Iestyn Davies / Joseph Middleton -Divine Music: An English Songbook -Signum Classics CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. "Lord, What is Man?"
Four Songs

02. "I. By Beauteous Softness"

03. "II. Come Unto These Yellow Sands"

04. "III. Full Fathom Five"

05. "IV. Evening Hymn"

06. "A Hymn on Divine Music"

07. "New-Made Tongue"

08. "I'll Sail Upon the Dogstar"

09. "King David"

10. "Old Bones"
The Lover in Winter

11. "I. Iam nocet frigus"

12. "II. Nec Limpha caret"

13. "III. Modo frigescit"

14. "IV. Nutritur ignis osculo"
Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'

15. "I. Loveliest of Trees"

16. "II. When I was One And Twenty"

17. "III. Look Not in my Eyes"

18. "IV. Think No More Lad"

19. "V. The Lads in their Hundreds"

20. "VI. Is My Team Ploughing?"
Four Traditional Songs

21. "I. A Brisk Young Lad"

22. "II. Searching for Lambs"

23. "III. The Cruel Mother"

24. "IV. The Bitter Withy"

25. "Coffee-Spoon Cavatina (from Act II of The Exterminating Angel)"

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.. English Songbook

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â??Inspirations and imaginings, evolving, changing English usage, landscapes, friendships and passings lie behind this album... Loosely, the songs weâ??ve selected embrace multiple interpre- tations and nuances of â??divineâ??. As well as, I could argue, that sentiment of English song and English speaking composers embodying the [Blake/Parry] â??Jerusalem-Builded-Hereâ?? trope. The world I came from (singing in choir stalls), along with how countertenors are perceived generally, has been hard to escape. So here perhaps Iâ??m taking on the challenge. As well as an opportunity to include songs written for me that for some while Iâ??ve been needing to put down on disc.â? Iestyn Davies â??Divine Musicâ?? marks Iestyn Daviesâ?? third recital album on Signum Classics. The â??Four Songsâ?? (Purcell/ AdÃ¨s), Spoons Aria (AdÃ¨s), Four Traditional Songs and Old Bones (Muhly) are world premiere recordings. Muhlyâ??s Four Traditional Songs were also written dedicated to Iestyn Davies. - .. ENGLISH SONGBOOK

"Inspirations and imaginings, evolving, changing English usage, landscapes, friendships and passings lie behind this album... Loosely, the songs we've selected embrace multiple interpre- tations and nuances of 'divine'. As well as, I could argue, that sentiment of English song and English speaking composers embodying the [Blake/Parry] 'Jerusalem-Builded-Here' trope. The world I came from (singing in choir stalls), along with how countertenors are perceived generally, has been hard to escape. So here perhaps I'm taking on the challenge. As well as an opportunity to include songs written for me that for some while I've been needing to put down on disc." (Iestyn Davies) 'Divine Music' marks Iestyn Davies' third recital album on Signum Classics. The 'Four Songs' (Purcell/ Adès), Spoons Aria (Adès), Four Traditional Songs and Old Bones (Muhly) are world premiere recordings. Muhly's Four Traditional Songs were also written dedicated to Iestyn Davies.

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SIGCD725

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