Britten/Berkeley: Auden Songs

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Hooray for the Berkeley centenary if it wins us a bonus like this !V a rare collection of the settings of W.H. Auden's poems by Lennox B and, more to the point, Benjamin Britten. — The Observer

Catalogue No: 8557204
Label: Naxos
Length: 61 minutes

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Berkeley, L: Five Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53 (1958)

Work length9:49

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: September 1997
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London

I. Lauds (Among the leaves the small birds sing)

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II. O Lurcher-loving collier

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III. What's in your mind, my dove, my coney?

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IV. Eyes look into the well

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V. Carry her over the water

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Berkeley, L: Night covers up the rigid land, Op. 14, No. 2

Work length8:08

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: September 1997
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London

Night covers up the rigid land, Op. 14, No. 2

Track length2:35

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Lay your sleeping head, my love, Op. 14, No. 2b

Track length5:33

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Britten: On this Island, Op. 11

Work length13:22

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: September 1997
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London

Let the florid music praise

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Now the leaves are falling fast

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Seascape

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Nocturne

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As it is, plenty

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Britten: Fish in the Unruffled Lakes - Six Auden settings

Work length2:21

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: September 1997
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London

Britten: Night covers up the rigid land (No. 2 from Fish in the Unruffled Lakes)

Work length2:04

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: September 1997
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London

Britten: To lie flat on the back

Work length2:24

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: September 1997
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London

Britten: The sun shines down

Work length2:04

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: December 1995
Recording Venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London

Britten: What's in your mind?

Work length1:50

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: December 1995
Recording Venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London

What's on your mind?

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Britten: Underneath the abject willow

Work length1:48

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Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded: December 1995
Recording Venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London, London

Britten: Johnny (from Cabaret Songs)

Work length14:42

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Steuart Bedford (piano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Recorded: December 1995
Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London

Tell me the truth about love

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Funeral blues

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Johnny

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Calypso

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Britten: When you're feeling like expressing your affection (Auden)

Work length0:44

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Steuart Bedford (piano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Recorded: December 1995
Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London

Underneath the abject willow

Work length1:55

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Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Recorded: December 1995
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London

Britten/Berkeley: Auden Songs

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