Hyperion Records
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CDH55084
(Originally issued on CDA66015)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Recording details: February 1981
Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: April 2003
Total duration: 49 minutes 19 seconds

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'Delightful collection ... outstanding performances ... superbly accompanied' (CDReview)

'A delightful programme in all respects' (Gramophone)

Songs by Finzi & his friends
Ian Partridge (tenor), Stephen Roberts (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)
1
To a poet a thousand years hence, Op 13a No 1  [5'16]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
2
On parent knees, Op 13a No 2  [1'32]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
3
Intrada, Op 13a No 3  [1'35]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
4
The Birthnight, Op 13a No 4  [2'01]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
5
June on Castle Hill, Op 13a No 5  [1'47]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
6
Ode on the rejection of St Cecilia 'Arioso', Op 13a No 6  [5'50]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
7
If it's ever spring again  [1'03]  Robin Milford (1903-1959)
8
The Colour  [2'08]  Robin Milford (1903-1959)
9
So sweet love seemed  [2'05]  Robin Milford (1903-1959)
10
O mistress mine!  [1'51]  Ernest Farrar (1885-1918)
Five Elizabethan Songs  Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
11
No 4: Sleep 'Come, sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving'  [3'02]
12
Down by the Salley Gardens  [2'15]  Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
13
Hawk and Buckle 'Where is landlord of old Hawk and Buckle'  [1'08]  Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
14
Im Memoriam  [2'56]  Harry Gill (1897-1987)
15
I say 'I'll seek her side', Op 13b No 1  [2'20]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
16
Oh fair to see, Op 13b No 2  [1'07]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
17
As I lay in the early sun, Op 13b No 3  [1'27]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
18
Only the wanderer, Op 13b No 4  [1'44]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
19
To Joy, Op 13b No 5  [3'01]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
20
Harvest, Op 13b No 6  [3'51]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
21
Since we loved, Op 13b No 7  [1'20]  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)