Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961.

Songs for mezzo [sound recording] / [Grainger] - Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos, p1998. - 1 compact disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. - The Grainger edition ; v. 12. . - Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Selections (Grainger edition) ; v. 12. .

Program notes in English, French, and German with English texts inserted into container.

Dafydd y gareg wen = David of the white rock -- Died for love -- The sprig of thyme -- Willow, willow -- Near Woodstock town -- Early one morning -- In Bristol town -- Four settings from Songs of the North -- The bridegroom grat -- Land o' the leal -- Proud Vesselil -- Under a bridge -- Hubby and wifey -- The lonely desert-man sees the tents of the happy tribe -- Colonial song -- Two settings of Rudyard Kipling -- A song of autumn -- Five settings of Ella Grainger -- O glorious, golden era -- Little Ole with his umbrella -- Variations on Handels 'The harmonious blacksmith' -- Harvest hymn -- After-word.

Della Jones, mezzo-soprano ; Penelope Thwaites, piano ; with George Black, guitar (1-7) ; Mark Padmore, tenor ; Stephen Varcoe, baritone ; John Lavender, piano.


Compact disc.

Chan 9730 Chandos


Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 --Musical settings.
Grainger, Ella, 1889-1979 --Musical settings.


Songs (Medium voice) with piano
Songs (Medium voice) with guitar.
Vocal duets with piano
Vocal trios with piano

CD/1393