This release is based on Venable’s eponymous 1995 Song Cycle to words by John Addington Symonds and it tells of unrequited love.
Nathan Vale – Tenor
Paul Plummer – Piano
A hugely enjoyable CD of great musical charm.
On This Recording
- On Wenlock Edge: On Wenlock Edge: No. 1. On Wenlock Edge
- 10 Songs: 10 Songs, Volume 2: Bread and Cherries
- 10 Songs, Volume 1: 10 Songs, Volume 1: No. 4. Down by the Salley Gardens
- Friendship in Misfortune
- The Three Ravens
- The Trellis
- Love's Voice: I. Fortunate Isles
- Love's Voice: II. The Passing Stranger
- Love's Voice: III. The Invitation to the Gondola
- Love's Voice: IV. Love's Voice
- Ha'nacker Mill
- A Third Volume of 10 Songs: A Third Volume of 10 Songs: No. 7. Snow
- : Hawk and Buckle
- Oh Fair to See: No. 1. I say 'I'll seek her side'
- Oh Fair to See: No. 2. Oh fair to see
- Oh Fair to See: No. 3. As I lay in the early sun
- Oh Fair to See: No. 4. Only the wanderer
- Oh Fair to See: No. 5. To Joy
- Oh Fair to See: No. 6. Harvest
- Oh Fair to See: No. 7. Since we loved
- Vitae Summa Brevis: 6 Songs, Op. 33: No. 3. Vitae Summa Brevis
- 2 Songs: No. 1. Flying Crooked
- 2 Songs: No. 2. At Midnight
- The Hippo: 6 Songs, Op. 33: No. 6. The Hippo
- The Land of Lost Content: No. 1. The lent lily
- The Land of Lost Content: No. 2. Ladslove
- The Land of Lost Content: No. 3. Goal and wicket
- The Land of Lost Content: No. 4. The vain desire
- The Land of Lost Content: No. 5. The encounter
- The Land of Lost Content: No. 6. Epilogue
