Composer(s): Britten, Benjamin
Arranger(s): Matthews, Colin
Label: Naxos
Genre: Vocal
Period: 20th Century; Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.572706
Barcode: 747313270675
Release Date: 08/2011

BRITTEN, B.: Scottish Songs (Complete) - A Birthday Hansel / Who are these Children? / 4 Burns Songs (Wilde, Wakeford, Norris)

Steeped in an atmosphere of ancient Scottish musical tradition, Benjamin Britten’s setting of texts by Robert Burns in A Birthday Hansel was his final song-cycle. Who are these children? is another late cycle to poems by William Soutar, combining darkly dramatic musical depictions of wartime life with protest songs which hark back to the composer’s youth. Acclaimed Scottish tenor Mark Wilde’s sensitivities embrace both the vibrantly dramatic and “gently mellifluous” (Manchester Evening News) qualities in this deeply expressive repertoire.

Tracklist

Britten, Benjamin
Burns, Robert - Lyricist
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
1No. 1. Birthday Song02:04
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
2No. 2. My Early Walk04:55
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
3No. 3. Wee Willie Gray00:56
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
4No. 4. My Hoggie02:15
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
5No. 5. Afton Water03:28
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
6No. 6. The Winter03:14
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
7No. 7. Leezie Lindsay02:36
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
Britten, Benjamin
Soutar, William - Lyricist
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
8No. 1. A Riddle (The Earth)01:09
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
9No. 2. A Laddie's Sang00:59
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
10No. 3. Nightmare02:26
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
11No. 4. Black Day00:46
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
12No. 5. Bed-time01:17
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
13No. 6. Slaughter01:33
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
14No. 7. A Riddle (The Child You Were)01:07
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
15No. 8. The Larky Lad00:34
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
16No. 9. Who are these Children?02:21
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
17No. 10. Supper01:42
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
18No. 11. The Children04:44
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
19No. 12. The Auld Aik02:15
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
MacNeice, Louis - Lyricist
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
20Cradle Song, "Sleep, my darling, sleep"03:16
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Burns, Robert - Lyricist
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
21Beware!: No. 2. O that I had ne'er been married01:27
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
22Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 5, "British Isles": No. 5. Ca' the yowes05:02
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Traditional - Lyricist
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
23No. 2. There's none to soothe01:49
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
24No. 4. O can ye sew cushions?02:21
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
25No. 3. The Bonny Earl o' Moray03:14
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
268 Folk Song Arrangements: No. 4. Bonny at morn04:03
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Wakeford, Lucy (harp)
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
27No. 7. Come you not from Newcastle?01:19
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Soutar, William - Lyricist
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
28Dawtie's Devotion01:12
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
29The Gully00:56
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
30Tradition00:52
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
Britten, Benjamin
Burns, Robert - Lyricist
Matthews, Colin - Arranger
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
31No. 1. Afton Water03:02
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
32No. 2. Wee Willie00:58
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
33No. 3. The Winter02:55
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)
34No. 4. My Hoggie01:55
Wilde, Mark (tenor)
Norris, David Owen (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:14:42