Songs by Donald Swann
Album by Donald Swann; Felicity Lott, Kathryn Rudge, John Mark Ainsley, Roderick Williams, Christopher Glynn
Released 30 June 2017
Tracklist
- Digital Media 1
- 1A Collection of Songs: The licorice fields at PontefractDonald Swann2:06
- 2A Collection of Songs: Margate 1940Donald Swann4:05
- 3A Collection of Songs: SenexDonald Swann2:08
- 4A Collection of Songs: A subaltern’s love songDonald Swann5:01
- 5Five colourisations of Emily Dickinson: FarewellDonald Swann1:23
- 6Five colourisations of Emily Dickinson: I died for BeautyDonald Swann1:34
- 7Five colourisations of Emily Dickinson: I felt a Funeral, in my BrainDonald Swann2:11
- 8Five colourisations of Emily Dickinson: DyingDonald Swann1:08
- 9Five colourisations of Emily Dickinson: I had no time to HateDonald Swann1:59
- 10Two sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay: And must I then, indeed, Pain, live with youDonald Swann2:13
- 11Two sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay: Thou famished grave, I will not fill thee yetDonald Swann1:30
- 12Stopping by woodsDonald Swann4:50
- 13Two poems by Thomas Hardy: Thoughts of PhenaDonald Swann2:59
- 14Two poems by Thomas Hardy: Before life and afterDonald Swann2:54
- 15Four lyrics from In memoriam: Be near me when my light is lowDonald Swann2:09
- 16Four lyrics from In memoriam: Oh yet we trust that somehow goodDonald Swann2:30
- 17Four lyrics from In memoriam: The wishDonald Swann2:51
- 18Four lyrics from In memoriam: There rolls the deepDonald Swann2:21
- 19Two poems by Christina Rossetti: When I am dead, my dearestDonald Swann2:12
- 20Two poems by Christina Rossetti: A better resurrectionDonald Swann2:42
- 21Dark rose of my heartDonald Swann3:57
- 22An invite to eternityDonald Swann4:59
- 23The harlot’s houseDonald Swann4:12
- Digital Media 2
- 1Six songs to poems by William Blake: The Garden of LoveDonald Swann1:34
- 2Six songs to poems by William Blake: Ah! Sun-flower!Donald Swann1:25
- 3Six songs to poems by William Blake: The sick RoseDonald Swann0:59
- 4Six songs to poems by William Blake: The AngelDonald Swann2:19
- 5Six songs to poems by William Blake: The FlyDonald Swann1:39
- 6Six songs to poems by William Blake: ProverbDonald Swann0:59
- 7Я вас любил (I loved you once)Donald Swann2:51
- 8She is all harmony, all wonderDonald Swann2:33
- 9Some people’s dreamsDonald Swann3:42
- 10MargueriteDonald Swann3:31
- 11A red, red roseDonald Swann2:09
- 12It was a lover, and his lassDonald Swann1:57
- 13See, dearest, how the roseDonald Swann1:57
- 14ArcadesDonald Swann1:50
- 15We’ll go no more a-rovingDonald Swann1:14
- 16LongingDonald Swann2:40
- 17Oh, why are the roses so pale?Donald Swann1:57
- 18Old songs of lost loveDonald Swann5:11
- 19In the mistDonald Swann2:42
- 20Raiders’ dawnDonald Swann2:04
- 21The youth of the heartDonald Swann4:26
- 22He wishes for the cloths of heavenDonald Swann2:46
- 23Bilbo’s last song (no. 9 of "The road goes ever on")Donald Swann4:29
More by Donald Swann, Felicity Lott, Kathryn Rudge, John Mark Ainsley, Roderick Williams, Christopher Glynn
Release credits
- recording
- photography
- liner notes, piano
- soprano vocals [1.5-9, 1.19-20, 2.22-23]
- producer
- photography
- tenor vocals [1.13-14, 1.16, 1.18, 1.21, 1.23, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.14-15, 2.20]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [2.9-10, 2.12-13, 2.16-19, 1.12]
- baritone vocals [1.1-4, 1.10-11, 1.15, 1.17, 1.22, 2.1-6, 2.21, 2.23]
- executive
- photography
- photography
Issues
- S30 June 2017
S2x Digital Media30 June 2017