Songs by Finzi and His Friends

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Songs by Finzi and His Friends
Ian Partridge (tenor) Stephen Roberts (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano)

[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 28 April 2003

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'Delightful collection... outstanding performances... superbly accompanied'
- CDReview

'A delightful programme in all respects including cover design and sleeve note'
- Gramophone

Tracks:

GERALD FINZI
TO A POET op 13a
To a poet a thousand years hence James Elroy Flecker [5'16]
On parent knees attributed to Sir William Jones, from the Persian [1'32]
Intrada Thomas Traherne [1'35]
The Birthright Walter de la Mare [2'01]
June on Castle Hill F L Lucas [1'47]
Ode on the rejectlon of St Cecilia (Arioso) George Barker [5'50]
(Sung by Stephen Roberts)

ROBIN MILFORD
If it's ever spring again Thomas Hardy [1'03]
The Colour Thomas Hardy [2'08]
So sweet love seemed Robert Bridges [2'05]
(Sung by Ian Partridge)

ERNEST FARRAR
O mistress mine! William Shakespeare [1'51]
(Sung by Ian Partridge)

IVOR GURNEY
Sleep John Fletcher [3'02]
Down by the salley gardens W B Yeats [2'15]
Hawk and Buckle John Doyle (Robert Graves) [1'08]
(Sung by Stephen Roberts)

HARRY GILL
In Memoriam H P Dixon [2'56]
(Sung by Stephen Roberts)

GERALD FINZI
OH FAIR TO SEE op 13b
I say "I'll seek her side" Thomas Hardy [2'20]
Oh fair to see Christina Rossetti [1'07]
As I lay In the early sun Edward Shanks [1'27]
Only the wanderer Ivor Gurney [1'44]
To Joy Edmund Blunden [3'01]
Harvest Edmund Blunden [3'51]
Since we loved Robert Bridges [1'20]
(Sung by Ian Partridge)