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CDA66165

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Recording details: January 1985
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: August 1987
Total duration: 59 minutes 46 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE

'A delight from beginning to end' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Guaranteed to move, charm, and generally fascinate' (The Guardian)

The Sea
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
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Sea fever   I must go down to the seas again  [2'11]  John Ireland (1879-1962)
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Sailor's song Hob XXVIa:31   High on the giddy bending mast  [2'02]  Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) English
The Oddities  Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)
3
Song: Tom Bowling   Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling  [4'44]
A song for the Lord Mayor's table  Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
4
No 3: Wapping Old Stairs   Your Molly has never been false, she declares  [2'23]
5
Seemanns Abschied 'Sailor's farewell'   Ade, mein Schatz, du mochtst mich nicht  [2'21]  Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
6
Les berceaux Op 23 No 1   Le long du quai, les grands vaisseaux  [2'49]  Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) FrançaisEnglish English Français
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Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360   Dioskuren, Zwillingssterne  [3'17]  Franz Schubert (1797-1828) DeutschEnglish English
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The Sea   The sea stormily roars, rolling its grey waves  [3'18]  Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
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Au cimetière Op 51 No 2   Heureux qui meurt ici  [4'14]  Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) FrançaisEnglish English Français
Proses lyriques  Claude Debussy (1862-1918) English Français Deutsch
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No 2: De grève   Sur la mer les crépuscules tombent  [3'11]
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Swimmers   The the swift plunge into the cool green dark  [1'31]  Charles Ives (1874-1954) English English Français Deutsch
12
The mermaid   O 'twas on the broad Atlantic  [2'12]  Anonymous , arr. Roger Vignoles (b1943)
Fünf Heitere Gesänge Op 125  Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
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No 3: Die Meerfee   Helle Silberglöcklein klingen aus der luft vom meer  [1'19]
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The mermaid's song Hob XXVIa:25   now the dancing sunbeams play  [2'53]  Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) English
15
The sea princess   Come to me in the night time, oh youthful wayfarer!  [2'44]  Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
L'horizon chimérique Op 118  Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) English Français
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La mer est infinie  [1'34]
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Je me suis embarqué  [2'26]
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Diane, Séléné  [2'02]
19
Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés  [1'41]
Nuits d'été  Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
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No 6: L'île inconnue 'The unknown island'   Dites, la jeune belle  [3'39]
Three Folk songs  Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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No 3: Wasserfahrt   Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast  [1'28]
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Sail on, sail on  [2'41]  Anonymous , arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) English
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Die Meere 'The seas' Op 20 No 3   Alle Winde schlafen auf dem Spiegel der Flut  [3'06]  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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