 | from Britten, Finzi & Tippett: Songs (CDA67459) 1 A Young Man's Exhortation [3'07] 26 minutes 56 seconds 10 tracks2 Ditty [3'16] 3 Budmouth Dears [1'49] 4 Her Temple [1'53] 5 The Comet at Yell'ham [2'59] 6 Shortening Days [2'08] 7 The Sigh [3'27] 8 Former Beauties [2'52] 9 Transformations [1'35] 10 The Dance Continued [3'50] ‘This is still a voice of youthful freshness, commanded with skill and assurance. The programme tests his musicianship very thoroughly, and it reveals also considerable powers of expressiveness, both ... ‘Sung by Mark Padmore who, on this form and in this repertory, seems to me to be unrivalled among younger English tenors … with Roger Vignoles as the Britten-like pianist, this ranks as one of th ... ‘Mark Padmore and Roger Vignoles perform all these songs with great understanding and sensitivity; in fact I was surprised at how much intensity of feeling they found in the stark Hölderlein songs. Pa ... |