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BRITTEN, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

Winter Words

  • Contents:

    SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO Op 22
    (Texts by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564)
    1. Sonetto XVI - S? come nella penna e nell' inchiostro [2'01]
    2. Sonetto XXXI - A che pi? debb' io mai l'intensa voglia [1'29]
    3. Sonetto XXX - Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume [3'54]
    4. Sonetto LV - Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che ti sai [1'54]
    5. Sonetto XXXVIII - Rendete a gli occhi miei [1'50]
    6. Sonetto XXXII - S'un casto amor, s'una piet? superna [1'22]
    7. Sonetto XXIV - Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede [4'48]

    8. CANTICLE 1 - MY BELOVED IS MINE AND I AM HIS Op 40 [7'28]
    (Text by Francis Quarles, 1592-1644)

    FOUR FOLKSONG SETTINGS
    9. Down by the Salley Gardens (An Irish folksong; text by W B Yeats, 1865-1939) [2'40]
    10. The trees they grow so high (A Somerset folksong) [3'34]
    11. Little Sir William (A Somerset folksong) [2'48]
    12. O Waly, Waly (The Water is Wide) (A Somerset folksong) [3'37]

    WINTER WORDS Op 52
    (Texts by Thomas Hardy, 1840-1928)
    13. At day-close in November [1'43]
    14. Midnight on the Great Western (or 'The Journeying Boy') [4'49]
    15. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire) [2'04]
    16. The Little Old Table [1'23]
    17. The Choirmaster's Burial (or 'The Tenor Man's Story') [3'45]
    18. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales) [1'04]
    19. At the Railway Station, Upway (or 'The Convict and Boy with the Violin') [2'46]
    20. Before Life and After [3'20]
  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson - tenor
  • Graham Johnson - piano
  • BRITTEN
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Nr kat.: CDH55067
Label  : Hyperion

The works recorded here reflect contrasting yet complementary elements of Britten's creative art. His lifelong interest in folksong is perhaps the most obvious feature, while his debt to Purcell is clearly in evidence in the First Canticle. In the Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Britten's musical language is revealed at its most consciously European; in Winter Words it is at its most lyrically English.

'Wonderful performances of two of Britten's finest song cycles, consistently beautiful in vocal quality, and almost miraculous in their integration of clear expressive diction. Deserves a place in every collection' (BBC Music Magazine)

'English vocal intelligence at its best, accompanied with utmost orchestral colouring by Graham Johnson' (The Independent on Sunday)

'Strongly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)