Though a welcome reappraisal of Britain's 19th-century musical heritage is now underway, the notion that the years leading up to the turn of the century saw a renaissance in attitude as much as technique still holds good.Most 19th-century English composers had looked to song as a source of ready income in the popular, domestic form of the ballad. Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford, the most influencial teachers around 1900, aspired higher, each producing a sizeable corpus of artsong forming an important repertoire. But it was the next generation that was to produce a body of work in the genre that has never stood in need of revival. ...
George Hall
Vaugh Williams, Finzi, Butterworth, Ireland
Songs
Bryn Terfel, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Quality: mp3, varied kbps
Size: 124 MB
Songs
Bryn Terfel, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Quality: mp3, varied kbps
Size: 124 MB
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