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The Great War Remembered in Songs and Poems

Catalogue No: DDV 24164
EAN/UPC: 809730416422
Artist(s):
Jeremy Huw Williams Nigel Foster

Composer(s):
Dennis Wickens Duncan Reid Elaine Hugh-Jones Geoffrey Kimpton Geraint Lewis Ivor Gurney Jerome Kern John Ireland John R. Williamson Margaret Wegener

Release Date: August 18, 2017
Genres:
Vocal/Choral

Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 55:37

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The Great War Remembered in Songs and Poems

The long and vibrant tradition of art-song in England has seen many great composers from Finzi to Vaughan Williams, Gurney to Moeran and Warlock and countless more, supported for many years now by the English Poetry and Song Society.

This is the third of four albums of live EPSS concert performances made by Dunelm for private use and now on general release due to demand; it contains works by major composers and also the seven excellent finalists in the EPSS competition of 2004. The concert commemorates the tragic victims of the 1914-8 war including poet/composer Ivor Gurney amongst others.

These EPSS recordings were made on portable recording equipment and with less than ideal microphone placement and are not to our usual modern standard. However they contain fine performances and many very unfamiliar and exquisite songs, which will delight any lover of late-Romantic vocal music.

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  1. I want to go home (1:03)
    2. Ivor Gurney
  2. The Dying Patriot (3:06)
  3. Everyone Sang (1:36)
  4. If We Return (1:57)
  5. In Flanders (2:56)
  6. In Memoriam, Easter 1915 (1:03)
  7. I Heard a Soldier (2:41)
    8. Geraint Lewis
  8. It’s not going to happen again (2:36)
  9. The Treasure (2:34)
  10. Clouds (2:45)
  11. Song (1:54)
    12. Geoffrey Kimpton
  12. Winter Warfare (1:56)
    13. Margaret Wegener
  13. The Cenotaph (3:37)
    14. John R. Williamson
  14. Before the battle (2:28)
  15. I stood with the dead (3:46)
    16. Duncan Reid
  16. I did not lose my heart (2:09)
    17. Dennis Wickens
  17. Attack (5;14)
    18. Elaine Hugh-Jones
  18. The End (3:09)
    19. John Ireland
  19. The Soldier (2:14)
  20. Blind (1:24)
  21. The Cost (1;18)
  22. The Dead (2:29)
    23. Jerome Kern
  23. We’ll Never Tell Them (1:50)

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  1. 01
    I want to go home (1:03)

  2. 02
    The Dying Patriot (3:06)

  3. 03
    Everyone Sang (1:36)

  4. 04
    If We Return (1:57)

  5. 05
    In Flanders (2:56)

  6. 06
    In Memoriam, Easter 1915 (1:03)

  7. 07
    I Heard a Soldier (2:41)

  8. 08
    It's not going to happen again (2:36)

  9. 09
    The Treasure (2:34)

  10. 10
    Clouds (2:45)

  11. 11
    Song (1:54)

  12. 12
    Winter Warfare (1:56)

  13. 13
    The Cenotaph (3:37)

  14. 14
    Before the battle (2:28)

  15. 15
    I stood with the dead (3:46)

  16. 16
    I did not lose my heart (2:09)

  17. 17
    Attack (5;14)

  18. 18
    The End (3:09)

  19. 19
    The Soldier (2:14)

  20. 20
    Blind (1:24)

  21. 21
    The Cost (1;18)

  22. 22
    The Dead (2:29)

  23. 23
    We'll Never Tell Them (1:50)

  • American Record Guide

    “

    Jeremy Huw Williams is a subtle singer with effectively nuanced phrasing. He is accompanied steadily by Nigel Foster in some challenging songs. This series will appeal to lovers of 20th Century English song, particularly if they are interested in worthy songs that have fallen by the wayside and are unlikely to be available elsewhere.

    ” —Robert A Moore

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