Credits:

Rubbra(1901-1986)

Description:

A collection of songs with piano and harp by Edmund Rabbler! A collection of songs with piano and harp by English composer Edmund Rabbler! British composer Edmund Rubbra studied under Cyril Scott and Gustav Holst, and was a close friend of his contemporary Gerald Finzi. This album includes all of his songs with piano and harp accompaniment from the many works Rabbler wrote throughout his life as a composer. The album features a splendid lineup of soloists led by Lucy Crowe, one of the leading lyric sopranos of our time, who studied at the Royal Academy of Music and whose repertoire ranges from Purcell, Handel, and Mozart to Donizetti's Adina and Verdi's Gilda, as well as renowned song accompanist Ian Burnside, " This is a piece with full support from the accompaniment team of Ian Burnside, the famous song accompanist, Katrin Finch, also known as the "Queen of the Harp," and Timothy Ridout, a star viola player of the next generation. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Rosa mundi, Op. 2
2.Cradle Song, Op. 8 No. 1
3.Nod
4.Orpheus with his lute, Op. 8 No. 2
5.Who is Silvia? Op. 8 No. 3
6.Out in the dark, Op. 13 No. 1
7.It was a lover, Op. 13 No. 3
8.The Night, Op. 14
9.Rune of Hospitality, Op. 15
10.A Duan of Barra, Op. 20
11.A widow bird sate mourning, Op. 28
12.A Prayer, Op. 17 No. 1
13.Two Songs, Op. 22~Take, O take those lips away
14.Two Songs, Op. 22~Why so pale and wang?
15.In Dark Weather, Op. 33
16.Invocation to Spring, Op. 17 No. 2
17.Two Sonnets by William Alabaster, Op. 87~I. Upon the Crucifix
18.Two Sonnets by William Alabaster, Op. 87~II. On the Reed of Our Lord's Passion
19.Two Songs, Op. 4~The Mystery
20.Two Songs, Op. 4~Jesukin
21.A Hymn to the Virgin, Op. 13 No. 2
22.The Jade Mountain, Op. 116~I. A Night thought on Terrace Tower
23.The Jade Mountain, Op. 116~II. On Hearing Her Play the harp
24.The Jade Mountain, Op. 116~III. An Autumn Night Message
25.The Jade Mountain, Op. 116~IV. A Song on the Southern River
26.The Jade Mountain, Op. 116~V. Farewell to a Japanese Buddish Priest bound Homeward
27.Nocturne, Op. 54
28.Salve Regina, Op. 119
29.No Swan So Fine, Op. 91
30.Fly Envious Time, Op. 148
31.Three Psalms, Op. 61~1. Psalm 6
32.Three Psalms, Op. 61~2. Psalm 23
33.Three Psalms, Op. 61~3. Psalm 150
34.Dear Liza, Op. 7