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Parry: 12 Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 3
SOMM Recordings

Parry: 12 Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 3

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Composer
PARRY, HUBERT
Artist
Fox, Williams, West
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Nov 16, 2018
Catalog #
SOMMCD 272
UPC
748871227224

About

SOMM Recordings' historic, enthusiastically reviewed survey of Sir Hubert Parry's 12 Sets of English Lyrics reaches it's end with a third revelatory volume. Volume III features pianist Andrew West and baritone Roderick Williams (both heard on Volumes I and II) and the return of soprano Sarah Fox (who appeared on Volume II). Composed between 1874 and shortly before Parry's death in 1918, the English Lyrics come from a time of immense change as old certainties gave way to new complexity and a global war that would utterly change Britain's standing in the world. Parry's riposte was the English Lyrics: a defiant assertion that English poetry was the equal of Germany's Lied and French mélodies and arguably created the template for the development of the emerging English art-song. The texts of many of the 25 songs - including some of his finest - on this recording carry deeply personal meanings for Parry, his response to them as varied as mood dictates and all realized with consummate insight and craftsmanship. Settings of AP Graves, Julia Chatterton and Julian Sturgis are to the fore, although lyrics by Herbert Warner and the American poets Ralph Waldo Emerson and Langdon Elwyn Mitchell are also to be heard in a spell- binding conclusion to an acclaimed series. Parry's only setting of Christina Rossetti, 'My heart is like a singing bird,' is delightfully effusive, 'When the Sun's Great Orb,' Wagner-like in it's imagining of the end of days, 'The child and the twilight' vividly full of night-time fears. Reviewing Volume I, BBC Music Magazine praised the "many pleasurable moments in this richly enjoyable album" with Classical Ear summing it up as being "In a word: blissful". Of Volume II, Robert Hugill applauded "this enterprising and illuminating survey", while MusicWeb International said: "Lovers of English songs, and Parry in particular, should be in their element with this satisfying album on Somm".

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 1. My heart is like a singing bird 01:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 1. My heart is like a singing bird
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  2. 2 No. 4. The Blackbird 01:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 4. The Blackbird
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  3. 3 No. 6. If I might ride on puissant wing 01:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 6. If I might ride on puissant wing
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  4. 4 English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 3. A moment of farewell 02:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 3. A moment of farewell
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  5. 5 English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 7. The sound of hidden music 02:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 7. The sound of hidden music
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  6. 6 English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 5. Through the ivory gate 03:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 5. Through the ivory gate
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  7. 7 English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 2. Nightfall in winter 04:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 2. Nightfall in winter
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  8. 8 English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 6. Sleep 02:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 6. Sleep
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  9. 9 English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 1. When the dew is falling 01:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 1. When the dew is falling
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  10. 10 No. 1. Thine eyes still shined for me 02:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. Thine eyes still shined for me
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  11. 11 No. 2. When lovers meet again 01:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. When lovers meet again
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  12. 12 English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 4. A lover's garland 02:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 4. A lover's garland
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  13. 13 English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 5. The faithful lover 03:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 5. The faithful lover
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  14. 14 No. 1. A stray nymph of Dian 02:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 1. A stray nymph of Dian
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  15. 15 No. 6. A girl to her class 01:34
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 6. A girl to her class
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  16. 16 English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 4. When the sun's great orb 02:58
    Track
    16
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 4. When the sun's great orb
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  17. 17 English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 1. One golden thread 01:42
    Track
    17
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 1. One golden thread
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  18. 18 English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 1. Whence 02:17
    Track
    18
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 1. Whence
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  19. 19 English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 5. At the hour the long day ends 02:35
    Track
    19
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 5. At the hour the long day ends
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  20. 20 English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 5. Looking backward 03:16
    Track
    20
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 5. Looking backward
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  21. 21 English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 8. She is my love beyond all thought 02:22
    Track
    21
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 8. She is my love beyond all thought
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  22. 22 English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 5. From a city window 02:56
    Track
    22
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 5. From a city window
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  23. 23 English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 3. The spirit of the spring 01:54
    Track
    23
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 3. The spirit of the spring
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West
  24. 24 English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 4. The child and the twilight 02:08
    Track
    24
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 4. The child and the twilight
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Sarah Fox, Andrew West
  25. 25 English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 6. Grapes 01:00
    Track
    25
    Title
    English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 6. Grapes
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Roderick Williams, Andrew West