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John Mark Ainsley, The Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins - Warlock: The Curlew, Capriol, Serenade & Songs (1977)

John Mark Ainsley, The Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins - Warlock: The Curlew, Capriol, Serenade & Songs (1977)
  • Title: Warlock: The Curlew, Capriol, Serenade & Songs
  • Year Of Release: 1977
  • Label: Hyperion
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
  • Total Time: 00:59:19
  • Total Size: 233 mb
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Tracklist

01. Capriol Suite: I. Basse Dance
02. Capriol Suite: II. Pavane
03. Capriol Suite: III. Tordion
04. Capriol Suite: IV. Bransle
05. Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air
06. Capriol Suite: VI. Mattachins
07. Sleep
08. A Sad Song
09. The Fairest May
10. My Lady Is a Pretty One
11. My Little Sweet Darling
12. Mourn No Moe
13. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
14. My Gostly Fader
15. Chopcherry
16. Serenade
17. The Curlew: I. The Curlew
18. The Curlew: II. Pale Brows, Still Hands
19. The Curlew: III. I Cried When the Moon
20. The Curlew: IV. Interlude
21. The Curlew: V. I Wander by the Edge

Peter Warlock's posthumous reputation rests largely on his work as a prolific writer of songs. Here we have John Mark Ainsley singing not only nine songs for tenor and string quartet but also The Curlew, Warlock's wonderful cycle setting poems by W B Yeats with accompaniment from a small orchestra. The work opens with a plaintive cry of the curlew from the cor anglais, and birdsong remains a feature throughout.

Two of the composer's three orchestral works are also recorded: the famous Capriol (here in its second version, that for string orchestra) and the less well known Serenade. The former is essentially a collection of sixteenth-century dance tunes but these are often highly embellished and dressed up in twentieth-century orchestration. (The name 'Capriol' comes from a treatise on dance written in 1588 by a canon at the cathedral of Langres.)

The Serenade is a beautiful miniature; it is dedicated to Delius and shows many influences from the older composer while adhering to Warlock's own desire for organization and close-knit cohesion.

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