£7.45
Lyrics from the East shows a striking variety of mood and tone colour … Blyton was Britten’s editor in the 1960s and it is easy to imagin[e] Peter Pears singing many of the songs presented here. | ||
—Amazon review (June 2012) |
…surprisingly effective | ||
—Michael Pilkington, Singing |
Composer | Title | Vocal range | Forces | Total duration | |||
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Carey Blyton | Lyrics from the East Five Miniatures for tenor and piano | D to A | Tenor, Piano | 5 mins | |||
# | Composer | Movement | Forces | Duration | |||
1 | Carey Blyton Words: Sappho | I : The Blast of Love | Tenor, Piano | ¾ minute | |||
2 | Carey Blyton Words: Omar Khayyam | II : Paradise | 1 minute | ||||
3 | Carey Blyton Words: Anonymous | III : Evening | 1 minute | ||||
4 | IV : Night | 1½ mins | |||||
5 | Carey Blyton Words: Bengali folk-poem | V : Puty-Fish | ½ minute | ||||
Ian Partridge, Tenor, Jennifer Partridge, Piano
Catalogue code: FM056 • Published: 2000
Entry last updated: 29th May 2011