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His first cycle, Maud, setting 13 poems from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s dark monodrama, was first performed in 1899 at the height of a fashion for recitals of songs sung in English. An intense, impassioned portrayal of infatuation, it is marked by remarkably eloquent and revealing relationships between voice and text, and voice and piano. Composed in 1904, the ten poems from A.E. Housman’s A Shropshire Lad portray a young man wistfully contemplating nature, life and love at the age of 20 before following him through a life full of incident, the horror of the First World War and growing self-awareness. It prompted from Somervell texturally rich and varied music shot through with an aching lyricism all the more powerful and potent for its folk song-like simplicity and directness.
Completing the recital are the enchanting, ever-popular lullaby Shepherd’s Cradle Song and wistful tale of childhood sweethearts with texts by Edgar Allan Poe, A Kingdom by the Sea. British music authority Jeremy Dibble provides informative booklet notes and Roderick Williams a revealing take on Somervell’s music from a singer’s perspective. © SOMM Recordings
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Maud (Arthur Somervell)
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
A Kingdom By The Sea (Arthur Somervell)
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
A Shropshire Lad (Arthur Somervell)
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Shepherd's cradle song (Arthur Somervell)
Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Somervell, Composer - Susie Allan, Artist
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
Album review
His first cycle, Maud, setting 13 poems from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s dark monodrama, was first performed in 1899 at the height of a fashion for recitals of songs sung in English. An intense, impassioned portrayal of infatuation, it is marked by remarkably eloquent and revealing relationships between voice and text, and voice and piano. Composed in 1904, the ten poems from A.E. Housman’s A Shropshire Lad portray a young man wistfully contemplating nature, life and love at the age of 20 before following him through a life full of incident, the horror of the First World War and growing self-awareness. It prompted from Somervell texturally rich and varied music shot through with an aching lyricism all the more powerful and potent for its folk song-like simplicity and directness.
Completing the recital are the enchanting, ever-popular lullaby Shepherd’s Cradle Song and wistful tale of childhood sweethearts with texts by Edgar Allan Poe, A Kingdom by the Sea. British music authority Jeremy Dibble provides informative booklet notes and Roderick Williams a revealing take on Somervell’s music from a singer’s perspective. © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Roderick Williams Susie Allan
- Composer: Arthur Somervell
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2020 SOMM Recordings (P) 2020 SOMM Recordings
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