| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| 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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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Texts by Robert Seymour Bridges, Padriac Colum, John Edward Masefield, Alfred Edward Housman, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Doreen A.E. Wallace, Robert Wever, Thomas Dekker, Willian Butler Yeats, William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Arthur William Symons, Robert Nichols, Thomas Campion, John Fletcher, William Browne, Christopher Marlowe, Henry Chettle, Henry Constable, Thomas Lodge, Henry J. Hope and Seamus O'Sullivan. |
| Performer |
Geraldine McGreevy, soprano ; Adrian Thompson, tenor ; Roderick Williams, baritone ; John Talbot, piano ; with members of the Weybridge Male Voice Choir. |
| Event |
Recorded Sept. 8, 9, 11, 2008 (songs for baritone), Jan. 20, 22, 2009 (songs for tenor), and Apr. 14, 16, 2009 (songs for soprano) at Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d'Abernon, Cobham, Surrey. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes by John Talbot, and biographical notes on the performers in English with French and German translations, and English texts (59 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Vol. 1. Spring goeth all in white (1:21) ; When June is come (1:11) / Robert Seymour Bridges -- Mantle of blue / Padriac Colum (1:56) -- Twilight / John Edward Masefiled (1:48) -- Ludlow town. When smoke stood up from Ludlow (3:42) ; Farewell to barn and stack and tree (2:37) ; Say, lad, have you things to do? (1:28) ; Lads in their hundreds (1:51) / Alfred Edward Housman -- Two songs. Bean flower / Dorothy Leigh Sayers (2:03) ; Impromptu in March / Doreen A.E. Wallace (1:10) -- In youth is pleasure / Robert Wever (2:20) -- Merry month of May / Thomas Dekker (2:01) -- A dream of death / William Butler Yeats (3:06) -- Come away, death / William Shakespeare (2:17) -- Troll the bowl / Thomas Dekker (1:23) -- Can't you dance the polka / Sea shanty, anon. (1:23) -- Mrs. Dyer, the baby farmer / Victorian crime ballad, anon. (4:01) -- Maltworms / attributed to William Stevenson (2:19) -- Seven poems of James Joyce. Strings in the Earth and air (1:39) ; Merry green wood (1:11) ; Bright cap (0:46) ; Pleasant valley (1:25) ; Donnycarney (1:23) ; Rain has fallen (1:47) ; Now, o now, in this brown land (3:59) / James Joyce. |
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Vol. 2. When I came last to Ludlow (1:17) ; 'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town (1:31) ; Far in a western brookland (2:30) ; Loveliest of trees (1:41) ; Oh fair enough are sky and plain (first version) (2:22) ; Oh fair enough are sky and plain (second version) (2:25) ; Oh fair enough are sky and plain (third version) (2:46) / Alfred Housman -- Weep you no more / 16th c., anon. (2:15) -- Sweet o' the year / William Shakespeare (0:58) -- Day of palms / Arthur William Symons (3:18) -- Blue-eyed spring / Robert Nichols (1:13) -- Rosefrail (1:18) ; Tilly (2:26) ; Rahoon (3:04) / James Joyce -- Four English lyrics. Cherry ripe / Thomas Campion (1:54) ; Willow song / John Fletcher (1:30) ; Constant lover / William Browne (1:32) ; Passionate shepherd / Christopher Marlowe (3:15) -- Four Shakespeare songs. Lover and his lass (1:37) ; Where the bee sucks (1:28) ; When daisies pied (1:16) ; When icicles hang by the wall (1:12) / William Shakespeare -- Diaphenia / Henry Chettle or Henry Constable (2:11) -- Rosaline / Thomas Lodge (3:25) -- Monk's fancy / Henry J. Hope (2:14) -- Invitation in Autumn (4:10) ; If there be any gods (1:19) ; Six poems of Seamus O'Sullivan. Evening (1:59) ; Poplars (2:13) ; A cottager (2:02) ; Dustman (1:04) ; Lullaby (2:29) ; Herdsman (2:36) / Seamus O'Sullivan. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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| Added Author |
McGreevy, Geraldine, performer.
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Thompson, Adrian, performer.
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Williams, Roderick, performer.
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Talbot, John, 1941- performer.
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| Added Title |
Songs. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97082310
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| Standard No. |
095115159620 |
| Music No. |
CHAN 10596(2) Chandos Records |
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