Roderick Williams - Songs & Proverbs & Tit for Tat & Folk-Songs - Music & Performance - CD
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| Management number | 254704443 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$8.70 | Model Number | 254704443 | ||
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Britten wrote his Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 for the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 1965. The singer admired the 'concentration and enigmatic smile' of the settings, and Britten constructed, through alternation of proverbs with songs, and an intense contemplation on the human and the eternal, one of his greatest song cycles. By contrast Tit for Tat sees Britten revisiting youthful, light-spirited settings of the poet Walter de la Mare. The folksong arrangements are amongst his most famous, and beloved. The baritone Roderick Williams encompasses a wide repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, in the opera house, on the concert platform and in recital. His recital appearances have taken him to London's Wigmore Hall and many European festivals. He has an extensive discography and his recordings of English song with Iain Burnside have received particular acclaim.
- WILLIAM BLAKE: SONGS & PROVERBS TIT FOR TAT FOLK-S
- Music & Performance
- Naxos
| Performer | Roderick Williams |
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| Music genre | Classical |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2012 |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | I. Proverb I: The Pride of the Peacock, II. London, III. Proverb II: Prisons Are Built, IV. the Chimney-Sweeper, V. Proverb III: The Bird a Nest, VI. a Poison Tree, VII. Proverb IV: Think in the Morning, VIII. the Tyger, IX. Proverb V: The Tygers of Wrath, X. the Fly, XI. Proverb VI: The Hours of Folly, XII. Ah! Sun-Flower!, XIII. Proverb VII: To See a World, XIV. Every Night and Every Morn, No. 1. a Song of Enchantment, No. 2. Autumn, No. 3. Silver, No. 4. Vigil, No. 5. Tit for Tat, No. 1. the Plough Boy, No. 5. the Foggy, Foggy Dew, Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 1. Tom Bowling, Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, British Isles: No. 6. O Waly, Waly, No. 7. Oliver Cromwell, No. 6. the Ash Grove, No. 1. the Salley Gardens, Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, British Isles: No. 2. There's None to Soothe, Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 1, British Isles: No. 2. Little Sir William, Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 5, British Isles: No. 5. Ca' the Yowes |
| Record label | Naxos |
| Composer | Britten |
| Songwriter | William Blake |
| Track name | Proverb I: The pride of the peacock, London, Proverb II: Prisons are built, The Chimney-Sweeper, Proverb III: The bird a nest, A Poison Tree, Proverb IV: Think in the morning, The Tyger, Proverb V: The tygers of wrath, The Fly, Proverb VI: The hours of folly, Ah! Sun-flower!, Proverb VII: To see a World, A Song of enchantment, Autumn, Silver, Vigil |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
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