Name: Berkeley, L.: Songs by James Gilchrist
Brand: James Gilchrist
SKU: 095115152829
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Lennox Berkeley is often the designated twentieth century composer on collections of choral music by English cathedral choirs, but his songs are a good deal less well known. There are no fewer than five recording premieres here, and any one of them could supply worthwhile material to a singer's repertoire. The disc surveys Berkeley's entire song-composing career, beginning with student works in French written before and during his stint studying in Paris with the pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. (Berkeley was of partly French background, spoke the language fluently, and continued to write songs in French after this period.) The program runs forward chronologically to one of Berkeley's last works, the French-language Sonnet, Op. 102, of 1982, written when Berkeley was 79 and dedicated to the 106-year-old singer Hugues Cuénod. Annotator Tony Scotland finds signs of Berkeley's encroaching Alzheimer's disease in this little song, but it's certainly very moving and may well be of interest to researchers studying the dreaded disorder. In between are pieces influenced by Britten and a dissonant idiom of the 1950s and 1960s more distinctive to Berkeley himself. But no matter what his musical vocabulary, there is a recognizable thread common to all the songs on the album. It is very economical poems that showcase Berkeley's precise gestures at their best -- Cocteau (sample the little portrait of Narcissus, track 4, who is, as a joke, turned inside out by Death "like the finger of a glove"), W.H. Auden, Robert Herrick, and a marvelous group of settings of Chinese poems in translations drawn from common English anthologies. Tenor James Gilchrist is an ideal exponent of these songs: he is delicate, attuned to the chamber atmosphere of the British song repertory, and admirably precise. With Chandos' usual high engineering standards -- Suffolk's Potton Hall is the perfect venue -- this release is essential for lovers of art song in the twentieth century. Song texts are in English and, where necessary, French; the informative booklet notes by Scotland are in English only.

1. D'un vanneur de ble aux vents

by Joachim Du Bellay

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Joachim Du Bellay; Composer

2. Tombeaux: No. 1, De Sapho: Tres lent

by Jean Cocteau

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Jean Cocteau; Composer

3. Tombeaux: No. 2, De Socrate: Moderato

by Jean Cocteau

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Jean Cocteau; Composer

4. Tombeaux: No. 3, D'un fleuve: Con moto

by Jean Cocteau

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Jean Cocteau; Composer

5. Tombeaux: No. 4, De Narcisse: Triste et lent

by Jean Cocteau

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Jean Cocteau; Composer

6. Tombeaux: No. 5, De Don Juan: Vif

by Jean Cocteau

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Jean Cocteau; Composer

7. How love came in

by Robert Herrick

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Robert Herrick; Composer

8. 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2: No. 2, Bells of Cordoba

by Federico García Lorca

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Federico García Lorca; Composer

9. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 1, Lauds (Among the leaves the small birds sing): Allegretto - Meno vivo

by Wystan Hugh Auden

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Wystan Hugh Auden; Composer

10. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 2, O Lurcher-loving collier, black as night: Andante

by Wystan Hugh Auden

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Wystan Hugh Auden; Composer

11. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 3, What's in your mind, my dove, my coney?: Moderato

by Wystan Hugh Auden

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Wystan Hugh Auden; Composer

12. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 4, Eyes look into the well: Lento

by Wystan Hugh Auden

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Wystan Hugh Auden; Composer

13. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 5, Carry her over the water: Moderato

by Wystan Hugh Auden

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Wystan Hugh Auden; Composer

14. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 1, Now Is your turne, my dearest, to be-set: Andante

by Robert Herrick

Primary Artist: Alison Nicholls
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Harp: Alison Nicholls; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Robert Herrick; Composer

15. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 2, Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neare: Lento

by Robert Herrick

Primary Artist: Alison Nicholls
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Harp: Alison Nicholls; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Robert Herrick; Composer

16. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 3, These springs were maidens once That lov'd: Allegretto

by Robert Herrick

Primary Artist: Alison Nicholls
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Harp: Alison Nicholls; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Robert Herrick; Composer

17. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 4, My God! Look on me withe'eye: Slow and freely

by Robert Herrick

Primary Artist: Alison Nicholls
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Harp: Alison Nicholls; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Robert Herrick; Composer

18. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 5, If nine times you your bridegroom kisse: Allegro

by Robert Herrick

Primary Artist: Alison Nicholls
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Harp: Alison Nicholls; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Robert Herrick; Composer

19. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 1, The mighty thoughts of an old world: Allegro moderato

by Lawrence Durrell

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: William Henry Davies
Alfred Tennyson
Lawrence Durrell
Hartley Coleridge
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gerard Manley Hopkins; Composer

20. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 2, All night a wind of music: Vivace

by Lawrence Durrell

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: William Henry Davies
Alfred Tennyson
Lawrence Durrell
Hartley Coleridge
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gerard Manley Hopkins; Composer

21. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 3, Lesbos: Andante

by William Henry Davies

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: William Henry Davies
Alfred Tennyson
Lawrence Durrell
Hartley Coleridge
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gerard Manley Hopkins; Composer

22. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 4, Tonight the winds begin to rise: Allegro - Un poco meno vivo - Tempo I

by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: William Henry Davies
Alfred Tennyson
Lawrence Durrell
Hartley Coleridge
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gerard Manley Hopkins; Composer

23. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 5, Hurrahing in Harvest: Moderato - Un poco più vivo - Allegro

by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: William Henry Davies
Alfred Tennyson
Lawrence Durrell
Hartley Coleridge
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gerard Manley Hopkins; Composer

24. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 6, Rich Days: Allegretto

by William Henry Davies

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: William Henry Davies
Alfred Tennyson
Lawrence Durrell
Hartley Coleridge
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gerard Manley Hopkins; Composer

25. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 7, When we were idlers with the loitering rills: Andante

by Lawrence Durrell

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: William Henry Davies
Alfred Tennyson
Lawrence Durrell
Hartley Coleridge
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gerard Manley Hopkins; Composer

26. Automne, Op. 60, No. 3

by Guillaume Apollinaire

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Guillaume Apollinaire; Composer

27. 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2 (text by J. Passerat): 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2: No. 7, Ode du premier jour de Mai

by Jean Passerat

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Jean Passerat; Composer

28. Sonnet, Op. 102

by Louise Labe

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Louise Labe; Composer

29. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 1, People Hide Their Love: Andante con moto

by Shen-yo

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Ssu-k'ung T'u
Wu-ti
Yang Knang
Shen-yo; Composer

30. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 2, Autumn Wind: Allegretto

by Shen-yo

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Ssu-k'ung T'u
Wu-ti
Yang Knang
Shen-yo; Composer

31. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 3, Dreaming of a Dead Lady: Slow, sustained and intense - Warm

by Ssu-k'ung T'u

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Ssu-k'ung T'u
Wu-ti
Yang Knang
Shen-yo; Composer

32. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 4, Late Spring: Moderato - Meno vivo

by Wu-ti

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Ssu-k'ung T'u
Wu-ti
Yang Knang
Shen-yo; Composer

33. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 5, The Riverside Village: Calm and slow (Andante tranquillo)

by Wu-ti

Primary Artist: Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist; Main Performer
Piano: Anna Tilbrook; Performer
Tenor: James Gilchrist; Performer
Composer: Lennox Berkeley; Composer
Lyricist: Ssu-k'ung T'u
Wu-ti
Yang Knang
Shen-yo; Composer

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Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder, Classical, Vocal, Folk, Folk Pop, World

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French (France)
English (United States)

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Dec 31, 2008

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Berkeley, L.: Songs

1. D'un vanneur de ble aux vents

2. Tombeaux: No. 1, De Sapho: Tres lent

3. Tombeaux: No. 2, De Socrate: Moderato

4. Tombeaux: No. 3, D'un fleuve: Con moto

5. Tombeaux: No. 4, De Narcisse: Triste et lent

6. Tombeaux: No. 5, De Don Juan: Vif

7. How love came in

8. 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2: No. 2, Bells of Cordoba

9. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 1, Lauds (Among the leaves the small birds sing): Allegretto - Meno vivo

10. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 2, O Lurcher-loving collier, black as night: Andante

11. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 3, What's in your mind, my dove, my coney?: Moderato

12. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 4, Eyes look into the well: Lento

13. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 5, Carry her over the water: Moderato

14. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 1, Now Is your turne, my dearest, to be-set: Andante

15. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 2, Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neare: Lento

16. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 3, These springs were maidens once That lov'd: Allegretto

17. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 4, My God! Look on me withe'eye: Slow and freely

18. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 5, If nine times you your bridegroom kisse: Allegro

19. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 1, The mighty thoughts of an old world: Allegro moderato

20. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 2, All night a wind of music: Vivace

21. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 3, Lesbos: Andante

22. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 4, Tonight the winds begin to rise: Allegro - Un poco meno vivo - Tempo I

23. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 5, Hurrahing in Harvest: Moderato - Un poco più vivo - Allegro

24. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 6, Rich Days: Allegretto

25. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 7, When we were idlers with the loitering rills: Andante

26. Automne, Op. 60, No. 3

27. 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2 (text by J. Passerat): 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2: No. 7, Ode du premier jour de Mai

28. Sonnet, Op. 102

29. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 1, People Hide Their Love: Andante con moto

30. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 2, Autumn Wind: Allegretto

31. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 3, Dreaming of a Dead Lady: Slow, sustained and intense - Warm

32. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 4, Late Spring: Moderato - Meno vivo

33. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 5, The Riverside Village: Calm and slow (Andante tranquillo)

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1. D'un vanneur de ble aux vents

2. Tombeaux: No. 1, De Sapho: Tres lent

3. Tombeaux: No. 2, De Socrate: Moderato

4. Tombeaux: No. 3, D'un fleuve: Con moto

5. Tombeaux: No. 4, De Narcisse: Triste et lent

6. Tombeaux: No. 5, De Don Juan: Vif

7. How love came in

8. 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2: No. 2, Bells of Cordoba

9. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 1, Lauds (Among the leaves the small birds sing): Allegretto - Meno vivo

10. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 2, O Lurcher-loving collier, black as night: Andante

11. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 3, What's in your mind, my dove, my coney?: Moderato

12. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 4, Eyes look into the well: Lento

13. 5 Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53: No. 5, Carry her over the water: Moderato

14. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 1, Now Is your turne, my dearest, to be-set: Andante

15. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 2, Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neare: Lento

16. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 3, These springs were maidens once That lov'd: Allegretto

17. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 4, My God! Look on me withe'eye: Slow and freely

18. 5 Herrick Poems, Op. 89: No. 5, If nine times you your bridegroom kisse: Allegro

19. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 1, The mighty thoughts of an old world: Allegro moderato

20. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 2, All night a wind of music: Vivace

21. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 3, Lesbos: Andante

22. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 4, Tonight the winds begin to rise: Allegro - Un poco meno vivo - Tempo I

23. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 5, Hurrahing in Harvest: Moderato - Un poco più vivo - Allegro

24. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 6, Rich Days: Allegretto

25. Autumn's Legacy, Op. 58: No. 7, When we were idlers with the loitering rills: Andante

26. Automne, Op. 60, No. 3

27. 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2 (text by J. Passerat): 7 Songs, Op. 14, No. 2: No. 7, Ode du premier jour de Mai

28. Sonnet, Op. 102

29. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 1, People Hide Their Love: Andante con moto

30. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 2, Autumn Wind: Allegretto

31. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 3, Dreaming of a Dead Lady: Slow, sustained and intense - Warm

32. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 4, Late Spring: Moderato - Meno vivo

33. 5 Chinese Songs, Op. 78: No. 5, The Riverside Village: Calm and slow (Andante tranquillo)

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