℗ 2022 SOMM Recordings
Released | June 17, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 05m 43s |
Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
Catalogue No. | SOMMCD0654 |
Genre | Classical (Art Song) |
On This Shining Night
James Gilchrist, Coull Quartet, Roderick Williams, Sophie Bevan
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Peterisms, Set 1 (Excerpts Arr. for Voice & Strings)
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1.1
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No. 1, Chopcherry
Peter Warlock; George Peele; James Gilchrist; Coull Quartet |
1:08 | |||
1.2
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Corpus Christi (1927 Version)
Peter Warlock; Roderick Williams; Sophie Bevan; Coull Quartet |
4:31 | |||
1.3
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The Fairest May
Peter Warlock; James Gilchrist; Coull Quartet |
1:49 | |||
1.4
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Mourn No Moe (Arr. for Voice & Strings)
Peter Warlock; John Fletcher; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
1:54 | |||
1.5
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No. 2, A Sad Song
John Fletcher; Peter Warlock; Sophie Bevan; Coull Quartet |
2:03 | |||
1.6
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My Gostly Fader (Arr. for Voice & Strings)
Peter Warlock; Charles d'Orléans; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
2:04 | |||
1.7
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My Lady Is a Pretty One
Peter Warlock; James Gilchrist; Coull Quartet |
2:08 | |||
1.8
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My Little Sweet Darling
Peter Warlock; Sophie Bevan; Coull Quartet |
2:09 | |||
1.9
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Sleep
Peter Warlock; John Fletcher; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
2:16 | |||
1.10
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Sorrow's Lullaby
Peter Warlock; Thomas Lovell Beddoes; Sophie Bevan; James Gilchrist; Coull Quartet |
3:57 | |||
1.11
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Take, O Take Those Lips Away (Arr. for Voice & Strings)
William Shakespeare; Peter Warlock; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
1:56 | |||
1.12
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Dover Beach, Op. 3
Samuel Barber; Matthew Arnold; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
7:28 | |||
3 Songs, Op. 10
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1.13
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No. 2, Sleep Now (Arr. R. William for Voice & Strings)
James Joyce; Samuel Barber; Roderick William; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
3:01 | |||
4 Songs, Op. 13
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1.14
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No. 3, Sure on This Shining Night (Arr. R. William for Voice & Strings)
Samuel Barber; Roderick Williams; James Agee; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
2:37 | |||
Tree Carols
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1.15
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No. 1, The Miracle Tree
Fiona Sampson; Sally Beamish; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
3:16 | |||
1.16
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No. 2, The Trees Are Troubled
Sally Beamish; Fiona Sampson; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
2:56 | |||
1.17
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No. 3, Vigil
Sally Beamish; Fiona Sampson; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
3:20 | |||
1.18
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No. 4, The Tree Is a Changing Sky
Sally Beamish; Fiona Sampson; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
4:10 | |||
1.19
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No. 5, Bushes and Briars
Sally Beamish; Fiona Sampson; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
4:13 | |||
1.20
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I-Brasil, RT V/28 (Arr. R. William for Voice & Strings)
Roderick Williams; Frederick Delius; William Sharp; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
3:09 | |||
7 Songs from the Norwegian, RT V/9 (Excerpts Arr. R. William for Voice & Strings)
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1.21
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No. 1, Twilight Fancies (Sung in English)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson; Frederick Delius; Roderick Williams; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
3:42 | |||
1.22
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No. 2, Sweet Venevil (Sung in English)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson; Frederick Delius; Roderick Williams; Roderick Williams; Coull Quartet |
1:56 |
SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce a thrilling first collaboration between long-time SOMM stablemates, baritone Roderick Williams and the Coull Quartet, joined by tenor James Gilchrist and soprano Sophie Bevan. With six world premiere recordings, On This Shining Night is a ravishing recital focusing revealingly on a 20th-century phenomenon: works for voice and string quartet. It takes its title from a James Agate setting by Samuel Barber (whose masterly "Dover Beach" is also heard), here in a sublime arrangement by Roderick Williams. Williams also provides arrangements of Barber’s "Sleep Now" and three Frederick Delius pieces from his Seven Songs from the Norwegian: the evocative "Twilight Fancies," vivacious "Young Venevil" and exotic "I-Brasil." They serve, as Robert Matthew-Walker’s erudite booklet notes observe, as companions to 11 songs by Delius’s close friend and associate, Peter Warlock, including the gentle intimacy of "Corpus Christi," the “mini-cantata” "Sorrow’s Lullaby," and unique free-recitative of "My gostly vader."
Composed for Williams and the Coull Quartet, Sally Beamish’s five-part Tree Carols offer striking, variegated settings of poems by Fiona Sampson in their premiere recording. Roderick Williams’ SOMM catalogue include the acclaimed three-volume Twelve Sets of English Lyrics by Hubert Parry (SOMMCD 257, 270, 272), Sally Beamish’s Four Songs from Hafez (Birdsong, SOMMCD 0633), and the classic English song cycles A Shropshire Lad and Maud (SOMMCD 0615), which MusicWeb International declared a “game changer… in terms of our appreciation of Arthur Somervell’s songs”. The Coull Quartet has recorded a wide repertoire for SOMM. Their recording of Nicholas Maw and Benjamin Britten quartets (SOMMCD 065) was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and a BBC Music Magazine Benchmark Recording. Gramophone declared their recent SOMM release with Clélia Iruzun, Treasures from the New World, featuring piano quintets by Amy Beach and Henrique Oswald (SOMMCD 0609), “a delight”.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.50 -8.27 to -0.10 | -26.60 -31.45 to -23.22 | -22.66 -27.00 to -18.50 | 13 11 to 15 | |
1 | No. 1, Chopcherry | -6.23 | -26.04 | -22.4 | 13 |
2 | Corpus Christi (1927 Version) | -3.01 | -27.75 | -24.0 | 14 |
3 | The Fairest May | -1.84 | -25.67 | -22.3 | 12 |
4 | Mourn No Moe (Arr. for Voice & Strings) | -4.47 | -28.29 | -24.4 | 12 |
5 | No. 2, A Sad Song | -2.17 | -23.22 | -18.5 | 12 |
6 | My Gostly Fader (Arr. for Voice & Strings) | -2.02 | -27.80 | -23.7 | 13 |
7 | My Lady Is a Pretty One | -2.28 | -24.50 | -20.7 | 15 |
8 | My Little Sweet Darling | -4.11 | -26.54 | -22.9 | 14 |
9 | Sleep | -4.14 | -26.31 | -22.6 | 14 |
10 | Sorrow's Lullaby | -0.10 | -23.64 | -19.0 | 15 |
11 | Take, O Take Those Lips Away (Arr. for Voice & Strings) | -6.63 | -29.21 | -25.6 | 13 |
12 | Dover Beach, Op. 3 | -2.20 | -26.80 | -22.8 | 15 |
13 | No. 2, Sleep Now (Arr. R. William for Voice & Strings) | -2.79 | -26.57 | -22.0 | 13 |
14 | No. 3, Sure on This Shining Night (Arr. R. William for Voice & Strings) | -5.99 | -28.46 | -24.9 | 11 |
15 | No. 1, The Miracle Tree | -1.95 | -24.94 | -20.5 | 13 |
16 | No. 2, The Trees Are Troubled | -1.25 | -25.10 | -21.3 | 14 |
17 | No. 3, Vigil | -2.32 | -24.84 | -20.7 | 13 |
18 | No. 4, The Tree Is a Changing Sky | -2.68 | -28.28 | -24.3 | 13 |
19 | No. 5, Bushes and Briars | -8.27 | -31.45 | -27.0 | 13 |
20 | I-Brasil, RT V/28 (Arr. R. William for Voice & Strings) | -5.42 | -26.38 | -23.0 | 13 |
21 | No. 1, Twilight Fancies (Sung in English) | -4.42 | -27.05 | -23.1 | 13 |
22 | No. 2, Sweet Venevil (Sung in English) | -2.75 | -26.35 | -22.9 | 15 |