Liza Lehmann, A brilliant Destiny
18,99€
The composer and soprano Liza Lehmann played a key role in revitalizing English song, writing several hundred vocal works. Acclaimed in concert halls around the world, she collaborated with the greatest musicians of her time and enjoyed a resounding success at the turn of the 20th century. Surrounded by distinguished performers, Lucile Richardot and Anne de Fornel invite us to discover some of her most beautiful pieces, including many previously unrecorded songs.
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Evensong - (1916)* [Constance Morgan] 1’56
The Lake Isle of Innisfree - (1911) [William Butler Yeats] 3’49
Dusk in the Valley - (1922) [George Meredith] 2’41
Breton Folk-Songs No. 2: I dreamt my love was singing - (1909) [Frances M. Gostling] 2’02
Echoes - (1914) [James T. White] 1’34
How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps Upon This Bank - (1912) [William Shakespeare] 4’53
In the Watches of the Night - (1921) [Eveline Young] 2’14
Morning - (1912) [William Akerman] 2’42
A Bird in the Sky - (1926) [W. Munro Anderson] 1’37
The Guardian Angel - (1898) [Edith Nesbit] 2’05
By the Lake - (1914) [Ethel Clifford] 4’45
You and I - (1897) [Mary Arnold Childs] 1’59
Good Morning, Brother Sunshine! - (1916) [James W. Foley] 1’15
The Daisy-Chain No. 4: If no one ever marries me - (1900) [Laurence Alma-Tadema] 1’19
In a Persian Garden : Ah! Moon of my Delight - (1896) Transcription pour violon et piano 5’07
In a Persian Garden No. 7: Ah! Not a drop - (1896) [Omar Khayyām] 2’44
The Beautiful Lady - (1912) [Walter de la Mare] 4’08
The Silver Rose - (1911) [Marguerite Radclyffe Hall] 2’15
Oh, Tell Me, Nightingale - (1910) [Mirza Shafi] 1’45
The Lily of a Day - (1917) [Ben Jonson] 2’00
Love, If You Knew the Light - (1922) [Robert Browning] 1’25
When the Shadows Fall Tonight - (1920) [W. Munro Anderson] 1’52
Thoughts Have Wings - (1909) [Frances M. Gostling] 2’05
When I Am Dead, My Dearest - (1918) [Christina Rossetti] 2’02
* The dates refer to the year of publication.
