Arthur Bliss (1891-1975): Lieder

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A Knot of Riddles;3 Romantic Songs;7 Songs;
9 American Poems;Fair is my Love;In Praise of
his Daphnis;When I was one-and-twenty;
The Tramps;2 Nursery Rhymes;Elegiac Sonnet;
Angels of the Mind;The Tempest Incidental
Music;The Ballads of the 4 Seasons;The Fallow
Deer at the lonely House;Rich or poor;Child's
Prayer;3 Jolly Gentlemen;The Hammers;Simples;
'Tis time;At the Window;Auvergnat
McGreevy, Spence, Herford, Sturrock,
Nash Ensemble, Brabbins

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  • Label: Hyperion , DDD, 98
  • Order number: 2083557
  • Release date: 3.3.2000

Disk 1 von 2

A Knot of Riddles für Bariton und 11 Instrumente

  1. 1 Fish in River Start
  2. 2 Swallows Start
  3. 3 An Oyster Start
  4. 4 A Weather Cock Start
  5. 5 A Bookworm (Hommage modeste à Maurice Ravel) Start
  6. 6 A Cross of Wood Start
  7. 7 Sun and Moon Start

Three Romantic Songs

  1. 8 The Hare Start
  2. 9 Lovelocks Start
  3. 10 The Buckle Start

Four Songs für Singstimme, Violine und Klavier

  1. 11 A Christmas Carol Start
  2. 12 Sea Love Start
  3. 13 Vocalise Start
  4. 14 The Mad Woman of Punnet's Town Start

Seven American Poems

  1. 15 Gone, gone again is summer Start
  2. 16 Siege Start
  3. 17 Feast Start
  4. 18 Little Elegy Start
  5. 19 Rain comes down Start
  6. 20 Fair Annet's Song Start
  7. 21 Being young and green Start

Two American Poems

  1. 22 Humoresque Start
  2. 23 The Return from Town Start

Three Songs

  1. 24 Thunderstorms Start
  2. 25 This Night Start
  3. 26 Leisure Start

Two Love Songs

  1. 27 Fair is my love Start
  2. 28 In praise of his Daphnis Start
  1. 29 The Tramps Start
  2. 30 When I was one-and-twenty Start

Disk 2 von 2

Nursery Rhymes Nr. 1-2

  1. 1 The Ragwort Start
  2. 2 The Dandelion Start
  1. 3 Elegiac Sonnet (für Tenor, Streichquartett und Klavier) Start

Angels of the Mind

  1. 4 Worry about Money Start
  2. 5 Lenten Flowers Start
  3. 6 Harvest Start
  4. 7 Seed Start
  5. 8 In the Beck Start
  6. 9 Storm Start
  7. 10 Nocturne Start
  1. 11 The Tempest (Overture and Act 1 Scene 1) Start

The Ballads of the Four Seasons

  1. 12 Spring Start
  2. 13 Summer Start
  3. 14 Autumn Start
  4. 15 Winter Start
  1. 16 The fallow Deer at the lonely House Start
  2. 17 Rich or Poor Start
  3. 18 A Child's Prayer Start
  4. 19 Three Jolly Gentlemen Start
  5. 20 The Hammers Start
  6. 21 Simples Start
  7. 22 Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town Start
  8. 23 At the Window Start
  9. 24 Auvergnat Start

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This 2-CD set presents the most comprehensive recording yet of the songs of Sir Arthur Bliss—which turns out to be a surprisingly varied output dating from all periods of his life. There are many first recordings here, and in fact many of the songs are virtually unknown. The poets range from the eighth-century Li-Po and early English to Housman, Hardy, Walter de la Mare and Kathleen Raine (the cycle Angels of the Mind), with a strong showing of the American writers Edna St Vincent Millay and Elinor Wylie. (Bliss was half-American himself.)

The Nash Ensemble provides the varied instrumental backings for the many songs which are not accompanied by piano alone.

The set comes with generous notes by Giles Easterbook and complete texts.

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'This double album is a revelatory document and a source of ever unpredictable delight ... These songs beg to be performed more often.' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Kathleen Raine's poems drew the best from Bliss: simple eloquence, bold, shining gestures and memorable images including a fine nocturne: they are masterly, and would alone make investigating this pair of discs worthwhile. Geraldine McGreevy sings them simply, purely and very movingly.' (Gramophone)

'A minor revelation ... [the songs] display the best features of the 20th-century song as an art form: the poetry is well-chosen, the music is quick-witted, and the accompaniments are as fascinating as the vocal line ... No sooner had the disc finished than I punched the start button again.' (Gramophone)

'This set marks yet another achievement by Hyperion in its splendid series of song releases.' (International Record Review)

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