Carolyn Dobbin – Charles Wood: Songs for Voice & Piano (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:03 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Delphian Records
Secure in his reputation as a mainstay of Anglican church music, Charles Wood reveals a deeper, more versatile talent in his secular songs. Drawing on rich literary influences – from Christina Rossetti to Walt Whitman – as well as a profound interest in the Irish cultural revival, and balancing delicate lyricism with rich harmonic textures, Wood conjures an intricate landscape of emotional and intellectual depth.
For Carolyn Dobbin’s third album on Delphian, she is joined by masters of British song Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside in heartfelt performances that give vivid life to these evocative works.
Tracklist:
1-1. Roderick Williams – O Captain! my Captain! (04:36)
1-2. Roderick Williams – The Sailor Man (02:11)
1-20. Carolyn Dobbin – The Outlaw of Loch Lene (03:23)
1-21. Carolyn Dobbin – Credhe’s Lament for Cail (03:47)
1-22. Roderick Williams – Ask me no more (03:24)
1-23. Carolyn Dobbin – To Music (02:32)
1-3. Carolyn Dobbin – Birds (03:11)
1-4. Roderick Williams – The Blackberry Blossom (03:20)
1-5. Carolyn Dobbin – Oh! Skylark, for thy wing! (03:13)
1-6. Carolyn Dobbin – The Ride of the Witch (01:11)
1-7. Carolyn Dobbin – The Enchanted Valley (02:01)
1-8. Carolyn Dobbin – Fortune and her Wheel (01:42)
1-9. Roderick Williams – Over here (02:18)
1-10. Carolyn Dobbin – Ethiopia Saluting the Colours (04:04)
1-11. Roderick Williams – I’d roam the world over with you (03:54)
1-12. Carolyn Dobbin – Darest thou now, O soul (03:22)
1-13. Carolyn Dobbin – Denny’s Daughter (03:05)
1-14. Roderick Williams – Beside the River Loune (03:44)
1-15. Carolyn Dobbin – By the bivouac’s fitful flame (03:38)
1-16. Roderick Williams – O love, ’tis a calm starry night (03:09)
1-17. Carolyn Dobbin – At the mid hour of night (03:04)
1-18. Carolyn Dobbin – At Sea (03:25)
1-19. Carolyn Dobbin – Shall I forget (02:41)