Sirens’ Song

Artista: Finzi / Holst / Williams

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: CORO

Catalogo: 16198

Faixas: 1.1 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Witch
1.2 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~Farewell, my joy
1.3 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Blue Bird
1.4 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Train
1.5 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Inkbottle
1.6 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Swallow
1.7 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~Chillingham
1.8 Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~My heart in thine
1.9 Sirens’ Song
1.10 Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
1.11 Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Teignmouth
1.12 Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Over the Hill and over the Dale
1.13 Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~O Sorrow
1.14 Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Lullaby
1.15 Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Shed no Tear
1.16 Silence and Music
1.17 Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~I praise the tender flower
1.18 Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~I have loved flowers that fade
1.19 Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~My spirit sang all day
1.20 Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Clear and gentle stream
1.21 Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Nightingales
1.22 Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Haste on, my joys!
1.23 Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Wherefore to-night so full of care
1.24 Long Day Closes

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 six idyllic partsongs Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow using verses by John Keats, each setting captures the mood of the poem brilliantly.