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Oh fair to see, Op 13b No 2

composer

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

1929; part of the posthumously assembled Op 13b entitled Oh fair to see

author of text

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Recordings

On this Island

Lynne Dawson (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

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Songs by Finzi & his friends

Ian Partridge (tenor), Stephen Roberts (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)

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Details

Lynne Dawson (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Track 11 on CDA67227 [1'21] Archive Service Only

English

Ian Partridge (tenor), Clifford Benson (piano)

Track 16 on CDH55084 [1'07] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

English

Oh fair to see, Op 13b No 2

Oh fair to see is an aphoristic construction consisting of no more than two extended vocal phrases. Here, however, Finzi’s style has a greater contrapuntal succinctness (notably in the accompaniment), and the prose-like delivery of the vocal line with its careful placing of syllable and rhythm looks forward to the more spacious canvas of Intimations of Immortality which Finzi produced for the Gloucester Festival in 1950.

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