COMPOSERS: Coates,etc,Haydn Wood,Murray,Quilter,S Adams,Sullivan
LABELS: Hyperion
ALBUM TITLE: Collection: Songs My Father Taught Me
WORKS: Songs
PERFORMER: Thomas Allen (baritone); Malcolm Martineau (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: CDA 67290
While Schoenberg was pushing back aesthetic boundaries with Gurrelieder and Pierrot lunaire, Edwardian balladeers were still tapping the rich vein of sentimentality first mined by their Victorian forebears. Thomas Allen recalls happy evenings round the family piano and offers this well-sung collection, which will strike a lost chord with many. Barry Millington
Haydn Wood, Quilter, Sullivan, Coates, Murray, S Adams, etc
While Schoenberg was pushing back aesthetic boundaries with Gurrelieder and Pierrot lunaire, Edwardian balladeers were still tapping the rich vein of sentimentality first mined by their Victorian forebears. Thomas Allen recalls happy evenings round the family piano and offers this well-sung collection, which will strike a lost chord with many. Barry Millington
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4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:17 pm