Sophie Bevan, Sebastian Wybrew - Songs of Vain Glory 2018 24bit/96khz

With each season soprano Sophie Bevan grows in artistic stature and when taking breaks from her distinguished operatic career, she has always felt supremely comfortable performing songs. Her enduring partnership with Sebastian Wybrew began as students at the Royal College of Music and this, their debut release on Wigmore Hall Live, captures her beguiling artistry and astonishing vocal gifts.

A recital to commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, Songs of Vain Glory draws from a wider range of songs in English depicting the excitement, disillusionment and peace of those who must leave to fight and the love, fear and loss of those left behind. From the timeless, astral perspective of Finzi's 'At a lunar eclipse' to the oceanic depths of Elgar's 'Submarines' and the cosy evergreen 'We'll gather lilacs'.

Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 14 December 2014


曲目:

1.We'll Gather Lilacs (from Perchance to Dream)
2.Homeward Bound, for baritone, male chorus & orchestra (Songs of the Sea No. 4), Op. 91/4
3.Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 48, H. 174: 9. Journey's end
4.My Own Country, for voice & piano (from Belloc Songs)
5.Come to me in my dreams, for voice & piano, H. 71
6.When I am dead my dearest, for voice & piano
7.Spring Sorrow, for voice & piano
8.Oft in the stilly night, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. IV)
9.The Ship, for voice & piano
10. Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements, for voice & piano: Tom Bowling from The Oddities
11.The Fringes of the Fleet, pieces (4) for baritone solo, 3 baritones & orchestra: Submarines
12.Sailor's Song, for voice & keyboard, H. 26a/31 (from English Canzonettas II)
13.We'll Gather Lilacs (from Perchance to Dream)
14.If You Were The Only Girl In The World
15.Good Bye-ee
16.Roses of Picardy for voice & piano
17.Sweet Polly Oliver, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. III)
18.A Soft Day, for voice & piano, Op. 140/3
19.Most Holy Night, for voice & piano
20.Tom Sails Away, song for voice & piano, S. 378 (K. 6B59)
21.'Tis but a week, for voice & piano, H. 146
22.To Lucasta, on going to the Wars, for voice & piano
23.Folksong Arrangements, Vol. IV "Moore's Irish Melodies," for voice & piano: O the sight entrancing
24.Till Earth Outwears, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, Op. 19: 6. At a Lunar Eclipse