Lady of the Lake / Batt

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Label
Leaf Music
Release Date
June 23, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUBERT RYAN
    • PERFORMER
      Batt, Docking
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 23, 2017
    • UPC
      714983549899
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      LM213
    • LABEL
      Leaf Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ellens Gesang I (Raste, Krieger), Op. 52, No. 1, D. 837

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Simon Docking

    2. Ellens Gesang II (Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd!), Op. 52, No. 2, D. 838

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Simon Docking

    3. Bootgesang, D. 835

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Leander Mendoza, Justin Pierre Simard, Robert O'Quinn, James Levesque, Simon Docking

    4. Coronach (Totengesang der Frauen und Madchen), Op. 52, No. 4, D. 836

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Halifax Camerata Singers

      Performer: Lynette Wahlstrom

      Conductor: Jeff Joudrey

    5. Normans Gesang, D. 846

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Jon-Paul Décosse, Simon Docking

    6. Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau"

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Simon Docking

    7. Lied des gefangenen Jagers, D. 843

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Jon-Paul Décosse, Simon Docking

    8. I. Soldier Rest / Hunter Rest

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Simon Docking

    9. II. Prayer

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Simon Docking

    10. IIIa. Battle Cries and Prophesies (Roderick)

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Jon-Paul Décosse, Simon Docking

    11. IV. Battle Vignette: A Warrior's Farewell

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Jon-Paul Décosse, Simon Docking

    12. IIIb. Battle Cries and Prophesies (Blanche)

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Jon-Paul Décosse, Simon Docking

    13. V. Song of a Warrior Woman

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Simon Docking

    14. IIIc. Battle Cries and Prophesies (Brian)

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Jon-Paul Décosse, Maureen Batt, Simon Docking

    15. VI. The Prisoner's Lament

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Jon-Paul Décosse, Simon Docking

    16. VII. Reconciliation / Mémoire

      Composer: Fiona Ryan

      Performer: Maureen Batt, Simon Docking


This new release is the debut album of soprano Maureen Batt, and features a rare recording of Schubert’s “Op. 52 Lady of the Lake” song cycle and a newly commissioned work on the same epic Walter Scott poem by Nova Scotian composer Fiona Ryan. Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake is set during an uprising of the Highland clans against the Lowland Scots who are loyal to King James V. The story focuses on Ellen Douglas, a young woman who lives in exile with her father, an outlaw who has fallen out of favor with the royal court and fled to an island in Loch Katrine with his daughter. Today, the work is not that widely known but in the nineteenth century it was a bestselling book throughout Europe. It was translated into several languages, including German which Schubert used for his song texts. Fiona Ryan writes about her contributions to this album: “I draw upon Scottish (and Nova Scotian) folk music traditions in my songs. Some movements are very obviously influenced by Scottish folksongs…and others draw inspiration from rhythmic patterns, ornamentation, and droning sounds found in Scottish bagpipe music. In a way, this project is about bringing people and ideas together… Although this is a story of a different and dangerous time, it gives an affirmative answer to the eternal question of whether people who are enemies can eventually reconcile.”