Carey Blyton – The Early Songs

featuring Beryl Korman, soprano, Ian Partridge, tenor, Stephen Roberts, baritone, Jennifer Partridge, piano, David Campbell, clarinet and Sheherazade (Verona Chard, soprano, Denise Dance, flute, Fiona Clifton-Welker, harp)

Various composers

£6.50

	…this superb new album … very strongly recommended…
	—Musical Opinion


	Composer	Title		Performer(s)	Total duration
	Various	Carey Blyton – The Early Songs featuring Beryl Korman, soprano, Ian Partridge, tenor, Stephen Roberts, baritone, Jennifer Partridge, piano, David Campbell, clarinet and Sheherazade (Verona Chard, soprano, Denise Dance, flute, Fiona Clifton-Welker, harp)		Beryl Korman, Soprano, Ian Partridge, Tenor, Stephen Roberts, Baritone, David Campbell, Clarinet, Jennifer Partridge, Piano, Sheherazade	01:19:23
#	Composers	Work	Movement	Performer(s)	Duration
1	Carey Blyton Words: David Munro	Three a.m.	`I`: The dawn gapes in	Stephen Roberts, Baritone, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:01:05
2			`II`: As the last guest leaves		00:01:42
3			`III`: The city sleeps		00:02:33
4			`IV`: By moonlight		00:01:51
5			`V`: Three a.m.		00:01:10
6	Carey Blyton Words: Carey Blyton	Two Pensive Songs	`I`: Two Stolen Roses	Ian Partridge, Tenor, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:01:59
7	Carey Blyton Words: Donald R. Hills	Two Pensive Songs	`II`: Come, Night	Ian Partridge, Tenor, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:02:43
8	Carey Blyton Words: Paul Géraldy	Toi et Moi	`I`: Doute	Stephen Roberts, Baritone, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:03:20
9			`II`: Dualisme		00:02:25
10			`III`: Post-scriptum		00:01:30
11			`IV`: Habitude		00:02:43
12			`V`: Mea culpa		00:03:16
13	Carey Blyton Words: David Munro	Moresques	`I`: A Yellow Flower	Jennifer Partridge, Piano, Sheherazade	00:06:41
14			`II`: Simoom		00:05:51
15			`III`: Love-song of the Lady of Granada		00:04:51
16	Carey Blyton Words: Oscar Wilde	Symphony in Yellow		David Campbell, Clarinet, Sheherazade	00:04:16
17	Carey Blyton Words: Robert Herrick	The Poetry of Dress	`I`: Whenas in silks my Julia goes	Ian Partridge, Tenor, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:00:40
18	Carey Blyton Words: Robert Herrick		`II`: A sweet disorder in the dress		00:02:22
19	Carey Blyton Words: Anonymous		`III`: My love in her attire		00:00:42
20	Carey Blyton Words: Anonymous	What Then is Love?	`I`: Western wind, when will thou blow?	Beryl Korman, Soprano, David Campbell, Clarinet, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:01:14
21	Carey Blyton Words: William Shakespeare		`II`: Tell me, where is fancy bred?		00:01:09
22	Carey Blyton Words: John Donne		`III`: Stay, O sweet, and do not rise!		00:02:59
23	Carey Blyton Words: Samuel Daniel		`IV`: Love is a sickness full of woes		00:01:37
24	Carey Blyton Words: Allan Cunningham	Cinque Port (ʻMusic for an Operaʼ)	`IV`: The Sea-dog’s Song	Stephen Roberts, Baritone, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:01:42
25	Carey Blyton Words: Carmen Bernos de Gasztold Translated by Rumer Godden	Prayers from the Ark	`I`: The Prayer of the Cock	Beryl Korman, Soprano, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:01:45
26			`II`: The Prayer of the Goldfish		00:02:14
27			`III`: The Prayer of the Cat		00:02:10
28			`IV`: The Prayer of the Tortoise		00:03:13
29			`V`: The Prayer of the Mouse		00:01:32
30			`VI`: The Prayer of the Ox		00:01:50
31			`VII`: The Prayer of the Lark		00:01:42
32	Carey Blyton Words: Anonymous	The Flea		Ian Partridge, Tenor, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:01:01
33	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Carey Blyton Words: M.-D. Calvocoressi Words: Rosa Newmarch	The Rose and the Nightingale		Sheherazade	00:02:35
34	Carey Blyton Words: Carey Blyton	Indigo Blues (A Colonial Song)		Ian Partridge, Tenor, Jennifer Partridge, Piano	00:01:01

Catalogue code: URCD160 • Published: 2001
Entry last updated: 26th April 2014

	…well recorded and amply annotated. Warmly welcomed.
	—Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare (37:3, Jan/Feb 2014)