Siân Dicker, Krystal Tunnicliffe, Saki Kato - William Walton: Complete Songbook (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: I. The Lord Mayor’s Table
02. A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: II. Glide Gently
03. A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: III. Wapping Old Stairs
04. A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: IV. Holy Thursday
05. A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: V. The Contrast
06. A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table: VI. Rhyme
07. Anon in Love: I. Fain Would I Change That Note
08. Anon in Love: II. O Stay, Sweet Love
09. Anon in Love: III. Lady, When I Behold the Roses
10. Anon in Love: IV. My Love in her Attire
11. Anon in Love: V. I Gave Her Cakes and I Gave Her Ale
12. Anon in Love: VI. To Couple is a Custom
13. Four Early Songs: I. Child's Song
14. Four Early Songs: II. Song
15. Four Early Songs: III. A Lyke-Wake Song
16. Four Early Songs: IV. The Winds
17. Tritons
18. Under the Greenwood Tree
19. Christopher Columbus: Beatriz' Song (Arranged for Voice and Piano by Christopher Palmer)
20. Three ‘Façade’ Settings: I. Daphne
21. Three ‘Façade’ Settings: II. Through Gilded Trelises
22. Three ‘Façade’ Settings: III. Old Sir Faulk

‘These Walton songs are really terrific,’ wrote the great accompanist Gerald Moore; ‘everything WW does is impressive – why the devil doesn’t he write more songs?’

From early experiments, via Edith Sitwell settings that build on the success of Façade, to music for the silver screen and two well-loved cycles heard here in their original intimate versions with piano and guitar, the complete collection fits on a single album.

But what an album! Four decades after Walton’s death, three imaginative young artists bring fresh voices to the feast, revelling with infectious enjoyment in the composer’s endlessly beguiling inventiveness and sparkling wit.

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