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The subtitle "English Songs" on this release by tenor Ben Johnson and pianist James Baillieu is technically accurate, but doesn't give the prospective buyer an idea of the rather specialized nature of the repertoire contained within. The music dates from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, but you are not getting a set of art songs by composers like Roger Quilter, Gerald Finzi, John Ireland, and the like. These have been popular in recent years, but the music on the program here, although it would once probably have been quite familiar, has largely been forgotten. They are, in short, pieces of the kind sometimes referred to as ballads, sometimes unkindly in America as potted-palm music, and sometimes by a variety of other names. Not popular music, but not art songs either, they're harmonically simple, broadly melodic, and devoted to musical exploitation of their sentimental texts. Indeed, probably the most famous work on the program is Arthur Sullivan's The Lost Chord (track six), familiar to most listeners of a certain age through comedian Victor Borge's parody routine based on the song. You can get an inkling of the fun of this release by sampling The Lost Chord and hearing Johnson's disarmingly straightforward reading. "Name" composers like Elgar (Pleading, track five) and Vaughan Williams wrote songs of this type. But check out as well some of the lesser-known items such as the title track (track 13) by Eric Coates, a composer known mostly for what the British call "light music" and North Americans call "easy listening." He was an extremely popular composer in his day, and the album is worth the money simply for the fuller picture of the era that it gives; better still, Johnson and Baillieu have a real way with this music and obviously enjoy it. They have a knack for understating it in just the right places. Recommended.
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Orpheus with his lute (Edward German)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Edward German, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Woo Her Gently (Ivy Mason Whipp)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - James Baillieu, Artist - Ivy Mason Whipp, Composer
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Betty and Johnny (Eric Coates)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Eric Coates, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Birdsongs at Eventide (Eric Coates)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Eric Coates, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Pleading, op. 48 (Edward Elgar)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Edward Elgar, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
The Lost Chord (Sir Arthur Sullivan)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
The Wind among the Reeds, Op. 30 (Thomas Dunhill)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Thomas Dunhill, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
How lovely are Thy dwellings (Samuel Liddle)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Samuel Liddle, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
The Little Road to Bethlehem (Michael Head)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Head, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
4 Indian Love Lyrics (Amy Woodforde-Finden)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Amy Woodforde-Finden, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
In A Persian Garden (Liza Lehmann)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Liza Lehmann, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
The Stuttering Lovers (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano) (Herbert Hughes)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Composer - Herbert Hughes, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
I heard you singing (Eric Coates)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Eric Coates, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred (Eric Coates)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Eric Coates, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140 (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
4 Cautionary Tales and a Moral (Liza Lehmann)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Liza Lehmann, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
If I Built A World For You (Liza Lehmann)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Liza Lehmann, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
To Daffodils (Muriel Herbert)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - James Baillieu, Artist - Muriel Herbert, Composer
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Until (version for voice and piano) (Wilfred Ernest Sanderson)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - James Baillieu, Artist - Wilfred Ernest Sanderson, Composer
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Orpheus with his lute (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ben Johnson, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - James Baillieu, Artist
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
Chronique
The subtitle "English Songs" on this release by tenor Ben Johnson and pianist James Baillieu is technically accurate, but doesn't give the prospective buyer an idea of the rather specialized nature of the repertoire contained within. The music dates from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, but you are not getting a set of art songs by composers like Roger Quilter, Gerald Finzi, John Ireland, and the like. These have been popular in recent years, but the music on the program here, although it would once probably have been quite familiar, has largely been forgotten. They are, in short, pieces of the kind sometimes referred to as ballads, sometimes unkindly in America as potted-palm music, and sometimes by a variety of other names. Not popular music, but not art songs either, they're harmonically simple, broadly melodic, and devoted to musical exploitation of their sentimental texts. Indeed, probably the most famous work on the program is Arthur Sullivan's The Lost Chord (track six), familiar to most listeners of a certain age through comedian Victor Borge's parody routine based on the song. You can get an inkling of the fun of this release by sampling The Lost Chord and hearing Johnson's disarmingly straightforward reading. "Name" composers like Elgar (Pleading, track five) and Vaughan Williams wrote songs of this type. But check out as well some of the lesser-known items such as the title track (track 13) by Eric Coates, a composer known mostly for what the British call "light music" and North Americans call "easy listening." He was an extremely popular composer in his day, and the album is worth the money simply for the fuller picture of the era that it gives; better still, Johnson and Baillieu have a real way with this music and obviously enjoy it. They have a knack for understating it in just the right places. Recommended.
© TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 20 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:00:07
- 1 Livret Numérique
- Artistes principaux : Ben Johnson James Baillieu
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Opus Arte
- Genre : Classique
(C) 2016 Opus Arte (P) 2016 Opus Arte
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