The Complete Songbook Volume 2
The Defiled Sanctuary
5 Songs
The Land of Dreams
The Birds
Faust
The mad maid's song
Why dost thou wound and break my heart
The night piece
Piping down the valleys wild
The blossom
The chimney sweeper
The fly
The little black boy
2 Handel Arrangements
4 Miniatures
When the sun goes down
On parting
Love is a merry game
Michelle Walton (soprano)
Mark Stone (baritone)
Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Release Date: 28th Apr 2014
This is the second and concluding disc of Stone Records’ complete edition of the songs of Havergal Brian. Best known for his many huge symphonies (including The gothic, which was recently performed at the BBC Proms), Brian’s songs reveal the more intimate facets of his character. They are hugely varied in style, ranging from lyrical to angular, and from whimsical to tormented. English song devotees Mark Stone & Sholto Kynoch are joined by soprano Michelle Walton, who beautifully sings the female songs in the Brian canon, and in addition Kynoch plays four short, song-related solo-piano pieces. The booklet, as for all the discs in the Stone Records English Songbook series, contains full texts and notes on the songs, as well as the second half of a short biography of Havergal Brian’s peculiar and fascinating life.
A wonderful insight into the compositions of one of England’s most singular composers of the twentieth century.
2 comments:
Flac tracks, covers and booklet
https://nitro.download/view/41B49C3FF4FAFDA/HavBrianSOngsV2.rar
Thank you very much :)
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