Ivor Gurney: Ludlow & Theme f.Tenor & Kammerensemble auf CD

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The facts of Housman’s life are simple enough. After taking a poor degree in Classics at St John’s College, Oxford (1882), he spent ten years (1882 to 1892) working as a civil servant in Her Majesty’s Patent Office. During this time a series of brilliant papers established him as an outstanding Classical scholar and in 1892 he was appointed Professor of Greek and Latin at University College, London. In 1911 he became Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge University where, as a Fellow of Trinity College, he remained for the rest of his life. He died on 30 April 1936, famous both as a Classical scholar (particularly for his work on the poet Manilius) and as the author of A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems (1922). A third volume, More Poems, was garnered from his manuscripts and published posthumously in 1936.

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'I recommend this record to every serious collector of songs' (American Record Guide)

'A recording to cherish' (Gramophone)

'Adrian Thompson's superb performance ... is a clear first choice' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

'A welcome recital, well sung and played and a necessary addition to the English Song section of your library' (CD Review)