Parry: English Lyrics & other Songs Vol. I

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the finest, most technically secure singing in the recital comes from baritone Roderick Williams, whose outstanding diction in no way compromises the evenness and sustained tonal plenitude of... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Oct 2015
Catalogue No: SOMMCD257
Label: Somm
Length: 70 minutes

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 1

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Susan Gritton, Andrew West

No. 1, My True Love Hath My Heart

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No. 2, Good Night

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No. 3, Where Shall the Lover Rest

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No. 4, Willow Song

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Parry: English Lyrics Set 2 (5)

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James Gilchrist, Andrew West

No. 1, O Mistress Mine

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No. 2, Take, O Take Those Lips Away

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No. 3, No Longer Mourn for Me

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No. 4, Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind

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No. 5, When Icicles Hang by the Wall

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 3

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Roderick Williams, Andrew West

No. 1, To Lucas on Going to the Wars

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No. 3, To Althea from Prison

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No. 4, Why So Pale and Wan

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 4

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James Gilchrist, Andrew West

No. 4, Weep You No More, Sad Fountains

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 3

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Roderick Williams, Andrew West

No. 6, Of All the Torments

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 5

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Susan Gritton, Andrew West

No. 4, Lay a Garland on My Hearse

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 11

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Roderick Williams, Andrew West

No. 7, Why Art Thou Slow

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 7

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Roderick Williams, Andrew West

No. 1, On a Time the Amorous Silvy

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No. 2, Follow a Shadow

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No. 3, Ye Little Birds That Sit and Sing

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No. 4, O Never Say That I Was False of Heart

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No. 5, Julia

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 10

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Susan Gritton, Andrew West

No. 6, One Silent Night of Late

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 12

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Susan Gritton, James Gilchrist, Andrew West

No. 2, To Blossoms

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No. 3, Rosaline

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 5

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Susan Gritton, Andrew West

No. 3, Crabbed Age and Youth

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Parry: English Lyrics, Set 6

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Roderick Williams, Andrew West

No. 6, Under the Greenwood Tree

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Parry: Sonnet 32 "If Thou Survive My Well-Contended Day"

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James Gilchrist, Andrew West

Parry: 4 Sonnets

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James Gilchrist, Andrew West

No. 1, Sonnet 29 "When in Disgrace" (Sung in German)

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No. 2, Sonnet 87 "Farewell, Though Art Too Dear" (Sung in German)

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No. 3, Sonnet 18 "Shall I Compare Thee" (Sung in German)

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No. 4, Sonnet 30 "When to the Sessions" (Sung in German)

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This month's new release from SOMM brings exciting news for all lovers of English Song! At long last, Hubert Parry's complete Twelve Sets of English Lyrics are now available, beginning with Volume I. The twelve sets, which also include other songs by Parry, are spread over three volumes which will be released at six-monthly intervals. This has been a close and enjoyable collaboration between SOMM, the excellent pianist Andrew West and Susan Gritton, James Gilchrist and Roderick Williams, three charismatic singers at the top of their profession, all sharing the same fondness for the expressive lyricism and eloquence inherent in Parry's songs. Susan Gritton's preface to Professor Jeremy Dibble's booklet notes in Volume I encapsulates the essence of Sir Hubert Parry, both as a musician and a man of great intelligence and sensibility: Since the idea of recording the Complete 12 Sets of Parry's English Lyrics with SOMM emerged earlier this year, it has become our mission to make people aware of their power, depth and sheer lyricism. For us, it has been an extraordinary voyage through this treasury of English song which has been too long neglected. In fact, this is the first ever complete recording of these songs. The English Lyrics lie at the heart of Parry's output. Through these recordings we aim to re-frame Parry the musician and private man among the world of pre-Raphaelites and the contemporary movements of his time (his wife was a suffragette and Parry wrote "Jerusalem" for a meeting in 1916 of 'Fight for Right', the movement for the emancipation of women) thus, banishing the widely held notion that Parry was an institutional Victorian with a narrow musical vision. From the hand of the composer who gave us, for instance, the soaring vocal lines of "I was glad", here we encounter song writing with piano accompaniments that owe more to the world of Brahms and Wagner than trifles from a Victorian sitting room. His music is complex, it goes well beyond "Jerusalem" and "Blest Pair of Sirens" and is hugely rewarding when studied more closely. Parry was also an inspired teacher whose illuminating influence was beneficial to many of the next generation of British composers, not least to Vaughan Williams one of Parry's students at RCM who, through Parry's teaching, widened his own musical horizons and became aware of the greatness of the English choral tradition. I think back now with a tinge of regret that I did not think to question my grandfather and renowned accompanist, Eric Gritton (1889 -1983), friend of Vaughan Williams, who had known Parry personally at the Royal College of Music, London. How interesting and useful his insight and knowledge would have been!

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February 2016

the finest, most technically secure singing in the recital comes from baritone Roderick Williams, whose outstanding diction in no way compromises the evenness and sustained tonal plenitude of his vocal production. His immaculate use of legato in 'Weep you no more' is but one of many pleasurable moments in this richly enjoyable CD

25th October 2015

Now, for the first time, his wonderfully sinuous and attractive songs are to be collected into three volumes. This initial disc showcases 31 examples sympathetically interpreted by a stellar trio of soloists. Definitely worth exploring.

Parry: English Lyrics & other Songs Vol. I

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