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William Walton: Complete Songbook

Krystal Tunnicliffe (piano), Siân Dicker (soprano), Saki Kato (guitar)

William Walton: Complete Songbook
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

I. The Lord Mayor’s Table
Track length3:32
II. Glide Gently
Track length2:30
III. Wapping Old Stairs
Track length2:34
IV. Holy Thursday
Track length3:55
V. The Contrast
Track length3:09
VI. Rhyme
Track length2:12
I. Fain Would I Change That Note
Track length3:19
II. O Stay, Sweet Love
Track length1:47
III. Lady, When I Behold the Roses
Track length1:45
IV. My Love in her Attire
Track length0:53
V. I Gave Her Cakes and I Gave Her Ale
Track length1:37
VI. To Couple is a Custom
Track length1:47
I. Child's Song
Track length2:13
II. Song
Track length1:45
III. A Lyke-Wake Song
Track length2:40
IV. The Winds
Track length1:44
I. Daphne
Track length3:07
II. Through Gilded Trelises
Track length4:06
III. Old Sir Faulk
Track length2:02

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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.
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