21 selections of beautiful poetry set to beautiful music. This is “easy listening” at its best. The Canzonetta Chamber Choir rises superbly to the occasion.
Canzonetta (Sainsbury’s Choir of the Year 1993), Jeffrey Wynn-Davies. Elgar, Stanford, Sullivan, Parry and others.
“The part-songs are an enormous delight, particularly with performances such as these” – The Elgar Society Journal
“Canzonetta’s award-winning qualities become immediately obvious on this disc” – BBC Music Magazine
On This Recording
- Lay a garland on her hearse
- Who shall have my lady fair?
- Sweet and Low
- O sing unto mie roundelaie
- Music, All Powerful
- When Daisies Pied
- Summer Is Gone
- 7 Partsongs: No. 4. Echoes
- 7 Partsongs: No. 6. The Long Day Closes
- 4 Part-Songs: 4 Part-Songs, Op. 110: No. 4. Heraclitus
- 8 Partsongs: 8 Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 3. The blue bird
- Full Fathom Five
- Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf: Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: As Torrents in Summer
- My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land: My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land, Op. 18, No. 3
- Go, song of mine: Go, Song of Mine, Op. 57
- Songs of Farewell: Songs of Farewell: I. My soul, there is a country
- 8 Four-part Songs: No. 2. O love, they wrong thee much
- 8 Four-part Songs: No. 5. You Gentle Nymphs
- A Garland of Shakesperian and Other Old-Fashioned Songs: A Garland of Shakesperian and Other Old-Fashioned Songs: No. 4. Love is a sickness
- 6 Modern Lyrics: 6 Modern Lyrics: No. 6. Music, When Soft Voices Die
- 6 Partsongs: 6 Partsongs: My Delight and Thy Delight
