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Track(s) taken from CDH55084

Ode on the rejection of St Cecilia 'Arioso', Op 13a No 6

First line:
Rise, underground sleepers, rise from the grave
composer
part of the posthumously assembled Op 13a entitled To a poet
author of text
the version of the poem originally received from the BBC in 1947 and set in 1948

Stephen Roberts (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)
Recording details: February 1981
Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: March 1991
Total duration: 5 minutes 50 seconds

Cover artwork: Front illustration. Richard Shirley-Smith (b?)
 

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