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The heart of the matter ; Songs for tenor and piano

Title
The heart of the matter ; Songs for tenor and piano [sound recordin] / Benjamin Britten.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
Hayes Middlesex : EMI, c1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Tuckwell, Barry.
  • Mackie, Neil.
  • Vignoles, Roger.
  • Pears, Peter, 1910-1986.
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
  • Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Description
1 sound disc (55 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Heart of the matter
Alternative Title
Heart of the matter
Subject
  • Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble)
  • Songs (High voice) with piano
Note
  • Compact disc.
Contents
The heart of the matter (26:35) -- Two songs bt Thomas Hardy: The children and Sir Nameless (2:48) ; If it's ever spring again (3:06) -- Three early songs. Beware! (Longfellow, from the German) (1:02) ; O that I had ne'er been married (Burns) (1:23) ; Epitaph: The clerk (Asquith) (:52) -- For a song (Burra) (2:05) -- Two songs by W. H. Auden. To lie flat on the back (2:33) ; Night covers up the rigid land (2:44) -- The oxen (Hardy) (arr. Pears) (3:11) -- Three rhymes by William Soutar. Dawtie's devotion (:48) ; Tradition (:56) ; The Gully (:55) -- Three realizations of Henry Purcell. I'll sail upon the Dog-star (D'Urfey) (1:16) ; The knotting song (Sedley) (3:02) ; Man is for the woman made (Motteux) (1:01).
LCCN
7777492572
OCLC
  • ocm20376387
  • SCSB-14448408
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library