CDH55084 - Disc 1 Track 17 - As I lay in the early sun, Op 13b No 3 - Hyperion Records

As I lay in the early sun, Op 13b No 3

composer

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

1921; part of the posthumously assembled Op 13b entitled Oh fair to see

author of text

Edward Shanks (1892-1953)

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 13 on CDA67227 [1'59] Archive Service Only

English

Ian Partridge (tenor), Clifford Benson (piano)

Track 17 on CDH55084 [1'27] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

English

As I lay in the early sun, Op 13b No 3

As I lay in the early sun, by the Georgian poet Edward Shanks, was composed in 1921 in the wake of an unpublished by Gurney (for whom Finzi remained a lifelong advocate) and a published one by Armstrong Gibbs. Transparently diatonic with understated modal inflections, Finzi’s lush harmony and ecstatic vocal contours underpin Shanks’s pastoral daydream.

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Details for CDH55084 track 17

Artists

Ian Partridge (tenor)

Clifford Benson (piano)

ISRC

GB-AJY-81-01517

Duration

1'27

Recording date

8 February 1981

Recording venue

Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Andrew Keener

Recording engineer

Antony Howell

Hyperion usage

Songs by Finzi and his Friends (CDA66015)
Disc 1 Track 17
Release date: March 1991
Deletion date: April 2003
Superseded by CDH55084
Songs by Finzi & his friends (CDH55084)
Disc 1 Track 17
Release date: April 2003
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)