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ROGER QUILTER
Shakespeare Songs: 14:28
1.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Op.6 No.3
2:27
from Three Shakespeare Songs (First Set)
To Walter Creighton
Non troppo allegro ma vigoroso e con moto - Poco più allegro -
Tempo I - Poco più allegro
2.
Come away, death, Op.6 No.1
2:57
from Three Shakespeare Songs (First Set)
To Walter Creighton
Poco andante
3.
Fear no more the heat o'' the sun, Op.23 No.1
3:38
from Five Shakespeare Songs (Second Set)
To the memory of Robin Hollway
Andante moderato
4.
Orpheus with his lute, Op.32 No.1
2:31
from Two Shakespeare Songs (Fourth Set)
Allegretto quasi andantino
5.
O mistress mine, Op.6 No.2
1:40
from Three Shakespeare Songs (First Set)
To Walter Creighton
Allegro moderato
6.
Under the greenwood tree, Op.23 No.2
1:13
from Five Shakespeare Songs (Second Set)
To Walter Creighton
Allegro moderato ma giocoso
A Floral Tribute: 12:45
7.
The Fuchsia Tree, Op.25 No.2
1:36
Old Manx Ballad
attributed to Charles Dalmon
from Six Songs
To Lesliey Woodgate
Andante poco con moto
8.
Go, lovely rose, Op.24 No.3
3:22
from Five English Love Lyrics
To Hubert Eisdell
Moderato, un poco con moto
9.
A Last Year''s Rose, Op.14 No.3
2:59
from Four Songs
To Robin and Aimée Legge
Andante moderato poco con moto
10.
Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op.3 No.2
2:17
from Three Songs
Moderato quasi andantino tempo rubato
11.
To Daisies, Op.8 No.3
2:28
from To Julia
To Gervase Elwes
Andante sostenuto
Folksongs: 13:20
12.
Barbara Allen
4:17
Old English Melody
No.13 from The Arnold Book of Old Songs
To the memory of Arnold Guy Vivian
Moderato un poco andante
13.
Drink to me only
2:49
Air by Colonel Mellish (1777-1817)
No.1 from The Arnold Book of Old Songs
To the memory of Arnold Guy Vivian
Moderato un poco andante
14.
My Lady''s Garden
3:42
(L''Amour de moi)
Old French Melody
No.10 from The Arnold Book of Old Songs
To the memory of Arnold Guy Vivian
Moderato un poco andante
15.
The Ash Grove
2:31
Old Welsh Melody
No.16 from The Arnold Book of Old Songs
To the memory of Arnold Guy Vivian
Andante
At the Graveside: 9:54
16.
Autumn Evening, Op.14 No.1
3:20
from Four Songs
To Robin and Aimée Legge
Moderato tranquillo
17.
Dream Valley, Op.20 No.1
2:30
from Three Songs of William Blake
Moderato, poco andante
18.
Drooping Wings
2:19
Andante, un poco con moto
19.
Music, when soft voices die, Op.25 No.5
1:43
from Six Songs
To Norah Nichols
Un poco andante
German Songs
Four Songs of Mirza Schaffy, Op.2
6:16
Texts by Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819-1892)
To J.Walter and Maris English
20.
I
Neig'', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir (Come, tender bud,
1:42
lean close to me). Poco andante con moto
21.
II
Und was die Sonne glüht (The glow of summer sun).
1:17
Moderato ma con spirito
22.
III
Ich fühle deinen Odem (The magic of thy presence).
1:45
Andante moderato
23.
IV
Die helle Sonne leuchtet (The golden sunlight''s glory).
1:32
Moderato con moto
Songs of Love: 7:57
24.
Love''s Philosophy, Op.3 No.1
1:29
from Three Songs
To Gervase Elwes
Molto allegro con moto
25.
Julia''s Hair, Op.8 No.5
1:56
from To Julia
To Gervase Elwes
Adagio misterioso
26.
The Maiden Blush, Op.8 No.2
2:06
from To Julia
To Gervase Elwes
Moderato semplice
27.
It was a love and his lass, Op.23 No.3
2:24
from Five Shakespeare Songs (Second Set)
To Walter Creighton
Allegretto moderato
Total time: 64:30
About
Born in Sussex in 1877, Roger Quilter was a fellow-student of Percy Grainger, Cyril Scott, and H. Balfour Gardiner at the Hoch Conservatory, in Frankfurt, where he studied for almost five years under the guidance of the German professor of composition Iwan Knorr. He is best known for his contribution to English art song, having composed around 150 songs, many of which remain regular recital favourites. For this album, the tenor James Gilchrist and pianist Anna Tilbrook explore his output from early works such as ‘Now sleeps the crimson petal’ through to late examples such as ‘The Ash Grove’. All of the songs are settings of English texts, with the exception of the Four Songs of Mirza Schaffy, which set German texts by Friedrich von Bodenstedt. The musicians have arranged their selection of twenty-seven songs into thematic groups – Shakespeare songs, songs about flowers, folksongs, songs of love etc. – which makes for a fascinating and rewarding programme.
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Reviews
Choc d’Classica - Exceptional
Pascal Brissaud-Ecrepont – Classica magazine – October 2024
“…This is a thoroughly enjoyable recital of Quilter’s songs. James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook seem completely attuned to the music and to the Quilter idiom. Furthermore, they’ve been regular recital partners for quite some time; it shows in the evident rapport between them… More, please.”
John Quinn – Musicwebinternational.com – 5 August 2024
“… But Gilchrist and Tilbrook give us a fine, thoughtful recital, the best of which is at once affecting and superbly accomplished.”
Tim Ashley – Gramophone magazine – August 2024
Performance *** Recording ****
“… trusting wholeheartedly in Quilter’s creative instincts, he [Gilchrist] never over-interprets. It’s an instinct that gets to the heart of an output undeniably circumscribed yet irresistibly exquisite.”
Paul Riley – BBC Music magazine – August 2024
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