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Fallen to Dust / Newby, Middleton
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Fallen to Dust / Newby, Middleton

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Details

Composer
Traditional, George Butterworth, Wolseley Charles, Rebecca Clarke, Charles Dibdin, Jonathan Dove, Ed
Artist
James Newby, Joseph Middleton
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 07, 2023
Catalog #
BIS-2595
UPC
7318599925950

About

James Newby wished to dedicate his second disc on BIS - a recital of English song - to his sister Laura who passed away in 2015, her daughter, and his mother.

After singing Gerald Finzi’s ‘Fear no more the heat o’ the sun’ at her funeral, he felt it fitting that the cycle from which it is taken, Let us Garlands Bring, would form the centerpiece of the program. Alongside this cycle, pianist Joseph Middleton and Newby have designed a program of English songs that reflect on themes of loss, grief and death – but also joy, love and healing with varying styles, sound worlds and atmospheres. George Butterworth, Rebecca Clarke, Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Liza Lehmann and Errollyn Wallen are just some of the composers who complete the program, including Arthur Somervell with his cycle ‘A Shropshire Lad’. Like Heinrich Heine’s poems that Schumann used for his famous cycle Dichterliebe, these poems by Alfred Edward Housman deal with unrequited love in first person lyrics. This disc ends on a lighter note with the whimsical song, ‘The Green-eyed Dragon’ by Wolseley Charles, which often concludes live performances as an encore.

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. 1 All You Who Sleep Tonight: No. 13. All You Who Sleep Tonight 01:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    All You Who Sleep Tonight: No. 13. All You Who Sleep Tonight
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Jonathan Dove
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  2. 2 Requiescat 03:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Requiescat
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    George Butterworth
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  3. 3 The Seal Man 05:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Seal Man
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Rebecca Clarke
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  4. 4 Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15: No. 8. The Clock of the Years 04:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15: No. 8. The Clock of the Years
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Gerald Finzi
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  5. 5 No. 1. Come Away, Come Away, Death 03:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Come Away, Come Away, Death
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Gerald Finzi
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  6. 6 No. 2. Who is Silvia? 01:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. Who is Silvia?
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Gerald Finzi
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  7. 7 No. 3. Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun 05:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Gerald Finzi
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  8. 8 No. 4. O Mistress Mine 01:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4. O Mistress Mine
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Gerald Finzi
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  9. 9 No. 5. It was a Lover and His Lass 02:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 5. It was a Lover and His Lass
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Gerald Finzi
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  10. 10 The Three Ravens (arr. J. Ireland for voice and piano) 03:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    The Three Ravens (arr. J. Ireland for voice and piano)
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  11. 11 By a Bierside 04:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    By a Bierside
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Ivor Gurney
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  12. 12 Pleading, Op. 48 02:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    Pleading, Op. 48
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  13. 13 The Sky above the Roof 02:46
    Track
    13
    Title
    The Sky above the Roof
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  14. 14 No. 1. Loveliest of Trees 02:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 1. Loveliest of Trees
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  15. 15 No. 2. When I Was One-and-Twenty 01:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 2. When I Was One-and-Twenty
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  16. 16 No. 3. There Pass the Careless People 01:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 3. There Pass the Careless People
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  17. 17 No. 4. In Summer-Time on Bredon 03:03
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 4. In Summer-Time on Bredon
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  18. 18 No. 5. The Street Sounds to a Soldier's Tread 01:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 5. The Street Sounds to a Soldier's Tread
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  19. 19 No. 6. On the Idle Hill of Summer 02:28
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 6. On the Idle Hill of Summer
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  20. 20 No. 7. White in the Moon the Long Road Lies 03:13
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 7. White in the Moon the Long Road Lies
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  21. 21 No. 8. Think No More Lad, Laugh, Be Jolly 01:35
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 8. Think No More Lad, Laugh, Be Jolly
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  22. 22 No. 9. Into My Heart an Air That Kills 02:00
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 9. Into My Heart an Air That Kills
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  23. 23 No. 10. The Lads in Their Hundreds 02:25
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 10. The Lads in Their Hundreds
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Arthur Somervell
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  24. 24 Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 1. Tom Bowling 04:25
    Track
    24
    Title
    Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 1. Tom Bowling
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  25. 25 Dearest, When I am Dead 01:37
    Track
    25
    Title
    Dearest, When I am Dead
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Ivor Gurney
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  26. 26 Henry King 02:48
    Track
    26
    Title
    Henry King
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Liza Lehmann
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  27. 27 About Here 04:37
    Track
    27
    Title
    About Here
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Errollyn Wallen
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  28. 28 The Green-Eyed Dragon 03:46
    Track
    28
    Title
    The Green-Eyed Dragon
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Wolseley Charles
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton