Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

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Album Summary

Performers

• John Ainsley (Tenor)
• Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
• Christopher Glynn (Piano)
• Hila Plitmann (Soprano)
• Timothy Travers-Brown (Countertenor)
• Jeremy Filsell (Piano)
• Claire Jones (Harp)
• Elin Thomas (Soprano)
• Susan Gritton (Soprano)
• Sarah Connolly
• Eugene Asti (Piano)
• Susan Bickley (Mezzo Soprano)
• Philip Langridge (Tenor)
• David Norris (Piano)
• Felicity Lott
• Jonathan Lemalu (Bass Baritone)
• Simon Crawford-Phillips (Piano)
• Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
• Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
• Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Lisa Milne (Soprano)
• Alison Nicholls (Harp)
• Philippe Honore (Violin)
• Morgan Szymanski (Guitar)
• Mark Padmore
• Rebecca Evans (Soprano)
• Ailish Tynan (Soprano)
• Andrew Plant (Piano)
• Andrew Swait (Treble)

Ensemble

• Dante Quartet

Composers

• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Patrick Hawes (Choral Composer) (1958 - )
• Judith Weir (1954 - )
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Alec Roth (1948 - )
• Irish Traditional
• Eric Whitacre (1970 - )
• Reynaldo Hahn (1875 - 1947)
• Stephen Storace (1762 - 1796)
• Kurt Weill (Composer) (1900 - 1950)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

Notes & Reviews:

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with a landmark release of the Complete Works of Thomas Tallis with Chapelle du Roi), Signum has grown since 1997 to a catalogue of over 300 releases across a wide range of genres. In this Art Song collection we bring together performances from across Signum's catalouge by singers including John Mark Ainsley, Sarah Connolly, Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Mark Padmore, Andrew Kennedy, Roderick Williams, Ailish Tynan and Hila Plitmann.

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Works Details

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra)

• Performers: Simon Crawford-Phillips (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
• Ensemble: Dante Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1908-1909

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Op. 75

• Performers: Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1809

Poulenc, Francis : Reine des mouettes, song for voice & piano (Métamorphoses), FP 121/1

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Lisa Milne (Soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943

Roth, Alec : Songs in Time of War :: A Fine Lady

• Performers: Alison Nicholls (Harp); Philippe Honore (Violin); Morgan Szymanski (Guitar); Mark Padmore
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Liszt, Franz : Buch der Lieder, Volume 2

• Performers: Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1842.
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1842

Scott, Francis George : Lourd on my Hert, song

• Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, Irish : The Lost Lover, folk song

• Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Ailish Tynan (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.

Britten, Benjamin : Diaphenia, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Andrew Plant (Piano); Andrew Swait (Treble)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 09/08/1929

Purcell, Henry : King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628

• Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); John Ainsley (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Op. 75

• Performers: Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1809

Whitacre, Eric : 5 Hebrew Love Songs :: Éyze shéleg (What snow!)

• Performers: Christopher Glynn (Piano); Hila Plitmann (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Britten, Benjamin : 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 :: Sonetto 16, Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro

• Performers: Mark Padmore; Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Warlock, Peter : And wilt thou leave me thus?

• Performers: Timothy Travers-Brown (Countertenor); Jeremy Filsell (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1928

Hawes, Patrick : A Birthday, for voice & harp

• Performers: Claire Jones (Harp); Elin Thomas (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Britten, Benjamin : Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 2 "France" :: Il est quelqu'un sur terre

• Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Susan Gritton (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1946

Hahn, Reynaldo : A Chloris

• Performers: Sarah Connolly; Eugene Asti (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1913

Tippett, Michael : Songs of Ariel :: Come unto these yellow sands

• Performers: John Ainsley (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1962

Weir, Judith : Songs from the Exotic :: Sevdalino, my little one

• Performers: Susan Bickley (Mezzo Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Storace, Stephen : The Curfew Tolls the Bell, for voice & piano

• Performers: Philip Langridge (Tenor); David Norris (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Vocal

Barber, Samuel : Solitary Hotel, song for voice & piano (Despite and Still), Op. 41/4

• Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Ailish Tynan (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968-1969

Poulenc, Francis : Les chemins de l'amour ("Les chemins qui vont"), for voice & piano (or orchestra), FP 106

• Performers: Felicity Lott; Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1940

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang : Vier Abschiedslieder, Op. 14 :: Sterbelied

• Performers: Sarah Connolly; Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1921

Traditional, Irish : She Moved through the Fair, folk song

• Performers: Ailish Tynan (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal
• Written: by 1700

Poulenc, Francis : Monsieur Sans Souci, song for voice & piano (4 chansons pour enfants), FP 75/4

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Jonathan Lemalu (Bass Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Weill, Kurt [Composer] : Speak Low, song for voice & piano (from "One Touch of Venus")

• Performers: Sarah Connolly; Eugene Asti (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 06/1943-09/1943