 | from Britten: Song Cycles (CKD404) 1 Oh my blacke Soule! now thou art summoned [3'05] 24 minutes 12 seconds 9 tracks2 Batter my heart three person'd God; for, you [1'15] 3 O might those sighes and teares returne againe into my breast and eyes [3'32] 4 Oh, to vex me, contraryes meet in one [1'10] 5 What if this present were the world's last night? [3'15] 6 Since she whom I love hath payd her last debt [3'39] 7 At the round earth's imagined corners, blew [2'32] 8 Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay? [1'23] 9 Death be not proud, though some have called thee [4'21] 'An honesty put to the test by the exposed acoustic and a fine artistic imagination are held in a near-perfect equilibrium' (BBC Music Magazine) 'Gilchrist's rather English sound fits music that was conceived for Pears's equally English style very well, whether in the unbuttoned declarations of love of the Michelangelo songs, or the much darke ... 'Gilchrist sings wonderfully while pianist Tilbrook is with him every step of the way … this is a terrific production from Linn' (Audiophile Audition, USA) |