Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton - The World Feels Dusty (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 1a, La fleur des eaux. L'air est plein d'une odeur exquise de lilas
02. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 1b, La fleur des eaux. Et mon cœur s'est levé par ce matin d'été
03. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 1c, La fleur des eaux. Quel son lamentable et sauvage
04. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 2, Interlude
05. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 3a, La mort de l'amour. Bientôt l'île bleue et joyeuse
06. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 3b, La mort de l'amour. Le vent roulait les feuilles mortes
07. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 3c, La mort de l'amour. Comme des fronts de morts nos fronts avaient pâli
08. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: No. 3d, La mort de l'amour. Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses
09. 3 Songs, Op. 10: No. 1, Rain Has Fallen
10. 3 Songs, Op. 10: No. 2, Sleep Now
11. 3 Songs, Op. 10: No. 3, I Hear an Army
12. 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: No. 1, La flûte de pan
13. 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: No. 2, La chevelure
14. 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: No. 3, Le tombeau des naïades
15. 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 4, The World Feels Dusty
16. 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No. 10, I've Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes
17. Night Thoughts: No. 1, Sleep
18. Night Thoughts: No. 2, Bright Lights
19. Night Thoughts: No. 3, There's a Certain Slant of Light
20. Night Thoughts: No. 4, Night Thoughts

Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton present a richly rewarding programme of art songs from a variety of composers. The recital opens with Chaussons Pome de lamour et de la mer, which took almost a decade to compose and shows Wagners influence on the younger composer. Composed in 1935 on a study trip to Rome, Barbers Three Songs set poems by James Joyce and portray three love affairs. Debussys Trois Chansons de Bilitis set the erotic poems of Pierre Lous, which were all the rage in Paris at the turn of the century. Aaron Copland completed his Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson in 1950, but declared that they should not be seen as a set but as twelve individual works. Connolly here includes Ive heard an organ talk sometimes and The world feels dusty, the latter giving the album its title. The programme concludes with the premire recording of Errollyn Wallens Night Thoughts: a cycle of four songs commissioned by Leeds Lieder, and first performed by Dame Sarah and Joseph, the cycles dedicatees. Setting two of her own poems alongside one by Emily Dickinson and lines from Shakespeares Macbeth, the cycle took its inspiration from Howard Hodgkins painting Night Thoughts.

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