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Composer(s): Britten, Benjamin
Lyricist(s): Blake, William; Burns, Robert; de la Mare, Walter; Dibdin, Charles; Traditional; Yeats, William Butler
Artist(s): Burnside, Iain; Williams, Roderick
Label: Naxos
Series: English Song Series
Genre: Vocal
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.572600
Barcode: 747313260072
Release Date: 05/2012
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.
Tracklist
Britten, Benjamin
Blake, William - Lyricist
Blake, William - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
|  | 1 | No. 1. Proverb I: The pride of the peacock | 01:19 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 2 | No. 2. London | 02:22 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 3 | No. 3. Proverb II: Prisons are built | 00:38 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 4 | No. 4. The Chimney-Sweeper | 02:18 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 5 | No. 5. Proverb III: The bird a nest | 00:49 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 6 | No. 6. A Poison Tree | 04:34 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 7 | No. 7. Proverb IV: Think in the morning | 00:45 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 8 | No. 8. The Tyger | 01:55 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 9 | No. 9. Proverb V: The tygers of wrath | 00:50 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 10 | No. 10. The Fly | 01:55 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 11 | No. 11. Proverb VI: The hours of folly | 01:40 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 12 | No. 12. Ah! Sun-flower! | 03:11 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 13 | No. 13. Proverb VII: To see a World | 00:48 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 14 | No. 14. Every Night and Every Morn | 02:57 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
de la Mare, Walter - Lyricist
de la Mare, Walter - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 15 | No. 1. A Song of enchantment | 02:32 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 16 | No. 2. Autumn | 01:17 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 17 | No. 3. Silver | 01:32 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 18 | No. 4. Vigil | 01:35 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 19 | No. 5. Tit for Tat | 01:39 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Traditional - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 20 | No. 1. The Plough Boy | 01:43 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 21 | No. 5. The Foggy, Foggy Dew | 02:02 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Dibdin, Charles - Lyricist
Dibdin, Charles - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 22 | Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 1. Tom Bowling | 04:27 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Traditional - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 23 | Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 6. O Waly, Waly | 03:17 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Yeats, William Butler - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
Yeats, William Butler - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 24 | No. 7. Oliver Cromwell | 00:43 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 25 | No. 6. The Ash Grove | 02:23 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 26 | No. 1. The Salley Gardens | 02:28 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Traditional - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 27 | Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 2. There's none to soothe | 01:39 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 28 | Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 1, "British Isles": No. 2. Little Sir William | 02:43 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Burns, Robert - Lyricist
Burns, Robert - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
| | 29 | Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 5, "British Isles": No. 5. Ca' the yowes | 04:10 |
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Burnside, Iain (piano)
Total Playing Time: 01:00:11