jingle
No. 9. There was a man of Thessaly
No. 10. Suky, you shall be my wife
No. 11. There was an old woman
No. 12. Arthur o' Bower
Peter Warlock: Saudades
I. Along the stream
II. Take, O take those lips away
III. Heraclitus
Peter Warlock: The Fox
The Fox
Geoffrey Stern: 3 Wordsworth Songs
No. 1. To the cuckoo
No. 2. She dwelt among the untrodden ways
No. 3. To an infant
Geoffrey Stern: 4 Songs of James Joyce
No. 1. Lean out of your window
No. 2. Strings in the Earth and Air
No. 3. Now, O now in this brown land
No. 4. Gentle Lady
Geoffrey Stern: Legend
Legend
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No. 1. Down by the Riverside