Three songs for medium voice. i. The defiled sanctuary / William Blake (3:06) ; ii. Renunciation (3:32) ; iii. Lady Ellayne (1:55) / Temple Keeble -- Two Blake songs. i. The land of dreams (3:57) ; ii. The birds (3:51) / William Blake -- Gretchen songs from "Faust." i. Der König in Thule (3:53) ; ii. Gretchen am Spinnrade (4:35) / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -- Three Herrick songs. i. The mad maid's song (2:54) ; ii. Why dost thou wound and break my heart (3:04) ; iii. The night piece (4:46) / Robert Herrick -- Five Blake songs. i. Piping down the valleys wild (2:03) ; ii. The blossom (0:57) ; iii. The chimney sweeper (2:51) ; iv. The fly (1:20) ; The little black boy (4:40) / William Blake -- Two Handel arrangements. i. Dear Adonis (5:29) ; ii. Transporting joy (3:22) / John Hughes -- Four miniatures. i. Allegro (2:18) ; ii. Lento tranquillo e sempre rubato (3:57) ; iii. Andante e grazioso (2:13) ; iv. Andante tranquillo e sempre rubato (3:18) -- When the sun goes down. i. When the sun goes down (4:36) ; ii. On parting (2:00) ; iii. Love is a merry game (1:48) / Temple Keeble.
Note
Primarily songs for soprano or baritone and piano set to texts by various poets; tracks 6 and 7 excerpts from Brian's opera Faust; tracks 16-17 arrangements from Handel's cantata Venus and Adonis; tracks 18-21 for solo piano.
Credits (note)
Produced, engineered, and edited by Richard Sutcliffe.
Language (note)
Tracks 6 and 7 sung in German; tracks 1-5, 8-17, 22-24 sung in English.
Title
The complete Havergal Brian songbook. Volume 2.
Publisher
[Haywards Heath, West Sussex] : Stone Records, [2014]