Listen & tracks
26 works · 68:31
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1 Ye Banks and Braes Roger Quilter 2:45
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2 A red, red rose Esther Kahn 1:49
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3 Dearie H H Beach 2:22
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4 Polly Steward Ignaz Brüll 2:39
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5 Flow Gently Sweet Afton Traditional 3:32
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6 The Deil’s awa’ wi’ the Exciseman Traditional 1:39
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7 Wee Willie Gray Claire Liddell :54
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8 Will ye gang to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay? Percy Grainger (Piano solo) 1:24
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9 The Highland Balou Benjamin Britten 2:17
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10 Chanson Ecossaise Maurice Ravel 3:33
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11 Hochländisches Wiegenlied Robert Schumann 3:46
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12 Mo Nighean Dubh Percy Grainger (Piano solo) 1:32
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13 The Bonny Earl o’ Murray Benjamin Britten 2:50
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14 Si mon amour André Gedalge 2:38
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15 Aye waukin, O! John Maxwell Geddes 4:03
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16 My Heart’s in the Highlands Traditional 2:22
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17 O were my love yon lilac fair! H H Beach 2:20
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18 Je dois partir André Gedalge 2:35
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19 Willie’s rare and Willie’s fair John Maxwell Geddes 3:49
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20 Ca’ the Yowes Benjamin Britten 4:21
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21 O gin I were where Gadie rins Percy Grainger (Piano solo) 1:35
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22 Rien que soucis André Gedalge 1:47
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23 Ae Fond Kiss Traditional (Vocal solo) 4:09
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24 Far Awa’! H H Beach 1:57
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25 Comin’ thro’ the Rye Claire Liddell 2:33
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26 Bonnie Wee Thing Liza Lehmann 3:20
There is a certain something in the old Scotch songs, a wild happiness of thought and expression, which peculiarly marks them, not only from English songs, but also from the modern efforts of song-wrights, in our native manner and language – Robert Burns
Each of these art songs, whether in Scots, English or in translation, rests on a melody or a poem linked with the eighteenth-century Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–1796). The programme is an imperfect and incomplete journey through that lyric song world, yet it shows the range of talent among composers working in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America, Australia, France, Germany, England and Scotland.
Every song was chosen for its individuality of style and musical language, and for its sensitivity to the meaning of Burns’ text.
In the artist’s words
Whether in modern arrangement, foreign interpretation or in their traditional form, interpretations of these songs deserve a respectable place in the repertory of the modern recital programme.
Reviews
Any Scot worth his or her salt would cherish this CD
Artists
Len Vorster
piano
Len Vorster is one of Australia's finest accompanists, and artistic director of Classical Palette (a Naxos series devoted to contemporary music), of the Schirmer Ensemble, and of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival.
Vivien Hamilton
soprano
Vivien is currently Lecturer in Voice at Monash University, and conducts the Monash University Women's Choir, also teaching at the University of Melbourne. Her recent work covers many styles and contexts, from the role of Mrs Anderson in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music, to her performance as soprano soloist in J.S. Bach's St. John Passion at the Festival of Perth.
Benjamin Britten
composer
Edward Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. His operas are firmly established in the international repertoire, and more of them are played worldwide than those of any other composer born in the twentieth century.
Percy Grainger
composer
Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. A brilliant folk-song collector and arranger, he was also a restless experimenter whose work ranged from tuneful percussion to Free Music machines that foreshadowed electronic synthesis.
Roger Quilter
composer
Roger Quilter’s art songs, more than a hundred in number, set Shakespeare, Herrick and Shelley with a clear English lyricism that has kept them in the recital room for generations.
Maurice Ravel
composer
Many consider Maurice Ravel a major composer for the piano as well as a genius of orchestration. It remains a surprise how few works make up his total output for the instrument: all his piano compositions can be performed in under two and a half hours.
Robert Schumann
composer
Robert Schumann (1810–1856) was a German composer and music critic of the early Romantic era. His piano works and songs remain among the most enduring of the period.
H H Beach
composer
Ignaz Brüll
composer
André Gedalge
composer
John Maxwell Geddes
composer
Esther Kahn
composer
Liza Lehmann
composer
Claire Liddell
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Vivien Hamilton · soprano · all except tracks 8, 12 and 21
- Len Vorster · piano · all except track 23
Technical credits
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Producer
Vivien Hamilton
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
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Editing Engineer
Vaughan McAlley
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Venue
Move Records Studio
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 68 minutes 31 seconds
- Release date
- 7 Sep 2009
- Categories
- Classical, Vocal
- Genres
- Vocal & Opera, Folk
- Musical work copyright
- © 2009 Vivien Hamilton
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2009 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MCD 420
- EAN
- 9314574042023
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