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Special offer. Hurd: Choral Music Vol. 2 & Complete Solo Songs

Herefordshire Chorus, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Sarah Mapplebeck, Simon Lepper, Marcus Farnsworth, Benjamin Hulett

David Temple

Hurd: Choral Music Vol. 2 & Complete Solo Songs
Mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons shines in The Phoenix and the Turtle…Needless to report, the indefatigable David Temple secures splendidly alert results from his Hertfordshire Chorus and...

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Special offer. Hurd: Choral Music Vol. 2 & Complete Solo Songs

Herefordshire Chorus, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Sarah Mapplebeck, Simon Lepper, Marcus Farnsworth, Benjamin Hulett

David Temple

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Mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons shines in The Phoenix and the Turtle…Needless to report, the indefatigable David Temple secures splendidly alert results from his Hertfordshire Chorus and...

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018

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The Aspern Papers & The Night of the Wedding 'The English composer Michael Hurd (1928-2006) wrote many different kinds of music, most of it vocal. This recording consists of two of his operas: his setting of Henry James's novella The Aspern Papers and the 16- minute farce The Night of the Wedding. The first thing that strikes me about Hurd's music is that he is not afraid to write a tune. One could easily play this recording just to enjoy the music. Yet the drama is not sacrificed, providing that music can be pleasant to listen to and dramatically effective at the same time. The recoording is an unexpected pleasure.

  • Release date: 6th Apr 2018
  • Label: Lyrita
  • Catalogue number: SRCD366
  • Length: 1 hour 51 minutes
  • Genre:

Contents and tracklist

Hurd: This Day to Man
Work length19:53
  • Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera
  • David Temple
  • Recorded: 20 May and 3 June 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
This Day to Man: No. 1, This Day to Man
Track length3:33
This Day to Man: No. 2, As I in Hoary Winter's Night
Track length4:30
This Day to Man: No. 3, All This Night Shrill Chanticleer
Track length1:57
This Day to Man: No. 4, Fairest of the Morning Lights Appear
Track length2:59
This Day to Man: No. 5, Sweet Baby Sleep
Track length3:24
This Day to Man: No. 6, Come to Your Heav'n
Track length3:30
Hurd: A Song for St Cecilia
Work length15:27
  • Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera
  • David Temple
  • Recorded: 20 May and 3 June 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
A Song for St. Cecilia: No. 1, From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony
Track length3:01
A Song for St. Cecilia: No. 2, What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell?
Track length4:17
A Song for St. Cecilia: No. 3, The Trumpet's Loud Clangour Excites Us to Arms
Track length1:16
A Song for St. Cecilia: No. 4, The Soft Complaining Flute
Track length3:38
A Song for St. Cecilia: No. 5, But, Oh! What Art Can Teach
Track length3:15
Hurd: The Phoenix and the Turtle
Work length12:04
  • Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano)
  • Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera
  • David Temple
Hurd: Music’s Praise
Work length14:53
  • Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera
  • David Temple
  • Recorded: 20 May and 3 June 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Music's Praise: No. 1, Descend, Ye Nine
Track length2:54
Music's Praise: No. 2, When Whispering Strains
Track length6:09
Music's Praise: No. 3, Orpheus With His Lute
Track length1:43
Music's Praise: No. 4, To Music, to Calm His Fever
Track length4:07
Hurd: A Choral Cantata
Work length9:38
  • Sarah Mapplebeck (soprano)
  • Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera
  • David Temple
  • Recorded: 20 May and 3 June 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
A Choral Cantata: No. 1, Praise Ye the Lord
Track length2:12
A Choral Cantata: No. 2, When Griping Griefs the Heart Would Wound
Track length3:47
A Choral Cantata: No. 3, Ye Boundless Realms of Joy
Track length3:39
Hurd: 10 Songs With Piano
Work length6:00
10 Songs With Piano: No. 1, Proud Maisie
Track length1:38
10 Songs With Piano: No. 2, The Widow Bird
Track length2:10
10 Songs With Piano: No. 3, The Sick Rose
Track length0:56
10 Songs With Piano: No. 4, Cradle Song
Track length1:16
Hurd: The Night Swans
Work length14:21
The Night Swans: No. 1, The Night Swans
Track length3:51
The Night Swans: No. 2, The Islands of Ling
Track length0:52
The Night Swans: No. 3, Bread and Cherries
Track length0:49
The Night Swans: No. 4, Song of the Soldiers
Track length1:09
The Night Swans: No. 5, Water Midden's Song
Track length1:02
The Night Swans: No. 6, Someone
Track length1:27
The Night Swans: No. 7, Old Shellover
Track length1:10
The Night Swans: No. 8, The Horseman
Track length0:37
The Night Swans: No. 9, The Huntsmen
Track length0:57
The Night Swans: No. 10, Night Song
Track length2:27
Hurd: Carmina Amoris
Work length6:42
Carmina Amoris: No. 1, Invocation (1998 Version)
Track length0:44
Carmina Amoris: No. 2, Prayer (1998 Version)
Track length1:22
Carmina Amoris: No. 3, Vow (1998 Version)
Track length1:08
Carmina Amoris: No. 4, Elegy (1998 Version)
Track length1:24
Carmina Amoris: No. 5, Epitaph (1998 Version)
Track length2:04
Hurd: The Day's Alarm
Work length6:56
The Day's Alarm: No. 1, Minute-hand and Moon and Mind
Track length1:34
The Day's Alarm: No. 2, Look to My Lover, Lonely One
Track length1:44
The Day's Alarm: No. 3, Swing Low, Sweet Sun
Track length0:52
The Day's Alarm: No. 4, By Night I Coin the Shilling Star
Track length1:30
The Day's Alarm: No. 5, In Boyhood, as Was Fitting
Track length1:16
Hurd: 3 Songs of Robert Graves
Work length4:39
3 Songs of Robert Graves: No. 1, Dear Love, Why Should You Weep
Track length2:06
3 Songs of Robert Graves: No. 2, The King of Hearts a Broadsword Bears
Track length1:02
3 Songs of Robert Graves: No. 3, The Far Side of Your Moon Is Black
Track length1:31
Hurd: The Ride by Night
Work length0:57

Awards and reviews

Awards Issue 2018

Mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons shines in The Phoenix and the Turtle…Needless to report, the indefatigable David Temple secures splendidly alert results from his Hertfordshire Chorus and London Orchestra da Camera…Tenor Benjamin Hulett is in glorious voice [in ‘The Night Swans’ and ‘Carmina amoris’]…A most rewarding release.
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