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Barber, Beamish, Delius & Warlock: On This Shining Night / Williams, Gilchrist, Bevan, Coull Quartet
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Barber, Beamish, Delius & Warlock: On This Shining Night / Williams, Gilchrist, Bevan, Coull Quartet

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Details

Composer
Samuel Barber, Sally Beamish, Frederick Delius, Peter Warlock
Artist
Roderick Williams, Sophie Bevan, James Gilchrist
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Nov 18, 2022
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0654
UPC
748871065420

About

SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce a thrilling first collaboration between long-time SOMM stablemates, baritone Roderick Williams and the Coull Quartet, joined by tenor James Gilchrist and soprano Sophie Bevan. With six world premiere recordings, On This Shining Night is a ravishing recital focusing revealingly on a 20th-century phenomenon: works for voice and string quartet. It takes its title from a James Agate setting by Samuel Barber (whose masterly "Dover Beach" is also heard), here in a sublime arrangement by Roderick Williams. Williams also provides arrangements of Barber’s "Sleep Now" and three Frederick Delius pieces from his Seven Songs from the Norwegian: the evocative "Twilight Fancies," vivacious "Young Venevil" and exotic "I-Brasil." They serve, as Robert Matthew-Walker’s erudite booklet notes observe, as companions to 11 songs by Delius’s close friend and associate, Peter Warlock, including the gentle intimacy of "Corpus Christi," the “mini-cantata” "Sorrow’s Lullaby," and unique free-recitative of "My gostly vader."

Composed for Williams and the Coull Quartet, Sally Beamish’s five-part Tree Carols offer striking, variegated settings of poems by Fiona Sampson in their premiere recording. Roderick Williams’ SOMM catalogue include the acclaimed three-volume Twelve Sets of English Lyrics by Hubert Parry (SOMMCD 257, 270, 272), Sally Beamish’s Four Songs from Hafez (Birdsong, SOMMCD 0633), and the classic English song cycles A Shropshire Lad and Maud (SOMMCD 0615), which MusicWeb International declared a “game changer… in terms of our appreciation of Arthur Somervell’s songs”. The Coull Quartet has recorded a wide repertoire for SOMM. Their recording of Nicholas Maw and Benjamin Britten quartets (SOMMCD 065) was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and a BBC Music Magazine Benchmark Recording. Gramophone declared their recent SOMM release with Clélia Iruzun, Treasures from the New World, featuring piano quintets by Amy Beach and Henrique Oswald (SOMMCD 0609), “a delight”.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Peterisms, Set 1: No. 1. Chopcherry 01:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Peterisms, Set 1: No. 1. Chopcherry
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    James Gilchrist
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  2. 2 Corpus Christi 04:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    Corpus Christi
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Sophie Bevan, Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  3. 3 The Fairest May 01:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Fairest May
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    James Gilchrist
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  4. 4 Mourne no Moe 01:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mourne no Moe
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  5. 5 Peterisms, Set 1: No. 2. A Sad Song 02:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    Peterisms, Set 1: No. 2. A Sad Song
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Sophie Bevan
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  6. 6 My gostly fader 02:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    My gostly fader
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  7. 7 My Lady Is a Pretty One 02:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    My Lady Is a Pretty One
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    James Gilchrist
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  8. 8 My little sweet darling 02:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    My little sweet darling
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Sophie Bevan
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  9. 9 Sleep (version for voice and string quartet) 02:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sleep (version for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  10. 10 Sorrow's Lullaby 03:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sorrow's Lullaby
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Sophie Bevan, James Gilchrist
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  11. 11 Saudades: Take, O take those lips away 01:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    Saudades: Take, O take those lips away
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  12. 12 Dover Beach, Op. 3 07:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Dover Beach, Op. 3
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  13. 13 3 Songs, Op. 10: No. 2. Sleep now (arr. R. Williams for voice and string quartet) 03:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    3 Songs, Op. 10: No. 2. Sleep now (arr. R. Williams for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  14. 14 4 Songs, Op. 13: No. 3. Sure on this Shining Night (arr. R. Williams for voice and string quartet) 02:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    4 Songs, Op. 13: No. 3. Sure on this Shining Night (arr. R. Williams for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  15. 15 No. 1. The Miracle Tree 03:16
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. The Miracle Tree
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Sally Beamish
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  16. 16 No. 2. The trees are troubled… 02:56
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. The trees are troubled…
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Sally Beamish
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  17. 17 No. 3. Vigil 03:20
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Vigil
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Sally Beamish
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  18. 18 No. 4. The tree is a changing sky… 04:10
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4. The tree is a changing sky…
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Sally Beamish
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  19. 19 No. 5. Bushes and Briars 04:13
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5. Bushes and Briars
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Sally Beamish
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  20. 20 I-Brasîl (arr. R. Williams for voice and string quartet) 03:09
    Track
    20
    Title
    I-Brasîl (arr. R. Williams for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Frederick Delius
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  21. 21 No. 3. Twilight Fancies 03:42
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 3. Twilight Fancies
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Frederick Delius
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet
  22. 22 No. 4. Young Venevil 01:56
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 4. Young Venevil
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Frederick Delius
    Performer
    Roderick Williams
    Ensemble
    Coull Quartet