Ernest John Moeran

Songs of Springtime 13:30
Seven Elizabethan poems set for Mixed Chorus (SATB)
1 1 Under the Greenwood Tree 1:09
Animato, ma non troppo
2 2 The River-God's Song 1:22
Molto sostenuto
3 3 Spring, the Sweet Spring 1:27
Allegro
4 4 Love is a Sickness 3:24
Andante
Soloist: Anna Crookes (soprano)
5 5 Sigh no more, Ladies 1:34
Animato, ma non troppo
6 6 Good Wine 1:19
Allegro molto
7 7 To Daffodils 2:57
Andante

Phyllida and Corydon 27:49
Choral Suite for SATB
Premier recording
8 1 Madrigal - Phyllida and Corydon 3:29
Allegro con brio
9 2 Madrigal - Beauty sat bathing by a spring 4:56
Andante
10 3 Pastoral - On a hill there grows a flower 3:17
Andante sostenuto
Soloist: Rachel Wheatley (soprano)
11 4 Air - Phyllis inamorata 1:04
Con brio
12 5 Ballet - Said I that Amaryllis 1:51
Presto
13 6 Canzonet - The treasure of my heart 2:49
Andante con moto
14 7 Air - While she lies sleeping 3:26
Lento
15 8 Pastoral - Corydon, arise 2:59
Allegro moderato
16 9 Madrigal - To meadows 3:27
Andante ma poco rubato

Peter Warlock

17 A Cornish Carol 1:05
Con brio; quasi alla breve
18 I Saw a Fair Maiden 3:38
Very slow and quiet
19 Benedicamus Domino 1:19
Quick
20 The Full Heart 4:44
Very slow: soft and veiled tone
21 The Rich Cavalcade 2:55
Moderato
22 Corpus Christi 4:51
Very quietly, but not slow
23 All the Flowers of the Spring 5:32
Very slowly
24 As Dew in Aprylle 1:39
Fast and light
25 Bethelehem Down 3:57
Very slow and quiet
26 A Cornish Christmas Carol 4:03
To be sung fairly fast, with sudden alternations of
hardness and sweetness, of rude heartiness
and tenderness touched with awe

Finzi Singers
Paul Spicer


Recorded in:
All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London
17-18 September 1992

Producer(s)
Chris Webster

Sound Engineer(s)
Richard Lee
Bob Mansell (Assistant)

Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K