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anon.: | O where hae ye been, Lord Randall, my son? traditional, arr. Cyril Scott | Beethoven: | Mephistos Flohlied, Op. 75, 3 | Brahms: | Es war ein Markgraf überm Rhein (No. 29 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) | Emanuel: | Alone in the desert, alone, I'm alone | Loewe, C: | Edward, Op. 1 No. 1 (Herder) Die wandelnde Glocke, Op. 20 No..3 | Mahler: | Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | Porter, C: | The Tale of the Oyster | Schubert: | Erlkönig, D328 | Schumann: | Die Löwenbraut, Op. 31 No. 1 Der Schatzgräber, Op. 45 No. 1 | Stanford: | La Belle Dame sans merci (John Keats) (1877) | Sullivan, A: | The Lost Chord | Wolf, H: | Der Feuerreiter (No. 44 from Mörike-Lieder) |
This latest release from the multi-award-winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake features a literary and musical form which inspired the greatest voices of German Romanticism. The foremost poets and composers of the age saw the ballad as a direct link to the folk-minstrels of the past. Frequently ghoulish and sensational in character, ballads satisfied the popular taste for the Gothic. This disc contains some of the greatest examples of the form, including Schubert’s Erlkönig, as well as some fascinating and lesser-known works. The disc also includes selections from the ever popular English ballad tradition. Gerald Finley’s unrivalled gift for characterization and story-telling, honed both on the stages of opera houses around the world and through his extraordinary Lieder recordings, makes him the ideal performer of these works. This is a genuinely entertaining and original disc. “Drake's playing has successfully suited the varied repertoire. Finley has enthralled with his interpretations and delighted with his singing purely as singing, combining the two aspects expertly.” International Record Review, July 2011 “they're all tales and Finley is a fine tale-teller. In Loewe, he sounds as though he's singing just for you, the listener, so rapt and intense is his communication. Drake is a fine accomplice, tuning his fingers to full orchestral capacity for Schumann's psycho-drama 'Die Löwenbraut' and Wolf's 'Der Feuerreiter'” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 **** “Listen to these wonderfully melodramatic, mostly Victorian ballads by candlelight in a haunted house...Performances full of raging fortissimos and ghoulish tremolandos from Finley and his pianist Julius Drake.” The Times, 18th June 2011 **** “Their approach to text and music consistently casts light on turbulent emotions, at times glaring in its dramatic intensity at others passed through restraining filters. The recital's heart pulses with Wolf's Der Feuerreiter and a spine-tingling account of Stanford's La belle dame sans merci.” Classic FM Magazine, August 2011 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Great Cathedral Organs of England Volume 1
Bossi, M E: | Scherzo in G minor, Op. 49 No. 2 | Charpentier, M-A: | Te Deum, H146: Prélude | Clarke, Jeremiah: | Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March' | Cocker: | Tuba Tune | Davies, Walford: | Solemn Melody, for organ | Dubois, T: | Toccata | Gigout: | Pièces (10) pour orgue, 1892: Scherzo (No. 8) | Handel: | Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, HWV292, Op. 4 No. 4: 1st movement Water Music: Air | Lemare: | Andantino in D flat Op. 83 No. 2 (‘Moonlight and Roses') | Mendelssohn: | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March | Mulet: | Carillon-Sortie | Rheinberger: | Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 132: Intermezzo | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Sullivan, A: | The Lost Chord | Vierne, L: | Organ Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 14: Final | Whitlock: | Five Short Pieces: Folk Tune Scherzo |
Timothy Farrell (organ of Westminster Abbey), Christopher Dearnley (organ of St Paul Cathedral), Barry Rose (organ of Guildford Cathedral), Allan Wicks (organ of Canterbury Cathedral), Francis Jackson (organ of York Minster), Noel Rawsthorne (organ of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Very Best of The Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band
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| |  | HallelujahGreat Organ Arrangements
Organ at Coventry Cathedral | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Music For A Country Church
Martin Souter (piano, organ) The Victoria Singers, Sarah Tenant-Flowers | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Floral Dance and other Peter Dawson Favourites
Adams, S: | The Holy City | Coward, L: | Wandering The King's Highway | Damrosch: | Danny Deever, Op. 2 No. 7 | Elgar: | O My Warriors (Caractacus) | French, W P: | Phil the Fluter's Ball | German: | Glorious Devon | Lambert, F: | She is far from the land | Molloy: | The Kerry Dance | Moss, K: | The floral dance | Murray, A: | I'll walk beside you | Newton, E: | The Drum Major | O'Hogan: | Old Father Thames | Sanderson, W: | Up from Somerset | Smith, H B: | That Lucky Old Sun | Speaks: | On the Road to Mandalay | Stanford: | Drake's Drum | Sullivan, A: | The Lost Chord | Tate, J W: | A Bachelor Gay (Maid of the Mountains) | Thayer, P: | Travel the Road | Vaughan Williams: | The Vagabond (from Songs of Travel) |
Re-mastered and remixed for SACD surround sound from the original 1999 recording. Peter Dawson was the Pavarotti of his time, popular enough to have his own fan club which exists to this day, and made over 2000 recordings between 1905 and 1958 (he died in 1961). Opera baritone Gregory Yurisich has compiled a wonderful tribute in this recital of songs made famous by the great Australian baritone. ‘Old Father Thames’, ‘On the Road to Mandalay’, and other ballads are treated with affectionate gusto with terrific orchestral backing by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. The music is cheerfully melodic and humorously patriotic and sentimental. Beautifully packaged with new cover and label artwork. Digipak with picture disc and 42-page colour booklet with essays and all song texts. “An ideal CD to bring memories of yesteryear flooding back... Gregory Yurisich sings with style and precision... resembles a Robson in timbre, wide compass and powerful delivery.” MusicWeb International (on the Original CD Release) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | A Taste of ShropshireEnglish Music from Ludlow
Martin Setchell (organ of St Laurence's Parish Church) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Sullivan - The Lost Chord
The Band of The Irish Guards, Major Andrew Chatburn BA ARCM, psm (Director of Music) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | The World's Most Beautiful Melodies
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| |  | British Bandsman
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