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Simon Keenlyside: Songs of War | Sony 88697944242

Simon Keenlyside: Songs of War

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Label: Sony

Cat No: 88697944242

Barcode: 0886979442429

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 7th November 2011

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Gramophone Award Winner

Contents

Works

Ireland
Sea Fever

Ireland
The Vagabond

Somervell
Into My Heart An Air That Kills

Somervell
There Pass The Careless People

Somervell
White In The Moon

Somervell
The Street Sounds To The Soldiers’ Tread

Vaughan Williams
Youth And Love

Vaughan Williams
The Infinite Shining Heavens

Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond

Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad

Butterworth
Bredon Hill

Butterworth
O Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain

Butterworth
When The Lad For Longing Sighs

Butterworth
On The Idle Hill Of Summer

Butterworth
With Rue My Heart Is Laden

Warlock
The Night

Traditional
The Three Ravens (arr. Ireland)

Finzi
Fear No More The Heat O’ The Sun

Bridge
Thy Hand In Mine

Rorem
An Incident

Gurney
When Death To Either Shall Come

Gurney
In Flanders

Weill
Beat! Beat! Drums!

Weill
Dirge For Two Veterans

Artists

Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Works

Ireland
Sea Fever

Ireland
The Vagabond

Somervell
Into My Heart An Air That Kills

Somervell
There Pass The Careless People

Somervell
White In The Moon

Somervell
The Street Sounds To The Soldiers’ Tread

Vaughan Williams
Youth And Love

Vaughan Williams
The Infinite Shining Heavens

Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond

Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad

Butterworth
Bredon Hill

Butterworth
O Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain

Butterworth
When The Lad For Longing Sighs

Butterworth
On The Idle Hill Of Summer

Butterworth
With Rue My Heart Is Laden

Warlock
The Night

Traditional
The Three Ravens (arr. Ireland)

Finzi
Fear No More The Heat O’ The Sun

Bridge
Thy Hand In Mine

Rorem
An Incident

Gurney
When Death To Either Shall Come

Gurney
In Flanders

Weill
Beat! Beat! Drums!

Weill
Dirge For Two Veterans

Artists

Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

About

'Songs of War' is a very personal selection of songs about war, carefully chosen by Simon Keenlyside. The songs contemplate the innermost thoughts of soldiers on the front lines, concentrating on themes of homesickness, longing, fear and love.

Simon Keenlyside has provided the sleeve notes himself for this album, displaying his own personal thoughts on the compositions, poetry and subject matter. The album’s cover image, provided by the Imperial War Museum, is a photograph of a soldier from WW1 writing a letter home, reflecting the album’s themes of longing and homesickness.

Full song texts are included in the booklet.

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