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Classical, Choral | Label: Coro
What would singing be without words? When you combine wonderful poetry with exquisite music, the result is magical. In a rare break from the sacred collections they are famed for, this album from The Sixteen features a whole programme of secular music devoted to English partsongs. From Stanford’s cycle of Eight Partsongs based on the sparing yet infectious poetry of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge to Bridges’ lyrically descriptive writing in Finzi’s Seven Poems of Robert Bridges and Imogen Holst’s idyllic Six Part-Songs Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow using verses by John Keats, each setting captures the mood of the poem brilliantly.
Tracklist
01. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 1, The Witch
02. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 2, Farewell, My Joy
03. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 3, The Blue Bird
04. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 4, The Train
05. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 5, The Inkbottle
06. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 6, The Swallow
07. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 7, Chillingham
08. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 8, My Heart in Thine
09. Siren’s Song
10. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: I. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
11. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: II. Teignmouth
12. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: III. Over the Hill and Over the Dale
13. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: IV. O Sorrow
14. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: V. Lullaby
15. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow: VI. Shed no Tear
16. Silence and Music
17. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 1, I Praise the Tender Flower
18. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 2, I Have Loved Flowers The Fade
19. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 3, My Spirit Sang All Day
20. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 4, Clear and Gentle Stream
21. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 5, Nightingales
22. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 6, Haste On, My Joys!
23. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: No. 7, Wherefore To-night So Full Of Care
24. The Long Day Closes
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