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James Gilchrist|Songs of Muriel Herbert

Songs of Muriel Herbert

James Gilchrist, Ailish Tynan and David Owen Norris

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This disc represents a revival of music that has been virtually forgotten except in circles directly connected to its composer. Muriel Herbert, born in 1897, studied with Charles Stanford and was also encouraged by Roger Quilter, with whom she had the bad luck to fall in love (he was gay). She won praise for her youthful works, but marriage and childbirth restricted her output at the crucial point where she would have been positioned for revival once modernist strictures were thrown off. Herbert is almost a miniaturist; many of the 26 songs included on this album are under two minutes long, and the six Children's Songs (tracks 23-28) are under a minute. Setting texts mostly from the ranks of classic English and Irish poetry, Herbert sticks close to the rhythm of the text, with few repetitions of instrumental matter. Her harmonic language is tonal, with splashes of Impressionist paint often dropped in with lovely effect in the middle of a line. She is at her best when the text pushes her in a certain direction and the concision of her thinking comes into relief: sample the modal-to-tonal setting of Yeats' "The Lake Isle at Innisfree" (track 30), or the delightful Children's Songs, which include original settings of some familiar nursery rhymes. The large number of fairly similar short songs can be a lot to take in one sitting, but the disc is, after all, meant as a collection of the composer's work. Tenor James Gilchrist is marvelously clear in articulation; texts are given in English only, but with Gilchrist you won't even need the printed texts. He is in every respect ideal for a project of this kind, and soprano Ailish Tynan is hardly less so; she avoids the trap of letting any of the material seem cute. Recommended for devotees of interwar British music or of music by women composers.
© TiVo

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1
Loveliest of Trees
00:02:19

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - Alfred Edward Housman, Lyricist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

2
Song: I Cannot Lost Thee for a Day
00:02:13

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - George Meredith, Lyricist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

3
The Crimson Rose
00:01:46

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Enid Clay, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

4
I Hear an Army Charging
00:02:00

James Joyce, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

5
Jour des morts
00:01:41

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Charlotte Mew, Lyricist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

6
She Weeps over Rahoon
00:02:29

James Joyce, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

7
On a Time
00:02:01

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - John Attye, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

8
Have You Seen but a White Lily Grow?
00:01:31

ben jonson, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

9
I Dare Not Ask a Kiss
00:01:18

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - Robert Herrick, Lyricist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

10
Horsemen
00:01:51

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Gerald Gould, Lyricist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

11
To Daffodils
00:02:44

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - Robert Herrick, Lyricist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

12
How Beautiful Is Night
00:02:41

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Robert Southey, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

13
Renouncement
00:03:03

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Alice Meynell, Lyricist - STAINER AND BELL LTD, MusicPublisher - Muriel Herbert, Composer

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

14
I Think on Thee in the Night
00:01:44

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Thomas K. Hervey, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

15
Faint Heart in a Railway Train
00:01:15

Thomas Hardy, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

16
Rose Kissed Me Today
00:00:48

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Austin Dobson, Lyricist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

17
Lean out of the Window
00:01:17

James Joyce, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

18
Love's Secret
00:02:24

William Blake, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

19
MS. Of Benedictbeuren (Carmina Burana)
00:02:52

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Helen Waddell, Lyricist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

20
Autumn
00:01:35

Walter de la Mare, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

21
The Lost Nightingale
00:02:10

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Helen Waddell, Lyricist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

22
Jenny Kiss'd Me
00:00:54

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Leigh Hunt, Lyricist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

Children's Song (Muriel Herbert)

23
I. Merry-go-round
00:00:33

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ada Harrison, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

24
II. The Gypsies
00:00:38

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ada Harrison, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

25
III. The Tadpole
00:00:43

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ada Harrison, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

26
IV. Jack Spratt
00:00:43

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ada Harrison, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

27
V. Acorn and Willow
00:00:52

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ada Harrison, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

28
VI. The Bunny
00:00:26

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ada Harrison, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

29
In the Days of November
00:01:04

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ada Harrison, Lyricist

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

30
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
00:02:21

John Masefield, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

31
David's Lament for Jonathan
00:02:44

William Butler Yeats, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

32
Most Holy Night
00:02:53

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Helen Waddell, Lyricist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - STAINER AND BELL LTD, MusicPublisher - Muriel Herbert, Composer

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

33
When Death to Either Shall Come
00:01:29

Hilaire Belloc, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

34
Cradle Song
00:01:49

Robert Bridges, Lyricist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

35
Violets
00:01:42

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - Algernon Charles Swinburne, Lyricist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

36
Tewkesbury Road
00:02:31

James Gilchrist, MainArtist - David Owen Norris, MainArtist - George Meredith, Lyricist - Ailish Tynan, MainArtist - Muriel Herbert, Composer - Elkin And Co Ltd, MusicPublisher

2009 Linn Records 2009 Linn Records

Albumbeschreibung

This disc represents a revival of music that has been virtually forgotten except in circles directly connected to its composer. Muriel Herbert, born in 1897, studied with Charles Stanford and was also encouraged by Roger Quilter, with whom she had the bad luck to fall in love (he was gay). She won praise for her youthful works, but marriage and childbirth restricted her output at the crucial point where she would have been positioned for revival once modernist strictures were thrown off. Herbert is almost a miniaturist; many of the 26 songs included on this album are under two minutes long, and the six Children's Songs (tracks 23-28) are under a minute. Setting texts mostly from the ranks of classic English and Irish poetry, Herbert sticks close to the rhythm of the text, with few repetitions of instrumental matter. Her harmonic language is tonal, with splashes of Impressionist paint often dropped in with lovely effect in the middle of a line. She is at her best when the text pushes her in a certain direction and the concision of her thinking comes into relief: sample the modal-to-tonal setting of Yeats' "The Lake Isle at Innisfree" (track 30), or the delightful Children's Songs, which include original settings of some familiar nursery rhymes. The large number of fairly similar short songs can be a lot to take in one sitting, but the disc is, after all, meant as a collection of the composer's work. Tenor James Gilchrist is marvelously clear in articulation; texts are given in English only, but with Gilchrist you won't even need the printed texts. He is in every respect ideal for a project of this kind, and soprano Ailish Tynan is hardly less so; she avoids the trap of letting any of the material seem cute. Recommended for devotees of interwar British music or of music by women composers.
© TiVo

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