Signum Records: SIGCD128
Songs of Innocence
Niles: I wonder as I wander. In the mornin’ (arr. Benjamin Britten)
Britten: Diaphenia; The Owl; Witches’ Song; Chamber Music V; The Rainbow; The Oxen; Little Sir William; Ca’ the yowes
Berkley: Cradle Song
Warlock: The bayly berith the bell away
Boyce: Tell me lovely shepherd (arr. Elizabeth Poston)
Flanders/Swann: The Slow Train
Handel: Silent worship (arr. Maurice Jacobson)
Wood: Who is Silvia?
Traditional: Caleno custure me (arr. Andrew Plant)
Vaughan Williams: Dirge for Fidele
Quilter: Summer Sunset
Ives: Slow March
Dibdin: Tom Bowling (realised by Britten)
Effries: Matthew Mark Luke and John
Wiliamson: My bed is a boat; Sweet and low
Barber: Sure on this shining night
Our Price: £11.95 (£10.17 ex VAT)
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Artist(s): Andrew Swait (treble), James Bowman (countertenor), Andrew Plant (piano)
Release Date: 29th June 2008
More Details on Songs of Innocence
"I was particularly keen to make this CD as I wanted a newer record of my treble voice: it has changed significantly since my previous recordings as a chorister. I also wished to promote items which are not normally associated with the standard treble repertoire.
Through my association with Andrew Plant, The Britten-Pears Foundation generously supported the creation of the recording and allowed me the immense privilege of recording unpublished works by Britten, therefore greatly increasing the documental importance of this CD... Mr Bowman's voice had been one of the first I had heard in recordings and live concerts.
Later, as a chorister, I was lucky enough to sing with him when he was a soloist in performances of Messiah and the St John Passion. The chance to work with him made the prospect of the disc better than I could have imagined." - Andrew Swait
Through my association with Andrew Plant, The Britten-Pears Foundation generously supported the creation of the recording and allowed me the immense privilege of recording unpublished works by Britten, therefore greatly increasing the documental importance of this CD... Mr Bowman's voice had been one of the first I had heard in recordings and live concerts.
Later, as a chorister, I was lucky enough to sing with him when he was a soloist in performances of Messiah and the St John Passion. The chance to work with him made the prospect of the disc better than I could have imagined." - Andrew Swait
Composers on this disc include....
John Jacob Niles, Benjamin Britten, Michael Berkley, Peter Warlock, William Boyce, Elizabeth Poston, Michael Flanders, Donald Swann, George Frideric Handel, Maurice Jacobson, Wood, Andrew Plant, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter, Charles Ives, Charles Dibdin, Jeffries, Malcolm Williamson, Samuel Barber
