Elegy

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SIGCD939

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Elegy

Mary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Download only Available Friday 3 October 2025

Recording details: September 2024
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Raphaël Mouterde
Engineered by Tom Lewington & Will Good
Release date: 3 October 2025
Total duration: 68 minutes 0 seconds

Cover artwork: Photo © Andy Staples.

Kaddisch Yithgaddal weyithkaddash scheméh rabba (No 1 of Deux mélodies hébraïques) [5'05] Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Hébé Op 2 No 6 Les yeux baissés, rougissante et candide [2'49] Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

Nachtstück D672 Wenn über Berge sich der Nebel breitet [5'26] Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Auflösung D807 Verbirg dich, Sonne [2'26] Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Die junge Nonne D828 Wie braust durch die Wipfel der heulende Sturm! [4'37] Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Evening Hymn Z193 Now that the sun hath veiled his light [4'28] Henry Purcell (1659-1695) & Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Come to me in my dreams [3'38] Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

Après un rêve Op 7 No 1 Dans un sommeil que charmait ton image [2'54] Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage [2'36] Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

O Tod, wie bitter bist du (O Tod, wie bitter bist du of Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121) [3'38] Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Peace on Earth And snow falls down on me [3'27] Errollyn Wallen (b1958)

Requiem Ruh von schmerzensreichen Mühen (No 7 of Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op 90) [4'10] Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Amour comme un oiseau captif Jeanne Landry (1922-2011)

No 8: Mort, quand tu me viendras prendre [1'03]

La chanson du pêcheur Ma belle amie est morte (No 1 of 2 Songs, Op 4) [3'16] Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)

Four Last Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

No 3: Tired Sleep, and I’ll be still as another sleeper [2'23]

Dereinst, Gedanke mein (No 2 of Sechs Lieder, Op 48) [2'48] Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

The Desire for Hermitage Ah! To be all alone in a little cell (No 10 of Hermit Songs, Op 29) [3'13] Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen [6'12] Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Vier Lieder Op 27 Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

No 4: Morgen! Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen [3'51]