The year 2014 brought several recordings marking the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, each with a different emphasis. This one by tenor Robin Tritschler is unique in that it includes songs from all the major combatants -- Britain, France, and Germany -- plus one each from Russia (a fascinating Prokofiev song here called Trust me, Op. 23/3, and Charles Ives' In Flanders Fields). The result is an unusually varied group of songs, nevertheless solidly linked together by virtue of having been composed either during or ...
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The year 2014 brought several recordings marking the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, each with a different emphasis. This one by tenor Robin Tritschler is unique in that it includes songs from all the major combatants -- Britain, France, and Germany -- plus one each from Russia (a fascinating Prokofiev song here called Trust me, Op. 23/3, and Charles Ives' In Flanders Fields). The result is an unusually varied group of songs, nevertheless solidly linked together by virtue of having been composed either during or just before the war, by composers who either fought in the war itself or had their lives significantly shaped by it. The booklet describes not only each composer, but also each text poet; the texts come from a much wider span of time, but it is interesting indeed to explore the meanings each text had for the composer who set it. There are a few songs, like George Butterworth's On the Idle Hill of Summer, that are included in most compilations of this type, and Tritschler gives clear...
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Albéric Magnard; Albert Roussel; André Caplet; Arthur Bliss; Benjamin Dale; Cecil Coles; Charles Ives; Claude Debussy;... New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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