Felicity Lott sings English Songs
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Composer or Director: Michael (Dewar) Head, Benjamin Britten, Peter Warlock, (George) Percy (Aldridge) Grainger, Herbert Howells, (Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baronet) Lord Berners, Maude Valerie White, Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, Graham Peel, Geoffrey Bush, Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Liza Lehmann, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Thomas Frederick Dunhill, William Walton, Dorothy Hogben
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 7/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABTD1362
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Queen Mary's song (lute song) |
Edward Elgar, Composer
Edward Elgar, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (The) Cloths of Heaven |
Thomas Frederick Dunhill, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Thomas Frederick Dunhill, Composer |
| (The) House of Life, Movement: No. 2, Silent Noon |
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer |
| Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: O waly waly |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Come you not from Newcastle? VOLUME 4 IRISH (pub |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (The) Sprig of Thyme |
(George) Percy (Aldridge) Grainger, Composer
(George) Percy (Aldridge) Grainger, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| My Own Country |
Peter Warlock, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Peter Warlock, Composer |
| (2) Songs, Movement: Silver |
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Composer
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (The) Early morning |
Graham Peel, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Graham Peel, Composer |
| Sweet chance, that led my steps abroad |
Michael (Dewar) Head, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Michael (Dewar) Head, Composer |
| Old Sir Faulk |
William Walton, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano William Walton, Composer |
| (The) Swing |
Liza Lehmann, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Liza Lehmann, Composer |
| Gavotte |
Herbert Howells, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Herbert Howells, Composer |
| Come sing and Dance |
Herbert Howells, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Herbert Howells, Composer |
| (5) Poems, Movement: O lurcher-loving collier |
Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Composer |
| Red Roses and Red Noses |
(Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baronet) Lord Berners, Composer
(Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baronet) Lord Berners, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| So we'll go no more a-roving |
Maude Valerie White, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Maude Valerie White, Composer |
| (The) Shawl |
Dorothy Hogben, Composer
Dorothy Hogben, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| Fish in the unruffled lakes |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (3) Elizabethan songs |
Geoffrey Bush, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Geoffrey Bush, Composer Graham Johnson, Piano |
| Go not, happy day |
Frank Bridge, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Frank Bridge, Composer Graham Johnson, Piano |
Composer or Director: Michael (Dewar) Head, Benjamin Britten, Peter Warlock, (George) Percy (Aldridge) Grainger, Herbert Howells, (Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baronet) Lord Berners, Maude Valerie White, Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, Graham Peel, Geoffrey Bush, Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Liza Lehmann, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Thomas Frederick Dunhill, William Walton, Dorothy Hogben
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 7/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 63
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN8722
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Queen Mary's song (lute song) |
Edward Elgar, Composer
Edward Elgar, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (The) Cloths of Heaven |
Thomas Frederick Dunhill, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Thomas Frederick Dunhill, Composer |
| (The) House of Life, Movement: No. 2, Silent Noon |
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer |
| Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: O waly waly |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Come you not from Newcastle? VOLUME 4 IRISH (pub |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (The) Sprig of Thyme |
(George) Percy (Aldridge) Grainger, Composer
(George) Percy (Aldridge) Grainger, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| My Own Country |
Peter Warlock, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Peter Warlock, Composer |
| (2) Songs, Movement: Silver |
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Composer
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (The) Early morning |
Graham Peel, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Graham Peel, Composer |
| Sweet chance, that led my steps abroad |
Michael (Dewar) Head, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Michael (Dewar) Head, Composer |
| Old Sir Faulk |
William Walton, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano William Walton, Composer |
| (The) Swing |
Liza Lehmann, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Liza Lehmann, Composer |
| Gavotte |
Herbert Howells, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Herbert Howells, Composer |
| Come sing and Dance |
Herbert Howells, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Herbert Howells, Composer |
| (5) Poems, Movement: O lurcher-loving collier |
Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley, Composer |
| Red Roses and Red Noses |
(Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baronet) Lord Berners, Composer
(Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baronet) Lord Berners, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| So we'll go no more a-roving |
Maude Valerie White, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano Maude Valerie White, Composer |
| (The) Shawl |
Dorothy Hogben, Composer
Dorothy Hogben, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| Fish in the unruffled lakes |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Felicity Lott, Soprano Graham Johnson, Piano |
| (3) Elizabethan songs |
Geoffrey Bush, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Geoffrey Bush, Composer Graham Johnson, Piano |
| Go not, happy day |
Frank Bridge, Composer
Felicity Lott, Soprano Frank Bridge, Composer Graham Johnson, Piano |
Author:
A totally delightful programme, beautifully sung, superlatively well-played. It makes a captivating start with So we'll go no more a-roving, the soprano taking her high notes with easy accuracy of placing, the pianist setting the dreamy mood and feeling the changing pulse of the song with his customary sure sensitivity. In Queen Mary's Song he skilfully brings out the suggestion of lute accompaniment, and in Thomas Dunhill's The Cloths of Heaven he achieves a magical effect of half-light, while the pianissmo ''tread softly'', completely pure in tone, makes a lovely ending. The Brahms-like piano part of Love's Philosophy becomes a miracle of greater and lesser lights: none of the generalized arpeggio mush which is sometimes dished up here. Silent Noon, sung and played with gentle, appreciative grace, is perhaps a little too cool at ''Ah! clasp we to our hearts'', and if Dorothy Hogben's song The Shawl is directed to be sung throughout ''in a flat and colourless way'' then that is not quite what we hear—for which on the whole I'm rather glad. The quietude of O waly, waly and Felicity Lott's warmer middle register make this a memorable item; Come you not from Newcastle? rides the bonny bay with a springier pace than usual; and the first of the three Britten songs, Fish in the unruffled lakes, establishes immediately the distinction of this most individual identity among the composers.
Each song, in fact, would bear its comment, but I'll limit myself to three more. Howells's Come sing and dance moves to its full-voiced, full-hearted climax with fine spiritual exultation; Bridge'sGo not, happy day is delicious in the clarity and rhythmic buoyancy of its accompaniment as in the assurance of the last sung phrase; and Graham Peel's The Early Morning (''The moon on my one hand'') is liable in its quiet, familiar way to take the emotions by surprise—as indeed in some sense is the whole recital.'
Each song, in fact, would bear its comment, but I'll limit myself to three more. Howells's Come sing and dance moves to its full-voiced, full-hearted climax with fine spiritual exultation; Bridge's
Felicity Lott sings English Songs
Felicity Lott sings English Songs
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