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Once regularly performed by the likes of Janet Baker and Peter Pears, the songs of William Busch have been mostly forgotten. Julia Busch, William's daughter who was a newborn when he died, has been attempting to shed light upon his works once more. After meeting at a song festival, Julia and mezzo-soprano Diana Moore struck up a relationship, and Moore began to program William's works in her concerts. In 2021, Julia and Moore, along with the other performers here (baritone Roderick Williams, tenor Robin Tritschler, and pianist John Reid), launched the crowdsourcing project Circles Within Circles: The Songs of William Busch. The result of this successful campaign is this album containing the whole of William Busch's works for voice and piano. Though not fully presented in chronological order, the composer's maturity is evident as the program traverses, especially in the harmonies between the singer and piano and in the increasingly complex passages for the piano, masterfully handled by Reid. An interesting aspect of this album is that each of the singers selected a composer who was a friend of Busch's to augment the program, with Moore choosing Elizabeth Poston, Williams selecting Gerald Finzi, and Tritschler picking Michael Head. The singers will likely be the main draw for this album, each sympathetically accompanied by Reid, who has worked with Moore for more since the early 2000s. Of particular note is the song cycle There Have Been Happy Days, Busch's final work, which gives wartime poems by Wilfred Gibson settings; the passion of the text and its subject, along with the music provided by Busch, will likely find sympathetic audiences. This endeavor should expose these works to new listeners, particularly those interested in 20th century English song.
© Keith Finke /TiVo
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Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b (Excerpts) (Gerald Finzi)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Edward Shanks, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Sweet Suffolk Owl (1) (Elizabeth Poston)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Thomas Vautor, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b (Excerpts) (Gerald Finzi)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Ivor Gurney, Lyricist - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Slumber Song (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Dorothy Wordsworth, Lyricist - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Harvest Moon (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Sylvia Jones, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Sweet Content (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - William Henry Davies, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Why Have You Stolen My Delight? (Michael Head)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Head, Composer - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist - Francis Brett Young, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b (Excerpts) (Gerald Finzi)
Christina Rossetti, Lyricist - John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The Fairies (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Robert Herrick, Lyricist - William Busch, Composer - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Rest (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - William Russell, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b (Excerpts) (Gerald Finzi)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Edmund Blunden, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The singer (Michael Head)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Head, Composer - Bronnie Taylor, Lyricist - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The Centaurs (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - James Stephens, Lyricist - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Ode to Autumn (Arr. for Voice & Piano) (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - John Keats, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Weep you no more (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The Echoing Green (William Busch)
William Blake, Lyricist - John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The Shepherd (William Busch)
William Blake, Lyricist - John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The Bellman (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Robert Herrick, Lyricist - William Busch, Composer
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
L'oiseau bleu (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Mary Coleridge, Lyricist - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
There Have Been Happy Days (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Wilfred Gibson, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Wilfred Gibson, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Wilfred Gibson, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Wilfred Gibson, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Wilfred Gibson, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The lowest trees have tops (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Sir Edward Dyer, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Lyricist - William Busch, Composer - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The Snowdrop in the Wind (1) (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - William Busch, Composer - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist - Anna de Bary, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b (Excerpts) (Gerald Finzi)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Roderick Williams, Artist, MainArtist - Edmund Blunden, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
The Snowdrop in the Wind (2) (Elizabeth Poston)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist - Anna de Bary, Lyricist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Come, O Come, My Life's Delight (William Busch)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Thomas Campion, Lyricist - William Busch, Composer - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Dear delight (Michael Head)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Walter de la Mare, Lyricist - Michael Head, Composer - Robin Tritschler, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Sweet Suffolk Owl (2) (Elizabeth Poston)
John Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Thomas Vautor, Lyricist - Diana Moore, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
Album review
Once regularly performed by the likes of Janet Baker and Peter Pears, the songs of William Busch have been mostly forgotten. Julia Busch, William's daughter who was a newborn when he died, has been attempting to shed light upon his works once more. After meeting at a song festival, Julia and mezzo-soprano Diana Moore struck up a relationship, and Moore began to program William's works in her concerts. In 2021, Julia and Moore, along with the other performers here (baritone Roderick Williams, tenor Robin Tritschler, and pianist John Reid), launched the crowdsourcing project Circles Within Circles: The Songs of William Busch. The result of this successful campaign is this album containing the whole of William Busch's works for voice and piano. Though not fully presented in chronological order, the composer's maturity is evident as the program traverses, especially in the harmonies between the singer and piano and in the increasingly complex passages for the piano, masterfully handled by Reid. An interesting aspect of this album is that each of the singers selected a composer who was a friend of Busch's to augment the program, with Moore choosing Elizabeth Poston, Williams selecting Gerald Finzi, and Tritschler picking Michael Head. The singers will likely be the main draw for this album, each sympathetically accompanied by Reid, who has worked with Moore for more since the early 2000s. Of particular note is the song cycle There Have Been Happy Days, Busch's final work, which gives wartime poems by Wilfred Gibson settings; the passion of the text and its subject, along with the music provided by Busch, will likely find sympathetic audiences. This endeavor should expose these works to new listeners, particularly those interested in 20th century English song.
© Keith Finke /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Roderick Williams Diana Moore Robin Tritschler John Reid
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Lyrita
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(C) 2022 Lyrita (P) 2022 Lyrita
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