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BRITTEN, B.: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake / Tit for Tat / Folk Song Arrangements (English Song, Vol. 22) (R. Williams, Burnside)

    






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BRITTEN, B.: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake / Tit for Tat / Folk Song Arrangements (English Song, Vol. 22) (R. Williams, Burnside)

Britten wrote his Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op 74 for the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 1965. The singer admired the ‘concentration and enigmatic smile’ of the settings, and Britten constructed, through alternation of proverbs with songs, and an intense contemplation on the human and the eternal, one of his greatest song cycles. By contrast Tit for Tat sees Britten revisiting youthful, light-spirited settings of the poet Walter de la Mare. The folk-song arrangements are amongst his most famous, and beloved.

Britten, Benjamin
Blake, William, lyricist(s)

  Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74
1.   I. Proverb I: The pride of the peacock 00:01:19
2.   II. London 00:02:22
3.   III. Proverb II: Prisons are built 00:00:38
4.   IV. The Chimney - Sweeper 00:02:18
5.   V. Proverb III: The bird a nest 00:00:49
6.   VI. A Poison Tree 00:04:34
7.   VII. Proverb IV: Think in the morning 00:00:45
8.   VIII. The Tyger 00:01:55
9.   IX. Proverb V: The tygers of wrath 00:00:50
10.   X. The Fly 00:01:55
11.   XI. Proverb VI: The hours of folly 00:01:40
12.   XII. Ah! Sun - flower! 00:03:11
13.   XIII. Proverb VII: To see a World 00:00:48
14.   XIV. Every Night and Every Morn 00:02:57

Britten, Benjamin
De la Mare, Walter, lyricist(s)

  Tit for Tat
15.   No. 1. A Song of enchantment 00:02:32
16.   No. 2. Autumn 00:01:17
17.   No. 3. Silver 00:01:32
18.   No. 4. Vigil 00:01:35
19.   No. 5. Tit for Tat 00:01:39

Britten, Benjamin
Traditional, lyricist(s)

  Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles" (excerpts)
20.   No. 1. The Plough Boy 00:01:43
21.   No. 5. The Foggy, Foggy Dew 00:02:02
  Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 1. Tom Bowling
22.   Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 1. Tom Bowling 00:04:27
  Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 6. O Waly, Waly
23.   Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 6. O Waly, Waly 00:03:17
  Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 1, "British Isles" (excerpts)
24.   No. 7. Oliver Cromwell 00:00:43
25.   No. 6. The Ash Grove 00:02:23
26.   No. 1. The Salley Gardens 00:02:28
  Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 2. There's none to soothe
27.   Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 2. There's none to soothe 00:01:39
  Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 1, "British Isles": No. 2. Little Sir William
28.   Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 1, "British Isles": No. 2. Little Sir William 00:02:43
  Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 5, "British Isles": No. 5. Ca' the yowes
29.   Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 5, "British Isles": No. 5. Ca' the yowes 00:04:10

Total Playing Time: 01:00:11






Composer(s):
Britten, Benjamin

Lyricist(s):
Blake, William; De la Mare, Walter; Traditional

Artist(s):
Burnside, Iain; Williams, Roderick

Label: Naxos

Series: English Song Series

Genre: Vocal

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: 8.572600

Barcode: 747313260072

Physical Release: 05/2012
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