Poul Hoxbro, Fredrik Bock & Elisabeth Holmertz - Sounds, Sweet Airs and the Art of Longing (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Orpheus with his lute
02. Bid me but live
03. Divine
04. Sweet stay awhile
05. Slide soft you silver floods
06. No more shall meads be deck’d with flow’rs /Love’s constancy
07. Let beauty awake
08. Weep no more
09. Oh, dream where art thou now
10. Take, o take
11. Prelude
12. The sky above the roof
13. Diving
14. Wert thou yet fairer than thou art
15. Transcendent beauty
16. Tell me not that I die or live by thee
17. A clear midnight /Evening hymn
18. Mr Dowland’s midnight
19. Lullaby


Many composers have been reluctant to set Shakespeare’s words to text, but Vaughan Williams remained undaunted, using his words many times in his compositions. This disc includes RVW’s ‘Orpheus with his lute’ and many other songs of longing of the early baroque. Performed by Swedish soprano Elisabeth Holmertz, the duo of Holmertz and Bock accompany her, along with Poul Hoxbro on low whistle.

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [flac]

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [Hi-Res]