Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Songs by Sir Hamilton Harty (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Songs by Sir Hamilton Harty (2020)
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SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce 17 world premiere recordings of Songs by Hamilton Harty in a ravishing recital by one of todays most exciting young partnerships mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge and pianist Christopher Glynn. Although best known today as a composer of orchestral music, Hamilton Harty was also one of the most accomplished accompanists of his generation, forming especially notable partnerships with the sopranos Agnes Nicholls and Elsie Swinton. It prompted, in turn, his increasing activity as an accomplished song writer. The 23 featured songs include settings that speak eloquently of Hartys abiding engagement with his Irish heritage and point, in the technical demands made of vocalist and pianist alike, to his innate understanding of the song form in all its concentrated, emotional power. Favourite Harty songs such as Sea Wrack, The Blue Hills of Antrim and My Lagan Love are heard alongside settings of Walt Whitman (By the Bivouacs Fitful Flame), Thomas Campion (Come, O Come, My Hearts Delight) and two texts by the composer himself (My Thoughts of You and Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis). Also included are two early, unpublished works for solo piano Idyll and Arlequin and Columbine. Five songs are heard in new editions created from original manuscripts by British music authority Jeremy Dibble who also provides informative booklet notes.

Tracklist:
1. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Sea Wrack (03:34)
2. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Scythe Song (02:00)
3. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 3 Traditional Ulster Airs (Excerpts): No. 2, My Lagan Love (03:47)
4. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 3 Traditional Ulster Airs (Excerpts): No. 1, The Blue Hills of Antrim (03:32)
5. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Arlequin and Columbine, Op. 10 (04:45)
6. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – A Cradle Song (02:20)
7. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – The Song of Glen Dun (03:13)
8. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 3 Flower Songs, Op. 13 (Excerpts): No. 2, Mignonette (02:31)
9. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – By the Sea (01:58)
10. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 5 Irish Poems (Excerpts): No. 5, The Fiddler of Dooney (01:53)
11. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 3 Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology: No. 1, To the Gods of Harbour and Headland (02:23)
12. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 3 Irish Folk Songs: No. 1, The Lowlands of Holland (02:10)
13. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame (02:59)
14. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 6 Songs of Ireland, Op. 18 (Excerpts): No. 2, Dreaming (02:58)
15. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – The Stranger’s Grave (04:26)
16. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Idyll (03:51)
17. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 3 Flower Songs, Op. 13 (Excerpts): No. 1, Poppies (02:01)
18. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 6 Songs of Ireland, Op. 18: No. 5, Flame in the Skies (02:14)
19. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Lane o’ the Thrushes (02:04)
20. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 6 Songs of Ireland, Op. 18 (Excerpts): No. 3, A Lullaby (02:45)
21. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – My Thoughts of You (02:40)
22. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Your Hand in Mine, Beloved (01:57)
23. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – 5 Irish Poems (Excerpts): No. 2, At Easter (02:51)
24. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Come, O Come, My Life’s Delight (02:13)
25. Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn – Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis (04:08)

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