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AN ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH SONG
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Stuart Burrows (ten
1
); Valerie Masterson (mez
2
); Thomas Allen (bar
3
); Sarah Walker (mez
4
); Peter Jeffes (ten
5
); Raimund Herincx (bar
6
); Patricia White (sop
7
); Jonathan Rees (vn
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DAL SEGNO DSPRC055 (63:14)
Songs by
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LESLEY,
1
FINDEN,
1
W. S. G. WILLIAMS,
2
BOND,
2
QUILTER,
2,4
ANON,
3
,6VAUGHAN WILLIAMS,
3
HANDEL,
4
PURCELL,
4
PARRY,
5
M. V. WHITE,
5
GIBB,
5
ELGAR,
6
IRELAND,
6
HAGEMAN,
7
R. CLARKE
This anthology of familiar and lesser-known English songs was recorded at Henry Wood Hall on March 11, 1989. It is presumably a studio recording, as there is no audience noise or other indication of a live production. The very brief booklet notes (two pages) provide only the contents and timings, and a sentence or two regarding some of the composers represented here. No texts are given. For a full-price CD, such scanty documentation is rather shameful. However, the contents are very worthwhile. Each singer is allotted three songs, except for soprano Patricia White, who along with violinist Jonathan Rees, performs five songs by violist Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979). All of the interpretations are deeply felt, and the unidentified piano accompanist (an inexplicable omission from the credits) performs ably. Among the singers, the particular standouts are Thomas Allen and Peter Jeffes, both in magnificent voice. With the exception of Raimund Herincx, who as always has a wobbly and diffuse emission, the others are quite good, though Burrows has an incipient beat to his voice and Walker has a slight spread and touch of shrillness in a couple of high notes. The sound quality is fine. There are, of course, many other fine anthologies of English songs, but if you have the money to spring for this issue it will provide much pleasure, despite the annoying shortcomings in the supporting documentation.
FANFARE: James A. Altena
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Works on This Recording
1.
Annabelle Lee by Henry David Leslie
Performer:
Stuart Burrows (Voice)
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs.
2.
A Perfect Day by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Performer:
Valerie Masterson (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; USA
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs.
3.
Bird Songs at Eventide by Eric Coates
Performer:
Valerie Masterson (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
4.
Linden Lea by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:
Thomas Allen (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1901; England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs.
6.
House of life: no 2, Silent Noon by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:
Thomas Allen (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs.
7.
Oedipus, Z 583: Music for a while by Henry Purcell
Performer:
Sarah Walker (Voice)
Period: Baroque
Written: ?1692; England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs.
9.
To Mary by Maude Valérie White
Performer:
Peter Jeffes (Voice)
Period: Romantic
Written: England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
10.
The cherry tree by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Performer:
Peter Jeffes (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949; England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
11.
Is she not Passing Fair? by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:
Peter Jeffes (Voice)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs.
12.
Songs of travel: no 1, The vagabond by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:
Raimund Herincx (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1901-1904; England
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs.
13.
Do not go, my love by Richard Hageman
Performer:
Raimund Herincx (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; USA
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.
14.
My little Welsh Home, song by W.S. Gwynn Williams
Performer:
Stuart Burrows (Voice)
Period: Modern
Written: Wales
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs.
21.
Sea fever, for voice & piano by John Ireland
Performer:
Raimund Herincx (Voice)
Period: Modern
Written: 1913; United Kingdom
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
23.
Kashmiri Song "Pale Hands I Loved" by Amy Woodforde-Finden
Performer:
Stuart Burrows (Voice)
Period: Modern
Written: 1902; United Kingdom
Date of Recording: 03/11/1989
Venue: The Henry Wood Hall
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
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