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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
(1894-1950)
COMPACT DISC ONE
premiere recording
1.
Spring goeth all in white
1:21
(Robert Seymour Bridges)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
2.
When June is come
1:11
(Robert Seymour Bridges)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
3.
Mantle of Blue
1:56
(Padraic Colum)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
4.
Twilight
1:48
(John Edward Masefield)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
Ludlow Town
9:38
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
5.
1
When smoke stood up from Ludlow
3:42
6.
2
Farewell to barn and stack and tree
2:37
7.
3
Say, lad, have you things to do?
1:28
8.
4
The lads in their hundreds
1:51
Two Songs
3:13
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
9.
1
The Bean Flower
2:03
(Dorothy Leigh Sayers)
10.
2
Impromptu in March
1:10
(Doreen A.E. Wallace)
11.
In Youth Is Pleasure
2:20
(Robert Wever)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
12.
The Merry Month of May
2:01
(Thomas Dekker)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
13.
A Dream of Death
3:06
(William Butler Yeats)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
14.
Come Away, Death
2:17
(William Shakespeare)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
15.
Troll the Bowl
1:23
(Thomas Dekker)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
16.
Can't You Dance the Polka!
1:23
(Sea shanty, author anonymous)
Members of Weybridge Male Voice Choir
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
17.
Mrs Dyer, the Baby Farmer
4:01
(Victorian crime ballad, author anonymous)
Members of Weybridge Male Voice Choir
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
18.
Maltworms
2:19
(Attributed to William Stevenson)
Members of Weybridge Male Voice Choir
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
Seven Poems by James Joyce
12:10
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
19.
1
Strings in the earth and air
1:39
20.
2
The Merry Green Wood
1:11
21.
3
Bright cap
0:46
22.
4
The Pleasant Valley
1:25
23.
5
Donnycarney
1:23
24.
6
Rain has fallen
1:47
25.
7
Now, O now, in this brown land
3:59
50:09
COMPACT DISC TWO
1.
When I came last to Ludlow
1:17
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
2.
'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town
1:31
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
3.
Far in a western brookland
2:30
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
4.
Loveliest of trees
1:41
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
5.
Oh fair enough are sky and plain (first version)
2:22
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
6.
Oh fair enough are sky and plain (second version)
2:25
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
7.
Oh fair enough are sky and plain (third version)
2:46
(Alfred Edward Housman)
Solo:Roderick Williams baritone
premiere recording
8.
Weep you no more
2:15
(Sixteenth century, author anonymous)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
9.
The Sweet o' the Year
0:58
(William Shakespeare)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
premiere recording
10.
The Day of Palms
3:18
(Arthur William Symons)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
premiere recording
11.
Blue-eyed Spring
1:13
(Robert Nichols)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
12.
Rosefrail
1:18
(James Joyce)
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
premiere recording
13.
Tilly
2:26
(James Joyce)
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
14.
Rahoon
3:04
(James Joyce)
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
Four English Lyrics
8:11
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
15.
1
Cherry Ripe
1:54
(Thomas Campion)
16.
2
Willow Song
1:30
(John Fletcher)
17.
3
The Constant Lover
1:32
(William Browne)
18.
4
The Passionate Shepherd
3:15
(Christopher Marlowe)
Four Shakespeare Songs
5:33
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
19.
1
The Lover and his Lass
1:37
20.
2
Where the bee sucks
1:38
21.
3
When daisies pied
1:16
22.
4
When icicles hang by the wall
1:12
23.
Diaphenia
2:11
(Henry Chettle or Henry Constable)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
premiere recording
24.
Rosaline
3:25
(Thomas Lodge)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
premiere recording
25.
The Monk's Fancy
2:14
(Henry J. Hope)
Solo:Adrian Thompson tenor
premiere recording
26.
Invitation in Autumn
4:10
(Seumas O'Sullivan)
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
premiere recording
27.
If There Be Any Gods
1:19
(Seumas O'Sullivan)
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
Six Poems of Seumas O'Sullivan
12:23
Solo:Geraldine McGreevy soprano
28.
1
Evening
1:59
29.
2
The Poplars
2:13
30.
3
A Cottager
2:02
31.
4
The Dustman
1:04
32.
5
Lullaby
2:29
33.
6
The Herdsman
2:36
68:32
Solo:John Talbot piano
8, 9 and 11 September 2008 (songs for baritone), 20 and 22 January 2009 (songs for tenor), & 14 and 16 April 2009 (songs for soprano)
Solo:John Talbot
Notes
Ernest John Moeran was the last major representative of the group of English composers who, in the first two decades of the twentieth century, sought musical inspiration in the melodic beauty of traditional folksong. The emotional and spiritual legacy of his dual Anglo-Irish nationality is in tangible evidence throughout his life and music. A pupil of John Ireland and friend of Peter Warlock, he composed music which displays the influences of Delius, Vaughan Williams, and of course his love of landscape. Chandos here presents a unique album of his attractive complete solo song catalogue, many of which are premiere recordings.
Moeran wrote sixty original songs for solo voice and piano, including the settings of texts by James Joyce, Robert Bridges, Shakespeare and W.B. Yeats. His most famous songs are his settings of the works of A.E. Housman, with texts from Ludlow Town and A Shropshire Lad.
Baritone Roderick Williams, Soprano Geraldine McGreevy and Tenor Adrian Thompson are accompanied by John Talbot.
And for those of you who are wondering – E.J Moeran is on the right of the motley group of revellers!
E.J Moeran – Complete Solo Songs
Moeran was part of the group of English composers who sought inspiration in the melodic beauty of traditional folksong in the first two decades of the 20th century. He was a pupil of John Ireland and friend of Peter Warlock and influenced by his love of landscape as well as the likes of Delius and Vaughan Williams. These 60 original songs are set to words by James Joyce, Robert Bridges, Shakespeare and W B Yeats as well as A E Houseman’s poems “Ludlow Town” and “A Shropshire Lad”. The recording was a labour of love for John Talbot who accompanies the songs. He is joined by Geraldine Mcgreevy soprano, Adrian Thompson tenor and a superb Roderick Williams baritone.
They are premier recordings and sell at 2-4-1. ..and for those of you wondering. E J Moeran is on the right on the motley group of revellers.
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Reviews
“…definitely recommended. …
Barry Benesal - Fanfare - November/December 2010
‘Gramophone Recommends’ “Moeran’s songs receive long-overdue attention … In sum, a set that no lover of British song will want to pass over.”
Andrew Achenbach - Gramophone magazine - September 2010
“…I recommend this collection, in which Talbot provides concordant playing…”
John T Hughes - International Record Review - June 2010
“…This welcome, complete Chandos collection conjures a pastoral, mystical England… beautifully expressed by the three soloists and pianist John Talbot.”
Fiona Maddocks - The Observer - 23 May 2010
Performance ***** Recording ****
Michael Scott Rohan - BBC Music Magazine - June 2010
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