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Ophelia by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915)
Reproduced by courtesy of the City of Manchester Art Galleries
CDA66136
Archive Service Only


Recording details: May 1984
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: December 1988
Total duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'The most delightful and varied song recital I've come across all year' (The Guardian)

Shakespeare's Kingdom
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
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1
An Silvia 'Gesang an Silvia', D891 'Was ist Silvia, saget an'  [2'51]  Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Sechs Gesänge, Op 107  Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
2
No 1: Herzeleid 'Die Weiden lassen matt die Zweige hangen'  [1'50]
3
Wie erkenn' ich dein Treulieb?  [0'58]  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sechs Lieder, Op 67  Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
4
Lied der Ophelia No 1: Wie erkenn' ich mein Treulieb?  [2'29]
5
Sein Leichenhemd weiss wie Schnee  [0'31]  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sechs Lieder, Op 67  Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
6
Lied der Ophelia No 2: Guten Morgen, 's ist Sankt Valentinstag  [1'13]
7
Auf Morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag  [0'54]  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sechs Lieder, Op 67  Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
8
Lied der Ophelia No 3: Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss  [3'50]
9
Und kommt er nicht mehr zurück?  [1'20]  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
10
La mort d'Ophélie, Op 18 No 2 'Auprès d'un torrent Ophélie'  [6'56]  Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
11
La mort d'Ophélie 'Au bord d'un torrent Ophélie'  [3'17]  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
12
Lady Macbeth – A Scena 'Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be'  [8'50]  Joseph Horovitz (b1926)
Pageant of Empire  Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
13
No 1: Shakespeare's Kingdom 'When Shakespeare came to London'  [2'49]
English Lyrics II  Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
14
No 1: O mistress mine  [1'24]
15
Willow, willow, willow 'The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree'  [2'35]  Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
16
Willow, willow 'The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree'  [3'58]  Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
17
Fancie 'Tell me, where is fancy bred'  [1'04]  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
18
Fancy 'Tell me, where is fancy bred'  [2'12]  Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
19
Under the greenwood tree  [1'33]  Mervyn Horder (1910-1998)
20
Take, O take those lips away, Op 22 No 1  [1'49]  Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
21
It was a lover and his lass  [1'56]  Geoffrey Bush (b1920)