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Only a Singing Bird
Signum Classics

Only a Singing Bird

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Details

Composer
CARPENTER DEAZLEY HEAD JOHN
Artist
Cargill
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Feb 12, 2016
Catalog #
SIGCD440
UPC
635212044025

About

A beautiful collection of songs, Only a Singing Bird features Michael Head's best-known works, The Ships of Arcady and The Little Road to Bethlehem, as well as his beautifully-imagined, nostalgic song-cycle, Snowbirds. NYCoS National Girls Choir is joined by it's patron and world renowned mezzo soprano, Karen Cargill for this incredible new recording.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. The Bird of Morn 02:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. The Bird of Morn
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Karen Cargill, Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  2. 2 No. 2. Under the Bower of Night 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Under the Bower of Night
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Karen Cargill, Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  3. 3 No. 3. Little Foo 04:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Little Foo
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Karen Cargill, Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  4. 4 No. 4. Love Offerings 01:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Love Offerings
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Karen Cargill, Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  5. 5 No. 5. Only a Singing Bird 02:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Only a Singing Bird
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Karen Cargill, Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  6. 6 No. 6. Spring Grass 02:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Spring Grass
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Karen Cargill, Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  7. 7 No. 7. King Ra 05:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. King Ra
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Karen Cargill, Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  8. 8 No. 1. Spring 02:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Spring
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Gary Carpenter
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  9. 9 No. 2. Under the Greenwood Tree 03:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Under the Greenwood Tree
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Gary Carpenter
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  10. 10 No. 3. Winter 02:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Winter
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Gary Carpenter
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  11. 11 3 Songs of Fantasy: No. 3. A Funny Fellow 01:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    3 Songs of Fantasy: No. 3. A Funny Fellow
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  12. 12 Over the Rim of the Moon: No. 1. The ships of Arcady 03:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    Over the Rim of the Moon: No. 1. The ships of Arcady
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  13. 13 The Little Road To Bethlehem 02:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    The Little Road To Bethlehem
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  14. 14 The Robin's Carol 02:53
    Track
    14
    Title
    The Robin's Carol
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  15. 15 Star Candles 02:23
    Track
    15
    Title
    Star Candles
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  16. 16 Ave Maria 03:03
    Track
    16
    Title
    Ave Maria
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Michael Head
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  17. 17 Bonnie Wee Thing 03:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    Bonnie Wee Thing
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Ken Johnston
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  18. 18 The Wind that Shakes the Barley 02:48
    Track
    18
    Title
    The Wind that Shakes the Barley
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Ken Johnston
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell
  19. 19 The Circus 02:50
    Track
    19
    Title
    The Circus
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Stephen Deazley
    Performer
    Philip Moore
    Ensemble
    NYCoS National Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Christopher Bell