William Walton: Complete Songbook
Krystal Tunnicliffe (piano), Siân Dicker (soprano), Saki Kato (guitar)
Dicker kicks off with A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table, a bouquet of six songs commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Gerald Moore...Schwarzkopf...
William Walton: Complete Songbook
Krystal Tunnicliffe (piano), Siân Dicker (soprano), Saki Kato (guitar)
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Dicker kicks off with A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table, a bouquet of six songs commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Gerald Moore...Schwarzkopf...
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'These Walton songs are really terrific,' wrote the great accompanist Gerald Moore; 'everything WW does is impressive - why the devil doesn't he write more songs?' From early experiments, via Edith Sitwell settings that build on the success of Facade, to music for the silver screen and two well-loved cycles heard here in their original intimate versions with piano and guitar, the complete collection fits on a single album. But what an album! Four decades after Walton's death, three imaginative young artists bring fresh voices to the feast, revelling with infectious enjoyment in the composer's endlessly beguiling inventiveness and sparkling wit.
Contents and tracklist
- Krystal Tunnicliffe, Siân Dicker (soprano)
- Saki Kato, Siân Dicker (soprano)
- Krystal Tunnicliffe, Siân Dicker (soprano)
- Krystal Tunnicliffe, Siân Dicker (soprano)
- Krystal Tunnicliffe, Siân Dicker (soprano)
- Krystal Tunnicliffe, Siân Dicker (soprano)
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December 2024
Dicker kicks off with A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table, a bouquet of six songs commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Gerald Moore...Schwarzkopf never recorded the work and Dicker makes the songs her own very convincingly, with plenty of spirit and good diction.