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My True Love Hath My Heart: English Songs
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
They create a sense of isolation within the sadness of King David; they capture Ireland's responses to the poetry of Hardy, Sidney and Symons with total commitment; and they respond with sentience... —
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Another irresistible volume in The English Song Series: a compilation of John Ireland which reveals the sheer breadth of emotional experience and variegated piano writing within his songs.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, Choral & Song Choice
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For all lovers and collectors of the art of English song, this has to be a recommendation. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Earth’s Call
Songs for Soprano & Piano by John Ireland
April Fredrick (soprano) & Mark Bebbington (piano)
The young American soprano, April Fredrick, is secure enough technically; I just wish, at times, she would have invested more expression in her singing...Mark Bebbington continues to impress... —
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The Songs of John Ireland
Lisa Milne (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Ireland was a songsmith to rival the finest this country has produced, and Hyperion's generous anthology will hopefully encourage others to explore this rewarding and rapt repertoire —
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John Ireland - The Songs
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), John Mitchinson (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) & Alan Rowlands (piano)
