Richardson: Let Spring Come & Other Songs / Yeo, Lemoh, Lobelson

$15.99
Label
Toccata
Release Date
January 21, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Henry Handel Richardson
    • PERFORMER
      Narelle Yeo, Simon Lobelson, Tonya Lemoh
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 21, 2022
    • UPC
      5060113446299
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0629
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

The Australian writer Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946) was christened Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson: she adopted a male nom de plume in anticipation of professional prejudice. Although she made in international reputation as a novelist, she first trained as a pianist and wrote songs all her life – but they remained unpublished, so that her output as a composer has been completely overlooked until now. Her songs are straightforward and melodious, drawing their inspiration from Romantic German Lieder and Edwardian drawing-room ballads, lullabies and parlor songs in the manner of Bridge, Ireland, Quilter and other such composers.