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Stanford: Children's Songs / Whately, Brynmor John, Allan
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Stanford: Children's Songs / Whately, Brynmor John, Allan

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Composer
Charles Villiers Stanford
Artist
Kitty Whately, Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Sep 02, 2022
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0655
UPC
748871065529

About

SOMM Recordings continues its widely acclaimed championing of the music of Charles Villiers Stanford with a captivating collection of his Children’s Songs by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and baritone Gareth Brynmor John, accompanied by pianist Susie Allan. Including numerous first recordings and the first complete album release of his setting of 14-year-old Helen Douglas Adam’s enchanting Songs from the Elfin Pedlar, it throws revealing new light on an important but largely overlooked aspect of Stanford’s output. Stanford, as his biographer and British music authority Jeremy Dibble comments in his authoritative notes, “was very much alive to the importance of children’s participation in music” following the transformative introduction of signing to the school curriculum in 1870. This delightful compendium of songs intended for children reveals the composer to be as acutely sensitive to his eclectic choice of texts as to his intended audience. It features premiere recordings of the early, Robert Louis Stevenson-set A Child’s Garland of Songs (Op.30), the mid-period Four Songs (Op.112) and later Six Songs (Op.175), together with seven other standalone songs, including the simple pastoral message of Summer’s Rain and Winter’s Snow and delightfully capricious Fairy Lures. SOMM’s previous Stanford recordings include his String Quintets (SOMMCD 0623) and complete String Quartets (SOMMCD 0160, 0185, 0607) with the Dante Quartet, praised by Gramophone for their “ardent, alert and thoroughly lived-in performances”, and Partsongs with the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir led by Paul Spicer (SOMMCD 0128), which Limelight described as “excellent... beautifully sung”. SOMM’s world-premiere recording of The Travelling Companion (SOMMCD 274-2) was hailed “a landmark” by Gramophone, who lauded Songs of Faith, Love and Nonsense (SOMMCD 0627) as “a hugely enjoyable anthology... production values and presentation leave nothing to be desired”.

Tracklist 38 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Bed in Summer 01:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Bed in Summer
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  2. 2 No. 2. Pirate Story 01:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Pirate Story
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  3. 3 No. 3. Foreign Lands 01:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Foreign Lands
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  4. 4 No. 4. Windy Nights 00:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Windy Nights
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  5. 5 No. 5. Where Go the Boats? 01:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Where Go the Boats?
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  6. 6 No. 6. My Shadow 02:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. My Shadow
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  7. 7 No. 7. Marching Song 01:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Marching Song
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  8. 8 No. 8. Foreign Children 02:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Foreign Children
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  9. 9 No. 9. My Ship and Me 01:53
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. My Ship and Me
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  10. 10 No. 1. Spring 01:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. Spring
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  11. 11 No. 2. The Silence 02:59
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. The Silence
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  12. 12 No. 3. The City Child 01:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. The City Child
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  13. 13 No. 4. The Vision 03:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4. The Vision
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  14. 14 No. 1. A Song of the Bow 01:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 1. A Song of the Bow
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  15. 15 No. 2. Drop Me a Flower 01:39
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 2. Drop Me a Flower
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  16. 16 No. 3. The Winds of Bethlehem 03:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 3. The Winds of Bethlehem
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  17. 17 No. 4. The Monkey's Carol 03:10
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 4. The Monkey's Carol
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  18. 18 No. 5. Lullaby 03:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 5. Lullaby
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  19. 19 No. 6. The Unknown Sea 02:43
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 6. The Unknown Sea
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  20. 20 No. 1. Two Little Stars 01:52
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 1. Two Little Stars
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  21. 21 No. 2. The Pedlar 02:25
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 2. The Pedlar
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  22. 22 No. 3. Little Snowdrop (Spring) 00:57
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 3. Little Snowdrop (Spring)
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  23. 23 No. 4. The Piper of the Spring 01:49
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 4. The Piper of the Spring
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  24. 24 No. 5. Speedwell 01:42
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 5. Speedwell
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  25. 25 No. 6. The Dream Ship 01:30
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 6. The Dream Ship
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  26. 26 No. 1. Summer 01:08
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 1. Summer
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  27. 27 No. 2. What Do You See? 02:36
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 2. What Do You See?
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  28. 28 No. 3. The Piper 02:47
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 3. The Piper
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  29. 29 No. 4. The Secret Place 02:21
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 4. The Secret Place
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  30. 30 No. 5. Night 01:34
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 5. Night
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  31. 31 No. 6. The Dust-Man 01:01
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 6. The Dust-Man
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  32. 32 Witches' Charms 01:28
    Track
    32
    Title
    Witches' Charms
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  33. 33 Summer's Rain and Winter's Snow 01:50
    Track
    33
    Title
    Summer's Rain and Winter's Snow
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  34. 34 Fairy Lures 01:38
    Track
    34
    Title
    Fairy Lures
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  35. 35 The Hoofs of the Horses 01:47
    Track
    35
    Title
    The Hoofs of the Horses
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan
  36. 36 A Japanese Lullaby 02:28
    Track
    36
    Title
    A Japanese Lullaby
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  37. 37 Worship 02:59
    Track
    37
    Title
    Worship
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
  38. 38 The King's Highway 02:23
    Track
    38
    Title
    The King's Highway
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Gareth Brynmor John, Susie Allan