Della Jones, mezzo-soprano (11th-13th works) ; Philip Langridge, tenor (1st-10th, 13th works) ; Steuart Bedford, piano. Recorded Dec. 1995 at Blackheath Concert Halls, London (8th-10th works); Apr. 1997 at Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London (11th-12th works); and Sept. 1997 at St. Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London (remainder). Originally issued in 1998 as Collins Classics 14902. Compact disc. Program notes by Lloyd Moore in English and German and biographical notes on the performers in English (8 pages) in container.
Contents:
Five poems : op. 53 (9:49) ; Night covers up the rigid land : op. 14 no. 2 (2:35) ; Lay your sleeping head, my love : op. 14, no. 2b (5:30) / Lennox Berkeley -- On this island : op. 11 (13:20) ; Fish in the unruffled lakes (2:17) ; Night covers up the rigid land (2:03) ; To lie flat on the back (2:23) ; The sun shines down (2:03) ; What's on your mind? (1:50) ; Underneath the abject willow (1:46) ; Cabaret songs (14:44) ; When you're feeling like expressing your affection (:43) ; Underneath the abject willow : [duet] (1:54) / Benjamin Britten.
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