The Complete C W Orr Songbook Volume 2
Mark Stone (baritone) & Simon Lepper (piano)
here is a situation where the quality of the music really does make its obscurity hard to understand...the composer's searching imagination, technical precision and sure self-knowledge all denote...
The Complete C W Orr Songbook Volume 2
Mark Stone (baritone) & Simon Lepper (piano)
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here is a situation where the quality of the music really does make its obscurity hard to understand...the composer's searching imagination, technical precision and sure self-knowledge all denote...
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This release completes the 2 CD series which is the first ever complete recording of C W Orr’s songs for voice and piano. It includes 14 premiere recordings. Orr is considered to be one of the greatest English song composers of the 20th century.
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Awards and reviews
February 2013
here is a situation where the quality of the music really does make its obscurity hard to understand...the composer's searching imagination, technical precision and sure self-knowledge all denote a striking talent...Stone and Lepper's interpretations are superb and memorable from start to finish - a situation that in turns says much about the strength of the music itself.
December 2012
The variety of Orr's settings is remarkable, although many of them have an underlying air of melancholy or nostalgia...Stone, the excellent baritone who has planned and sings this comprehensive recital so impressively, is obviously thoroughly at home in this repertoire...I recommend these two discs strongly to all lovers of English song and even more to singers
23rd August 2012
Fans of English song should be grateful to Stone and Lepper for their efforts to make this music better known.
