Catherine Wyn-Rogers - The Songs of Edward Elgar (2014)

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Title: The Songs of Edward Elgar
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: SOMM Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 65:02 min
Total Size: 226 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, No. 1
2. Queen Mary's Song
3. Is she not passing fair?
4. Rondel, Op. 16, No. 3
5. A Song of Autumn
6. The Wind at Dawn
7. Like to the damask Rose
8. Through the long days, Op. 16, No. 2
9. The Poet's Life
10. Pipes of Pan
11. In the Dawn, Op. 41, No. 1
12. Speak, Music, Op. 41, No. 2
13. In Moonlight
14. Pleading, Op. 48
15. No. 3. O soft was the song
16. No. 5. Was it some golden star?
17. No. 6. Twilight
18. The Torch, Op. 60, No. 1
19. The River, Op. 60, No. 2
20. A Child Asleep
21. Arabian Serenade
22. Still to be neat
23. Modest and Fair


The Shepherd’s Song, Queen Mary’s Song, Is she not passing fair, A Song of Autumn, etc. Wyn-Rogers, Mackie, Maltman, Martineau. These are some charming early songs sung beautifully by the three singers with Martineau an admirable pianist throughout. This disc deserves to be in any collection that appreciates Elgar in particular and English song in general.

Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo soprano
Neil Mackie tenor
Christopher Maltman baritone
Malcolm Martineau piano