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Title The complete Havergal Brian songbook. Volume 2
Published [Haywards Heath, West Sussex] : Stone Records, [2014]
℗2014

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Contents Three songs for medium voice. i. The defiled sanctuary / William Blake (3:06) ; ii. Renunciation (3:32) ; iii. Lady Ellayne (1:55) / Temple Keeble -- Two Blake songs. i. The land of dreams (3:57) ; ii. The birds (3:51) / William Blake -- Gretchen songs from "Faust." i. Der König in Thule (3:53) ; ii. Gretchen am Spinnrade (4:35) / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -- Three Herrick songs. i. The mad maid's song (2:54) ; ii. Why dost thou wound and break my heart (3:04) ; iii. The night piece (4:46) / Robert Herrick -- Five Blake songs. i. Piping down the valleys wild (2:03) ; ii. The blossom (0:57) ; iii. The chimney sweeper (2:51) ; iv. The fly (1:20) ; The little black boy (4:40) / William Blake -- Two Handel arrangements. i. Dear Adonis (5:29) ; ii. Transporting joy (3:22) / John Hughes -- Four miniatures. i. Allegro (2:18) ; ii. Lento tranquillo e sempre rubato (3:57) ; iii. Andante e grazioso (2:13) ; iv. Andante tranquillo e sempre rubato (3:18) -- When the sun goes down. i. When the sun goes down (4:36) ; ii. On parting (2:00) ; iii. Love is a merry game (1:48) / Temple Keeble
Notes Primarily songs for soprano or baritone and piano set to texts by various poets; tracks 6 and 7 excerpts from Brian's opera Faust; tracks 16-17 arrangements from Handel's cantata Venus and Adonis; tracks 18-21 for solo piano
Credits Produced, engineered, and edited by Richard Sutcliffe
Performer Michelle Walton, soprano (tracks 6-8, 16-17, 22) ; Mark Stone, baritone (tracks 1-5, 9-15, 23-24) ; Sholto Kynoch, piano
Event Recorded 2012 January 5-6, Potton Hall, Suffolk, U.K
Notes Tracks 6 and 7 sung in German; tracks 1-5, 8-17, 22-24 sung in English
Hard copy version record
Subject Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Musical settings
Keble, Temple -- Musical settings
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Musical settings
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674 -- Musical settings
Hughes, John, 1677-1720 -- Musical settings
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674
Hughes, John, 1677-1720
Keble, Temple
Songs (High voice) with piano.
Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
Operas -- Excerpts.
Cantatas, Secular -- Excerpts, Arranged.
Piano music.
Cantatas, Secular -- Excerpts, Arranged
Operas -- Excerpts
Piano music
Songs (High voice) with piano
Songs (Medium voice) with piano
Genre/Form Streaming audio
excerpts.
Arrangements (Music)
Excerpts
Musical settings
Musical settings.
Excerpts.
Arrangements (Music)
Mises en musique.
Extraits.
Arrangements (Musique)
Form Streaming audio
Author Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972, composer, arranger of music
Blake, William, 1757-1827, author
Keble, Temple, author
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832, author
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674, author
Hughes, John, 1677-1720, author
Walton, Michelle, singer
Stone, Mark, 1969- singer
Kynoch, Sholto, 1979- instrumentalist
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Songs (1918)
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Blake songs (1919)
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Faust. Der König in Thule
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Faust. Gretchen am Spinnrade
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Herrick songs
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Blake songs (1914)
Container of (expression): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Venus and Adonis. Dear Adonis; arranged
Container of (expression): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Venus and Adonis. Transporting joy; arranged
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Miniatures
Container of (work): Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. When the sun goes down
Havergal Brian Society, sponsoring body