| Description |
1 audio disc (65:30) ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Physical Medium |
plastic metal 4 3/4 in. stamping 1.4 m/s |
| Description |
digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
tenor voice 1 piano 1 2 |
| Note |
The Duncan songs from incidental music; the final group is a song cycle. |
| Language |
Sung in English or (track 18) German; words by Ronald Duncan, W.H. Auden, John Donne, and others. |
| Performer |
Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Graham Johnson, piano. |
| Event |
Recorded 1995 June 27, 29, and 30. |
| Note |
Texts (the German song with English translation) and program notes by Philip Reed (19 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Realizations from Harmonia sacra. Lord! I have sinned (2:51) ; Hymn to God the Father / Pelham Humfreys (2:26) ; A hymn on divine musick / William Croft (5:22) -- From Ronald Duncan's This way to the tomb. Evening (1:41) ; Morning (1:05) ; Night (1:40) -- W.H. Auden settings. Night covers up the rigid land (2:32) ; Fish in the unruffled lakes (2:47) ; To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed (2:20) -- The red cockatoo & other songs. A poison tree (2:52) ; When you're feeling like expressing your affection (0:42) ; Not even summer yet (1:41) ; The red cockatoo (0:39) ; Wild with passion (2:23) ; If thou wilt ease thine heart (1:50) ; Cradle song for Eleanor (3:01) ; Birthday song for Erwin (1:21) ; Um Mitternacht (3:33) -- The holy sonnets of John Donne : op. 35. Oh my blacke Soule! (3:10) ; Batter my heart (1:16) ; O might those sighes and teares (3:06) ; Oh, to vex me (1:03) ; What if this present (2:54) ; Since she whom I loved (3:25) ; At the round earth's imagined corners (2:40) ; Thou has made me (1:25) ; Death, be not proud (3:58). |
| Subject |
Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982 -- Musical settings.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Musical settings.
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Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Musical settings.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. |
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Donne, John, 1572-1631. |
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Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982. |
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Song cycles.
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Incidental music -- Excerpts.
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Incidental music -- Excerpts. |
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Song cycles. |
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Musical settings.
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Song cycles.
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Songs.
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Arrangements (Music)
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Chamber music.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Bostridge, Ian, singer.
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Johnson, Graham, 1950- instrumentalist.
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Reed, Philip, 1959- writer of added commentary.
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Container of (expression): Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674.
Lord! I have sinned; arranged.
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Container of (expression): Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674.
Wilt thou forgive that sin; arranged.
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Container of (expression): Croft, William, 1678-1727.
What art thou; arranged.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
This way to the tomb. Selections.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Night covers up the rigid land.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Fish in the unruffled lakes.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
To lie flat on the back.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Poison tree.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
When you're feeling like expressing your affection.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Not even summer yet.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Red cockatoo.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Wild with passion.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
If thou wilt ease thine heart.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Cradle song, voice, piano.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Birthday song for Erwin.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Um Mitternacht.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Holy sonnets of John Donne.
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| Added Title |
Songs. Selections
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| Standard No. |
034571168234 |
| Music No. |
CDA66823 Hyperion |
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