AV 2129 ELGAR Elgar Songs and Piano Music David Owen Norris, piano The Works: Amanda Pitt, soprano Mark Wilde, tenor Peter Savidge, baritone CD 1 Seven Lieder 1. Like to the damask rose (Simon Wastell) [1892] S 2. Queen Mary’s Song (Tennyson) [1887] S 3. A Song of Autumn (A. Lindsay Gordon) [1887] S 4. The Poet’s Life (Ellen Burroughs) [1892] T 5. Through the long days (Col. John Hay) Op.16 no.2 [1885] T 6. Rondel (Longfellow, after Froissart) Op.16 no.3 [1894] T 7. The Shepherd’s Song (Barry Pain) Op.16 no.1 [1892] T 8. A War Song (Hayward) [1884/1903] B 9. Is she not passing fair? (Duc d’Orleans, trans. Costello) [1886] T 10. *As I laye a-thynkynge (Ingoldsby) [1887] S 11. Salut d’amour Op. 12 [1888] Piano 12. The Wind at Dawn (C.A.Roberts) [1888] S 13. After (P.B.Marston) Op.31 no.1 [1895] S 14. Woodland Interlude from Caractacus Piano 15. Dry those fair, those crystal eyes (H.King) [1899] B 16. The Pipes of Pan (Adrian Ross) [1900] B Sea Pictures Op.37 [1899] S (Elgar’s own piano version) 17. Sea Slumber Song (R.Noel) 18. In Haven (Capri) (C.A.Elgar) 19. Sabbath Morning at Sea (E.B.Browning) 20. Where Corals Lie (R.Garnett) 21. The Swimmer (A. Lindsay Gordon) CD2 1. *Prelude and Angel’s Farewell [1900] Piano (Elgar’s own piano version) 2. Come, Gentle Night (C.Bingham) [1901] S 3. In the dawn (Benson) Op.41 no.1 [1902] T 4. Speak, Music (Benson) Op.41 no.2 [1902] T 5. Dream Children Op.43 - I [1902] Piano 6. Dream Children Op.43 - II [1902] Piano 7. Arabian Serenade (Lawrence) [1914] B 8. In Moonlight (Shelley) [1904] S 9. Pleading (Salmon) Op.48 [1908] T 10. O soft was the song (Parker) Op.59 no.1 [1909] S The Fringes of the Fleet (Kipling) [1917] B & Chorus 11. The Lowestoft Boat 12. Fate’s Discourtesy 13. Submarines 14. The Sweepers 15. * “?” [March 1918] Piano 16. It isnae me (S.Holmes) [1930] T 17. *XTC (unpublished, to Elgar’s own words) [November 11th 1930] S * = premiere recording Recorded at the Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands, England, February 14, 15, 16 2007 Produced by Simon Weir and Engineered by Morgan Roberts of the Classical Recording Company