Down by the Salley Gardens
Down by the Salley Gardens
2011 | Harmonia Mundi
Bejun Mehta (countertenor)
About
This programme offers a vivid and varied cross-section of English song, ranging from the Edwardian aesthetic of Quilter and early Vaughan Williams to the intensely expressive style of Howells and Finzi. The Purcell realisations by Britten and Tippett, meanwhile, are products of two great 20th-century composers engaging with their musical heritage. In all these different styles, Bejun Mehta shows the same verbal and vocal mastery that won such acclaim for his debut Handel recital on harmonia mundi.
Track Listing
King David
It was a lover and his lass
Down by the salley gardens
Silent Noon
Lord, what is man?
Job’s Curse
5:42
Linden Lea
Come away, death
2:53
O mistress mine
1:31
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
At Middle-Field Gate in February
The Widow Bird
The Horseman
1:11
The Little Boy Lost
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Bright is the ring of words
The Sigh
Jillian of Berry
Set in the manner of Handel
Take, o take those lips away
Since we loved
Hey, ho, the wind and the rain
Music for a while