The Stream in the Valley

CD album cover 'The Stream in the Valley' (GEN 14300) with Alison Browner, Sharon Carty, Andreas Frese

GEN 14300 EAN: 4260036253009

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Not only did the most important English composers of the twentieth century pay tribute to a great art song tradition, but now the singers Alison Browner and Sharon Carty as well as the pianist Andreas Frese are doing so as well. On their new GENUIN CD (for Frese already the third publication on the Leipzig label) they present rarely performed English treasures: songs by John Ireland, Michael Head and Benjamin Britten. The three sensitive interpreters thus penetrate deep into the green heart of the isle: the subjects are love, valley and brooks, and, naturally, the last rose of summer ...

American Record Guide
"Andreas Frese plays with warmth and sensitivity"
Review on the American Record Guide by Erin Heisel, 18 September 2014

Alison Browner Mezzo-soprano
Sharon Carty Mezzo-soprano
Andreas Frese Piano

Not only did the most important English composers of the twentieth century pay tribute to a great art song tradition, but now the singers Alison Browner and Sharon Carty as well as the pianist Andreas Frese are doing so as well. On their new GENUIN CD (for Frese already the third publication on the Leipzig label) they present rarely performed English treasures: songs by John Ireland, Michael Head and Benjamin Britten. The three sensitive interpreters thus penetrate deep into the green heart of the isle: the subjects are love, valley and brooks, and, naturally, the last rose of summer ...

American Record Guide
"Andreas Frese plays with warmth and sensitivity"
Review on the American Record Guide by Erin Heisel, 18 September 2014

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Tracklist

  1. John Ireland (1879–1962)
    In summer woods
  2. John Ireland (1879–1962)
    There is a garden in her face
  3. John Ireland (1879–1962)
    Full fathom five
  4. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    The ships of Arcady
  5. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    Beloved
  6. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    A blackbird singing
  7. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    Nocturne
  8. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    Rich and rare
  9. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    At the mid hour of night
  10. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    Avenging and bright
  11. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    How sweet the answer
  12. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    The last rose of summer
  13. John Ireland (1879–1962)
    Aubade
  14. John Ireland (1879–1962)
    The echoing green
  15. John Ireland (1879–1962)
    See how the morning smiles
  16. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    The gondolier
  17. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    St . Mark’s square
  18. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    Rain storm
  19. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    The Salley gardens
  20. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    The miller of Dee
  21. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    O waly, waly
  22. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    The trees they grow so high
  23. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    Ave Maria
  24. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    A slumber song of the Madonna
  25. Michael Head (1900–1976)
    A green cornfield
  26. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    Greensleeves
  27. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    I wonder as I wander
  28. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
    The stream in the valley

Not only did the most important English composers of the twentieth century pay tribute to a great art song tradition, but now the singers Alison Browner and Sharon Carty as well as the pianist Andreas Frese are doing so as well. On their new GENUIN CD (for Frese already the third publication on the Leipzig label) they present rarely performed English treasures: songs by John Ireland, Michael Head and Benjamin Britten. The three sensitive interpreters thus penetrate deep into the green heart of the isle: the subjects are love, valley and brooks, and, naturally, the last rose of summer ...

American Record Guide
"Andreas Frese plays with warmth and sensitivity"
Review on the American Record Guide by Erin Heisel, 18 September 2014