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77 Min.

2012

CD

120 g

Album: Head: Songs / Ailish Tynan, Catherine Wyn-rogers, Roderick Williams

Erscheinungsdatum: 11-01-2012
Label: Hyperion
Katalognr.: 67899
Komponist: Michael Head
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Christopher Glynn - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Ailish Tynan
Anzahl von Discs: 1
Länge: 1 Stunden 15 Minuten
Format: CD

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1. The Little Road to Bethlehem von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Christopher Glynn - Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1946
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2. Songs of the Countryside: no 5, Sweet chance, that led my steps abroad von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Christopher Glynn - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Ailish Tynan
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1928
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3. Songs (3) of Venice von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
4. Money, Oh! von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
5. More Songs of the Countryside: no 1, Foxgloves von Head, Michael
Künstler: Ailish Tynan - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1933
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6. As I walked down the road von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
7. A piper von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1923
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8. Dear delight von Head, Michael
Künstler: Ailish Tynan - Christopher Glynn
9. Oh, for a March wind von Head, Michael
Künstler: Ailish Tynan - Christopher Glynn
10. Tewkesbury Road von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
11. Songs (6) for Voice and Piano: The Estuary von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1946
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12. Limehouse Reach von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
13. Over the rim of the moon von Head, Michael
Künstler: Ailish Tynan - Christopher Glynn
14. October Valley von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
15. More Songs of the Countryside: no 2, The Garden Seat von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1932
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16. Poems (6) of Ruth Pitter: no 2, The Viper von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1944-1945
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17. Had I a golden pound von Head, Michael
Künstler: Ailish Tynan - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1962
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18. Lean out of the window von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1961
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19. A Green Cornfield von Head, Michael
Künstler: Ailish Tynan - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1923
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20. Love's Lament von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Christopher Glynn - Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1918
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21. Star Candles von Head, Michael
Künstler: Ailish Tynan - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1942
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22. My sword for the King von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1930
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23. You cannot dream things lovelier von Head, Michael
Künstler: Roderick Williams - Catherine Wyn-Rogers - Christopher Glynn
Zeit: 20th Century
Geschrieben: 1936
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Notes & reviews
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Who is Michael Head? His name may be largely forgotten, but Head's compositions form part of the rich fabric of English song in the manner of Quilter, Gurney and Warlock. Born in 1900, he worked modestly as a singer, pianist, teacher, broadcaster and adjudicator - writing his first song ("The ships of Arcady") at age 19 while studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Songs were at the center of Head's composing life. He used to perform them as a kind of one-man band, accompanying himself at the piano. This disc presents a choice selection of his songs, setting poets such as Walter de la Mare, John Masefield and Christina Rossetti, many of them focusing on the many pleasures of England - its flora and fauna, its changing seasons and pastoral landscapes. They're sung by three of the brightest stars in today's vocal firmament - Ailish Tynan (making her Hyperion debut), Catherine Wyn-Rogers and Roderick Williams, accompanied by pianist Christopher Glynn.
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'Head created the most inventive and sympathetic writing for voice and piano, in asymmetrical, free-flowing, artful settings of poets such as Walter De La Mare, John Masefield and Christina Rossetti … Their expressive power is enhanced by the presence of the pianist Christopher Glynn and three particularly word-sensitive singers … A revelation' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Singers and pianist perform with conviction and style' (Gramophone)

'Head, a long-neglected member of the first world war generation of English composers, is coming back to favour, and this collection of 27 songs, deftly accompanied by Christopher Glynn, will do his reputation nothing but good … Head makes sure England's fields are forever green, even when the mood is tinged with sadness' (Financial Times)

'As these meticulous performances demonstrate, Head was acutely sensitive to words. There are settings of Masefield and Yeats, Hardy, Joyce and Christina Rossetti here, and in every song each phrase is perfectly balanced, its accompaniment supremely tactful' (The Guardian)

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