Songs of Innocence - Britten, Barber, Ives, Handel, Warlock, etc / Swait, Bowman, Plant

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Album Summary

Performers

• Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Andrew Plant (Piano)
• James Bowman (Countertenor)

Composers

• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• English Traditional
• Anonymous
• Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980)
• British Isles Traditional
• William Boyce (1711 - 1779)
• Arthur Somervell (1863 - 1937)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814)
• Traditional Spiritual
• Michael Berkeley (1948 - )
• Donald Swann (1923 - 1994)
• Charles Wood (Choral Composer) (1886 - 1926)
• Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
• Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)

Notes & Reviews:

The initial impetus for 'Songs of Innocence' came from Andrew Swait who was extremely keen to investigate repertoire rarely sung by a treble; indeed, several of the songs featured are world premiere recordings. After rehearsals with Andrew Plant in the summer of 2007, Andrew Swait's immense enthusiasm for Britten's unpublished student works was soon evident and is as evident in this fresh recording a year on.

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Works Details

Niles, John Jacob : I Wonder As I Wander

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1925

Traditional Spiritual : In the Mornin', spiritual

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.

Britten, Benjamin : Diaphenia, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 09/08/1929

Britten, Benjamin : The Owl, song for voice & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1929-1932

Britten, Benjamin : Witches' Song, for voice & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1929

Britten, Benjamin : Chamber Music V, song for soprano or tenor & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Britten, Benjamin : Two-part Songs (3), for boys' or female chorus :: The Rainbow

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1932

Britten, Benjamin : The Oxen, carol for female chorus & piano

• Performers: Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1967

Traditional, British Isles : Little Sir William, folk song

• Performers: Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Berkeley, Michael : Cradle Song, for chorus & organ (or piano)

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1960s

Warlock, Peter : The Bayley Berith the Bell Away, for voice & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1918

Boyce, William : Tell me, lovely shepherd

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Swann, Donald : Slow Train

• Performers: Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, English : Ca' the yowes

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Somervell, Arthur : Silent Worship ("Did You Not Hear My Lady"), for voice & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Wood, Charles : Who is Silvia?, for voice & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1891

Anonymous : Caleno custure me

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Dirge for Fidele, song for 2 mezzo-sopranos & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1922

Quilter, Roger : Summer Sunset, for sopano, alto & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1949

Ives, Charles : Slow March

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1887

Dibdin, Charles : Tom Bowling, for voice & piano

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Traditional, English : Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, folk song

• Performers: Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal

Williamson, Malcolm : My Bed Is a Boat, song

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); Andrew Plant (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Barber, Samuel : Songs (4), Op. 13

• Performers: Andrew Swait (Treble); James Bowman (Countertenor); Andrew Plant (Piano)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Williamson, Malcolm : Sweet and Low, for voice & piano

• Performers: Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, England (08/11/2007/09/08/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary