The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy
Music & Arrangements by Arthur Keegan
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), James Girling (guitar), Ligeti Quartet
The Ligeti Quartet ’s performance resonates with commitment and eloquence as Keegan highlights the tensions between man and nature, art and mortality, interlaying texts by Hardy and Philip Larkin.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week19th July 2024
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Keegan: Elegies for Emma
- James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
I. Days to Recollect (Pt. 1)
II. The Walk
III. Rain on a Grave
Holman, D: Three Songs for Voice and Harp: No. 1, Midnight on the Great Western
- Ligeti Quartet, James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Herbert, M: Faintheart in a Railway Train
- Ligeti Quartet, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Keegan: Winter Words, Op. 52: At the Railway Station, Upway
- James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Holst, I: Weathers
- James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Gurney: In the Black Winter Morning
- James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Milford: Four Hardy Songs: No. 3, If It’s Ever Spring Again
- James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Finzi: Before and After Summer, Op. 16: No. 7, The Too Short Time
- James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew: The Echo Elf Answers
- James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14: No. 6, Shortening Days
- Ligeti Quartet, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Keegan: String Quartet No. 1 "Elegies for Tom"
- Ligeti Quartet, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
I. Delicate-filmed, as New-spun Silk
Interlude No. 1
II. An Eyelid’s Soundless Blink