| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010042 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Chandos: CHAN 8743. Additional no.: ABRD 1382. |
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Songs and song cycles; in part, originally with piano or string quartet; the Finzi songs with string orchestra acc. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Stephen Varcoe, bass-baritone; City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Mar. 13-14 and May 22, 1989, St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Biographical notes by Lewis Foreman in English, French, and German, and texts (31 p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Three Shakespeare songs : op. 6. Come away, death ; O mistress mine ; Blow, blow, thou winter wind / Roger Quilter (6:00) -- Love blows as the wind blows. Love blows as the wind blows : [In the year that's come and gone] ; Life in her creaking shoes ; Coming up from Richmond ; [On the way to Kew] / George Butterworth (9:00) -- Twilight : op. 59, no. 6 (2:40) ; Pleading : op. 48, no. 1 (2:30) / Edward Elgar -- Let us garlands bring : five Shakespeare songs, op. 18. Come away, come away, death ; Who is Silvia? ; Fear no more the heat o' the sun ; O mistress mine ; It was a lover and his lass / Gerald Finzi (11:00) -- Six songs from A Shropshire lad. Loveliest of trees ; When I was one-and-twenty ; Look not in my eyes ; Think no more lad ; The lads in their hundreds ; Is my team ploughing? / George Butterworth ; orchestrated by Lance Baker (12:00) -- Three songs from The house of life. Love-sight ; Silent noon ; Heart's haven / Ralph Vaughan Williams ; orchestrated by Maurice Johnstone (13:00) -- If there were dreams to sell (3:05) ; Hope the hornblower (1:28) / John Ireland ; orchestrated by Frederick Bye. |
| Subject |
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
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Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra. |
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Songs (Medium voice) with string orchestra.
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| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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| Subject |
Song cycles -- Excerpts.
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Song cycles -- Excerpts. |
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Vocal music -- England.
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Vocal music. |
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England. |
| Genre/Form |
Vocal music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Baker, Lance, arranger.
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Johnstone, Maurice, 1900-1976, arranger.
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Bye, Frederick Edward, 1901- arranger.
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Hickox, Richard, 1948-2008, conductor.
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Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953.
Shakespeare songs, op. 6; arranged.
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Butterworth, George, 1885-1916.
Love blows as the wind blows. Selections; arranged.
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Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
Song cycle, op. 59. Twilight.
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Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
Pleading; arranged.
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Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956.
Let us garlands bring; arranged.
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Butterworth, George, 1885-1916.
Songs from A Shropshire lad; arranged.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
House of life. Selections; arranged.
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Ireland, John, 1879-1962.
If there were dreams to sell; arranged.
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Ireland, John, 1879-1962.
Hope the hornblower; arranged.
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City of London Sinfonia, performer.
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| Music No. |
CHAN 8743 Chandos |
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ABRD 1382 Chandos |
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