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The Songs of Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Work details

The Shepherd's Song
2'44"
Queen Mary's Song
3'39"
Is she not passing fair
2'43"
Rondel
1'40"
A Song of Autumn
2'49"
The wind at dawn
2'55"
Like to the Damask Rose
3'26"
Through the long days
2'01"
The Poet's Life
3'12"
The Pipes of Pan
4'45"
In the dawn
3'01"
Speak, Music
2'54"
In Moonlight
2'17"
Pleading
2'50"
Oh, soft was the song
1'59"
Was it some golden star?
2'37"
Twilight
2'53"
The Torch
2'10"
The River
4'09"
A Child Asleep
3'27"
Arabian Serenade
2'15"
Still to be neat
1'43"
Modest and Fair
1'35"

Artist details

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano
Neil Mackie, tenor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano

Recording details

Recorded: 24,25 April 1999
Venue: Southlands College, London, England
Producer: Sive Oke
Engineer: Peter Nicholls
Copyright: 1999 SOMM Recordings
Pressing: 1999 SOMM Recordings

Somm SOMMCD 220 DDD Stereo NEW RELEASE
TT - 65'07"

Editorial & Design details

Liner notes: Jerrold Northrop Moore
French translation: Denys Becher and Nadia Jackson
German translation: Ilse Herlihy
Design and layout: Keith Oke
Cover photo: Pride of Dijon, 1879 by William John Hennesy, The Cooley Gallery, Connecticut/The Bridgeman Art Library
Assistance with selection of songs provided by John Bishop and Barry Collett
Recorded with the support of the Elgar Society

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