The Sixteen - Sirens' Song - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

What would singing be without words? When you combine wonderful poetry with exquisite music, the result is magical. In a rare break from the sacred collections they are famed for, this album from The Sixteen features a whole programme of secular music devoted to English partsongs. From Stanford's cycle of Eight Partsongs based on the sparing yet infectious poetry of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge to Bridges' lyrically descriptive writing in Finzi's Seven Poems of Robert Bridges and Imogen Holst's six idyllic partsongs Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow using verses by John Keats, each setting captures the mood of the poem brilliantly. Album Tracks 1. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Witch 2. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~Farewell, my joy 3. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Blue Bird 4. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Train 5. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Inkbottle 6. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~The Swallow 7. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~Chillingham 8. Eight Partsongs, Op. 119~My heart in thine 9. Sirens' Song 10. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow 11. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Teignmouth 12. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Over the Hill and over the Dale 13. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~O Sorrow 14. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Lullaby 15. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow~Shed no Tear 16. Silence and Music 17. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~I praise the tender flower 18. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~I have loved flowers that fade 19. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~My spirit sang all day 20. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Clear and gentle stream 21. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Nightingales 22. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Haste on, my joys! 23. Seven Poems of Robert Bridges~Wherefore to-night so full of care 24. Long Day Closes