Rubbra / Crowe / Farnsworth- Jade Mountain

?Whilst the English composer Edmund Rubbra is best known for his symphonic output, he composed a good deal of vocal music, and wrote songs throughout his compositional life. Rubbra studied with Cyril Scott and Gustav Holst, and was a great friend of his contemporary Gerald Finzi. The songs are notable for their variation in accompaniment (less than half are set for piano, the rest for harp, string quartet, string orchestra, or full orchestra). This album contains all his published songs with piano and harp accompaniment, and includes the first and last songs of the composer’s output. Lucy Crowe, Claire Barnett-Jones, and Marcus Farnsworth are the three singers on the album, Catrin Finch (harp) and Iain Burnside (piano) the accompanists. Timothy Ridout (viola) joins for the Two Sonnets by William Alabaster, Op. 87.

Tracklist:

1. Rosa mundi, Op. 2 from Four Short Songs for Medium Voice
2. Cradle Song, Op. 8 No. 1 from Four Short Songs for Medium Voice
3. Nod
4. Orpheus with His Lute, Op. 8 No. 2 from Four Short Songs for Medium Voice
5. Who Is Silvia?, Op. 8 No. 3
6. Out in the Dark, Op. 13 No. 1 for Voice and Piano
7. It Was a Lover, Op. 13 No. 3
8. Night, Op. 14 from Two Songs with Piano Accompaniment
9. Rune of Hospitality, Op. 15
10. Duan of Barra, Op. 20
11. Widow Bird Sate Mourning, Op. 28
12. Prayer, Op. 17 No. 1 from Two Songs with Piano Accompaniment
13. Two Songs, Op. 22~
14. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
15. Two Songs, Op. 22~
16. Why So Pale and Wan?
17. In Dark Weather, Op. 33
18. Invocation to Spring, Op. 17 No. 2 from Two Songs with Piano Accompaniment
19. Two Sonnets by William Alabaster, Op. 87~I. Upon the Crucifix
20. Two Sonnets by William Alabaster, Op. 87~II. On the Reed of Our Lord’s Passion
21. Two Songs, Op. 4~
22. The Mystery
23. Two Songs, Op. 4~
24. Jesukin
25. Hymn to the Virgin, Op. 13 No. 2 for Voice and Harp
26. Jade Mountain, Op. 116~I. A Night Thought on Terrace Tower
27. Jade Mountain, Op. 116~II. On Hearing Her Play the Harp
28. Jade Mountain, Op. 116~III. An Autumn Night Message
29. Jade Mountain, Op. 116~IV. A Song on the Southern River
30. Jade Mountain, Op. 116~V. Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest bound Homeward
31. Nocturne, Op. 54
32. Salve, Regina, Op. 119 for Low Voice and Piano
33. No Swan So Fine, Op. 91
34. Fly Envious Time, Op. 148
35. Three Psalms, Op. 61 for Low Voice and Piano~
36. Psalm
37. Largo
38. Three Psalms, Op. 61 for Low Voice and Piano~
39. Psalm 2
40. Andante semplice
41. Three Psalms, Op. 61 for Low Voice and Piano~
42. Psalm 15
43. Allegro risoluto – Pi mosso – Tempo I
44. Dear Liza, Op. 7