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Track(s) taken from CDH55156

Somewhere a voice is calling

composer
Arthur F Tate (1870-1950)
author of text
Eileen Newton (?-?)

Robert White (tenor), Stephen Hough (piano)
Recording details: June 1995
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1995
Total duration: 3 minutes 7 seconds

Cover artwork: Poetry. Wiiliam Affleck (1868-1943)
 

There is an air of mystery about this song. The concept of the lover’s call coming from beyond this life is a common theme throughout this period. Composed in 1911 by Arthur F Tate, Somewhere a voice is calling was a huge hit in its day, recorded by Schipa and Tetrazzini among others.

from notes by Robert White © 1995

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