Mary Terey-Smith - Orchestral Suites (On Original Instruments) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Since 2008's debut album Krülle Bol, This Is the Kit (lead by Kate Stables) have unpicked emotional knots and woven remarkable stories, but even by their high standards, Off Off On is a beautifully clear distillation of Stables' song-writing gifts. By the end of 2018, the band had finished touring their last album, the talismanic Moonshine Freeze - leading to Kate's Ivor Novello nomination, but when it came to Stables' natural impulse to start the next record, her efforts were diverted by an invitation to join The National on the road for multiple tours and TV appearances - a continuation of the role she took on their album I Am Easy To Find. InchIt was so brilliant when I was writing to be away from my songs and the responsibility of being in charge of a band or a project - I think it really helped my writing and my getting through whatever I needed to get through.Inch Richly illuminating and acutely sensitive to the pulses and currents of life, Off Off On shows This Is the Kit overflowing with ideas. In difficult times, it's a record that feels like a lifeline, moving against the tide, standing against the storm. Keep going. Album Tracks 1. Found Out 2. Started Again 3. This Is What You Did 4. No Such Thing 5. Slider 6. Coming to Get You Nowhere 7. Carry Us Please 8. Off Off on 9. Shinbone Soap 10. Was Magician 11. Keep Going

Album Tracks 1. King Arthur Overture. Con Spirito 2. King Arthur Overture. Largo 3. King Arthur Overture. March 4. The Spring, Cantata 5. Judith, Oratorio Overture. Con Spirito 6. Judith, Oratorio Overture. Andante 7. Judith, Oratorio Overture. Minuet 8. Chaucer's Recantation, Cantata 9. Love and Resentment, Cantata 10. Eliza Overture. Largo 11. Eliza Overture. Allegro Con Spirito 12. Eliza Overture. Grave 13. Eliza Overture. Andante Minuetto 14. Reffley Spring, Cantata 15. The Fairy Prince, Masque in 3 Acts Overture. Allegro 16. The Fairy Prince, Masque in 3 Acts Overture. Andante 17. The Fairy Prince, Masque in 3 Acts Overture. Presto

Album Tracks 1. School of Anacreon. Recitative The Festive Board / Aria Tell Me Not the Joys 2. School of Anacreon. Recitative The Festive Board / Aria Business Title, Pomp and State... But Let 3. Delia. Recitative From Golden Slumber / Aria O'er Hill and Dale 4. Delia. Aria The Sun Too Soon Withdraws His Pow'r,... O Let Us Then the Time Improve 5. Frolick and Free. Aria Frolick and Free, for Pleasure Born 6. Frolick and Free. Aria But God of Sleep... Invade Me Not... We Must Be Oblig'd... When I Can Laugh 7. Frolick and Free. Aria But Oh, If Melting in My Arms 8. The Morning. Aria The Glitt'ring Sun 9. The Morning. Aria and Recitative The Lark His Warbling Matin Sings... the Village Up, the Shepherd 10. The Morning. Aria Oh! That on Th'enamel'd Green 11. Lydia. Recitative Beneath This Sad and Silent Gloom / Aria Lovely Maid 12. Lydia. Recitative I Dream of Her Unequall'd Charms / Aria Anguish Waste 13. Lydia. Recitative No, Let Him Triumph / Aria Wander Lydia, So Will I 14. Bacchus and Ariadne. (Ariadne) Recitative The Faithless Theseus / Aria Ah Theseus Stay 15. Bacchus and Ariadne. (Bacchus) Recitative The Jolly God / Aria Cease Lovely Nymph to Weep 16. Bacchus and Ariadne. Aria I Am Bacchus God of WineInch / Recitative With Soft Reluctance 17. Bacchus and Ariadne. Aria Learn Hence Ye Fond Maidens Who Droop and Who Pine 18. Aria Still You Flee Me 19. Recitative All These Foolish Notions / Aria From Thy Watchful Mother Flying