Arthur Bliss: Lieder (2 CDs)

Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)

The Nash Ensemble

2 CDs

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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

Artists:: McGreevy, Spence, Herford, Sturrock, Nash Ensemble, Brabbins
Label:: Hyperion
Year of recording ca.:: 98
UPC/EAN:: 0034571171883
Release date:: 3.3.2000

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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.

Rezensionen

'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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Disk 1 von 2 (CD)

A Knot of Riddles für Bariton und 11 Instrumente

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

Three Romantic Songs

8 The Hare
9 Lovelocks
10 The Buckle

Four Songs für Singstimme, Violine und Klavier

11 A Christmas Carol
12 Sea Love
13 Vocalise
14 The Mad Woman of Punnet's Town

Seven American Poems

15 Gone, gone again is summer
16 Siege
17 Feast
18 Little Elegy
19 Rain comes down
20 Fair Annet's Song
21 Being young and green

Two American Poems

22 Humoresque
23 The Return from Town

Three Songs

24 Thunderstorms
25 This Night
26 Leisure

Two Love Songs

27 Fair is my love
28 In praise of his Daphnis

29 The Tramps
30 When I was one-and-twenty

Disk 2 von 2 (CD)

Nursery Rhymes Nr. 1-2

1 The Ragwort
2 The Dandelion

3 Elegiac Sonnet (für Tenor, Streichquartett und Klavier)

Angels of the Mind

4 Worry about Money
5 Lenten Flowers
6 Harvest
7 Seed
8 In the Beck
9 Storm
10 Nocturne

11 The Tempest (Overture and Act 1 Scene 1)

The Ballads of the Four Seasons

12 Spring
13 Summer
14 Autumn
15 Winter

16 The fallow Deer at the lonely House
17 Rich or Poor
18 A Child's Prayer
19 Three Jolly Gentlemen
20 The Hammers
21 Simples
22 Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town
23 At the Window
24 Auvergnat

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