RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs. Works by Dove & Warlock
Mark Padmore, Britten Sinfonia
1h12
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HMU807566
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Tenor Mark Padmore is joined by members of Britten Sinfonia in 3 quintessential British song-cycles: Ralph Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge (with pianist Huw Watkins), Ten Blake Songs (with oboist Nicholas Daniel) and Peter Warlock’s best-known work, The Curlew. The End by Jonathan Dove (a co-commission by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with support from the Tenner-for-a-Tenor campaign) receives its world première recording here.
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS [1872-1958] On Wenlock Edge · I. On Wenlock Edge (3'42) · II. From far, from eve and morning (2'17) · III. Is my team ploughing? (3'38) · IV. Oh, when I was in love with you (0'53) · V. Bredon Hill (7'24) · VI. Clun (3'21) Ten Blake Songs · I. Infant Joy (1'30) · II. A Poison Tree (2'24) · III. The Piper (1'57) · IV. London (1'44) · V. The Lamb (2'40) · VI. The Shepherd (0'57) · VII. Ah, Sun-flower (1'34) · VIII. Cruelty has a human heart (1'52) · IX. The Divine Image (2'25) · X. Eternity (1'39) JONATHAN DOVE · The End (8'53) PETER WARLOCK [1894-1930] The Curlew · I. The Curlew (7'18) · II. Pale brows, still hands (1'40) · III. I cried when the moon (9'15) · IV. Interlude (3'01) · V. I wander by the edge (2'07)
