Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton – Divine Music – An English Songbook (2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

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“Inspirations and imaginings, evolving, changing English usage, landscapes, friendships and passings lie behind this album… Loosely, the songs we’ve selected embrace multiple interpre- tations and nuances of ‘divine’. As well as, I could argue, that sentiment of English song and English speaking composers embodying the [Blake/Parry] ‘Jerusalem-Builded-Here’ trope. The world I came from (singing in choir stalls), along with how countertenors are perceived generally, has been hard to escape. So here perhaps I’m taking on the challenge. As well as an opportunity to include songs written for me that for some while I’ve been needing to put down on disc.” (Iestyn Davies) ‘Divine Music’ marks Iestyn Davies’ third recital album on Signum Classics. The ‘Four Songs’ (Purcell/ Adès), Spoons Aria (Adès), Four Traditional Songs and Old Bones (Muhly) are world premiere recordings. Muhly’s Four Traditional Songs were also written dedicated to Iestyn Davies.

Tracklist:

1-01. Iestyn Davies – Lord, What is Man? (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten) (05:52)
1-02. Iestyn Davies – Four Songs: No. 1, By Beauteous Softness (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) (04:24)
1-03. Iestyn Davies – Four Songs: No. 2, Come Unto These Yellow Sands (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) (01:22)
1-04. Iestyn Davies – Four Songs: No. 3, Full Fathom Five (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) (03:58)
1-05. Iestyn Davies – Four Songs: No. 4, Evening Hymn (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Thomas Adès) (05:25)
1-06. Iestyn Davies – A Hymn on Divine Music (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten) (04:52)
1-07. Iestyn Davies – New-Made Tongue (04:53)
1-08. Iestyn Davies – A Fool’s Preferment, Z. 571: I’ll Sail Upon the Dog-Star (Realisation for Voice & Piano by Benjamin Britten) (01:16)
1-09. Iestyn Davies – King David (04:48)
1-10. Iestyn Davies – Old Bones (10:31)
1-11. Iestyn Davies – The Lover in Winter: No. 1, Iam nocet frigus (01:19)
1-12. Iestyn Davies – The Lover in Winter: No. 2, Nec Limpha caret (01:05)
1-13. Iestyn Davies – The Lover in Winter: No. 3, Modo frigescit (01:41)
1-14. Iestyn Davies – The Lover in Winter: No. 4, Nutritur ignis osculo (01:45)
1-15. Iestyn Davies – 6 Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’: No. 1, Loveliest of Trees (02:31)
1-16. Iestyn Davies – 6 Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’: No. 2, When I was One And Twenty (01:19)
1-17. Iestyn Davies – 6 Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’: No. 3, Look Not in my Eyes (02:07)
1-18. Iestyn Davies – 6 Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’: No. 4, Think No More Lad (01:17)
1-19. Iestyn Davies – 6 Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’: No. 5, The Lads in their Hundreds (02:20)
1-20. Iestyn Davies – 6 Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’: No. 6, Is My Team Ploughing? (03:51)
1-21. Iestyn Davies – 4 Traditional Songs: No. 1, A Brisk Young Lad (01:50)
1-22. Iestyn Davies – 4 Traditional Songs: No. 2, Searching for Lambs (02:23)
1-23. Iestyn Davies – 4 Traditional Songs: No. 3, The Cruel Mother (05:49)
1-24. Iestyn Davies – 4 Traditional Songs: No. 4, The Bitter Withy (03:14)
1-25. Iestyn Davies – Coffee-Spoon Cavatina (02:22)