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Track(s) taken from CDD22026

Severn Meadows

First line:
Only the wanderer knows England's graces
composer
author of text

Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)
Recording details: April 1987
Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: March 1988
Total duration: 1 minutes 40 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Paul Agnew (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
Christopher Maltman (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Severn Meadows is Gurney’s most celebrated setting of his own words—the manuscript is dated ‘Caulaincourt, March 19 1917’, which makes it likely that both words and music were written in the trenches.

from notes by Richard Stokes © 2019

Other albums featuring this work

Gurney: Severn Meadows & other songs
CDA67243Download only
The Soldier
Studio Master: SIGCD592Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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