Donald Swann: Songs

Christopher Glynn

• Released on 2017-06-30 by Hyperion
• Main artists: Christopher Glynn
• Genre: Classical

Digital booklet

1 A Collection of Songs: No. 1, The Licorice Fields at Pontefract

Christopher Glynn 00:02:05

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Sir John Betjeman, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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2 A Collection of Songs: No. 2, Margate 1940

Roderick Williams 00:04:05

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Sir John Betjeman, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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3 A Collection of Songs: No. 3, Senex

Christopher Glynn 00:02:08

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Sir John Betjeman, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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4 A Collection of Songs: No. 4, A Subaltern's Love Song

Christopher Glynn 00:05:01

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Sir John Betjeman, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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5 5 Colourisations of Emily Dickinson: No. 1, Farewell

Christopher Glynn 00:01:23

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Dickinson, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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6 5 Colourisations of Emily Dickinson: No. 2, I Died for Beauty

Felicity Lott 00:01:34

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Dickinson, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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7 5 Colourisations of Emily Dickinson: No. 3, I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain

Felicity Lott 00:02:11

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Dickinson, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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8 5 Colourisations of Emily Dickinson: No. 4, Dying

Christopher Glynn 00:01:08

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Dickinson, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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9 5 Colourisations of Emily Dickinson: No. 5, I Had No Time to Hate

Felicity Lott 00:01:59

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Dickinson, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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10 2 Sonnets by Edna St Vincent Millay: No. 1, And Must I Then, Indeed, Pain, Live with You

Roderick Williams 00:02:13

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edna St Vincent Millay, Author

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11 2 Sonnets by Edna St Vincent Millay: No. 2, Thou Famished Grave, I Will Not Fill Thee Yet

Roderick Williams 00:01:30

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edna St Vincent Millay, Author

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12 Stopping by Woods

Kathryn Rudge 00:04:50

Robert Frost, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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13 2 Poems by Thomas Hardy: No. 1, Thoughts of Phena

John Mark Ainsley 00:02:59

Thomas Hardy, Author - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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14 2 Poems by Thomas Hardy: No. 2, Before Life and After

John Mark Ainsley 00:02:54

Thomas Hardy, Author - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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15 4 Lyrics from In Memoriam: No. 2, Be Near Me When My Light Is Low

Christopher Glynn 00:02:09

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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16 4 Lyrics from In Memoriam: No. 3, Oh Yet We Trust That Somehow Good

Christopher Glynn 00:02:30

John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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17 4 Lyrics from In Memoriam: No. 4, The Wish

Roderick Williams 00:02:51

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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18 4 Lyrics from In Memoriam: No. 1, There Rolls the Deep

John Mark Ainsley 00:02:21

John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Author - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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19 2 Poems by Christina Rossetti: No. 1, When I Am Dead, My Dearest

Christopher Glynn 00:02:12

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christina Rossetti, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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20 2 Poems by Christina Rossetti: No. 2, A Better Resurrection

Christopher Glynn 00:02:42

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christina Rossetti, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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21 Dark Rose of My Heart

Christopher Glynn 00:03:57

John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Scarfe, Author

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22 An Invite to Eternity

Christopher Glynn 00:04:59

John Clare, Author - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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23 2 Poems by Oscar Wilde: No. 1, The Harlot’s House

John Mark Ainsley 00:04:10

Oscar Wilde, Author - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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DISC 2

1 6 Songs to Poems by William Blake: No. 1, The Garden of Love

Roderick Williams 00:01:33

William Blake, Author - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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2 6 Songs to Poems by William Blake: No. 2, Ah! Sun-Flower!

Christopher Glynn 00:01:25

William Blake, Author - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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3 6 Songs to Poems by William Blake: No. 3, The Sick Rose

Christopher Glynn 00:00:59

William Blake, Author - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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4 6 Songs to Poems by William Blake: No. 4, The Angel

Christopher Glynn 00:02:19

William Blake, Author - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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5 6 Songs to Poems by William Blake: No. 5, The Fly

Roderick Williams 00:01:39

William Blake, Author - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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6 6 Songs to Poems by William Blake: No. 6, Proverb

Roderick Williams 00:00:59

William Blake, Author - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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7 Ya vas lyubil "I Loved You Once"

Christopher Glynn 00:02:51

John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aleksandr Pushkin, Author, Original Text Author - David Marsh, Translator

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8 She Is All Harmony, All Wonder

Christopher Glynn 00:02:33

John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aleksandr Pushkin, Author, Original Text Author - David Marsh, Translator

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9 Some People's Dreams

Christopher Glynn 00:03:42

Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Ratushinskaya, Author, Original Text Author - David McDuff, Translator

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10 Marguerite

Kathryn Rudge 00:03:31

Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Froissart, Author, Original Text Author - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Marsh, Translator

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11 A Red, Red Rose

Christopher Glynn 00:02:09

Robert Burns, Author - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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12 It Was a Lover, and His Lass

Christopher Glynn 00:01:57

William Shakespeare , Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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13 See, Dearest, How the Rose

Christopher Glynn 00:01:57

Pierre de Ronsard, Author, Original Text Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Marsh, Translator

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14 Arcades

John Mark Ainsley 00:01:50

John Milton, Author - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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15 We'll Go No More a-Roving

John Mark Ainsley 00:01:14

John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lord George Gordon, Author

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16 Longing

Christopher Glynn 00:02:40

Rainer Maria Rilke, Author, Original Text Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Berger, Translator - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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17 Oh, Why Are the Roses So Pale?

Christopher Glynn 00:01:57

Heinrich Heine, Author, Original Text Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Berger, Translator - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - H B Fortuin, Translator

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18 Old Songs of Lost Love

Kathryn Rudge 00:05:11

Hermann Hesse, Author, Original Text Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Berger, Translator - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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19 In the Mist

Christopher Glynn 00:02:42

Hermann Hesse, Author, Original Text Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Berger, Translator - Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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20 Raiders' Dawn

Christopher Glynn 00:02:04

John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alun Lewis, Author

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21 The Youth of the Heart

Christopher Glynn 00:04:26

Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sydney Carter, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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22 He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Christopher Glynn 00:02:46

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Butler Yeats, Author - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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23 The Road Goes Ever On: No. 9, Bilbo’s Last Song

Christopher Glynn 00:04:26

Felicity Lott, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Swann, Composer - Christopher Glynn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J R R Tolkien, Author

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About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 46 track(s)
• Total length: 02:00:41
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artists: Christopher Glynn
• Composer: Donald Swann
• Label: Hyperion
• Genre: Classical
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Digital booklet

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