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CD edition of Excalibur Voices' recording And The Blackbird Sang in collaboration with EM Records, featuring rarely performed music by British composers, including multiple world première recordings.
Excalibur Voices: And The Blackbird Sang
Music includes:
- Gustav Holst part songs
- the Song of Proserpine by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Magdalen at Michael’s Gate by Sir Henry Walford Davies
- three songs by Herbert Howells, including the world première recording of Creep Afore Ye Gang
- A Rose for Lidice by Alan Rawsthorne
- two songs by John Ireland (world premières) for upper voices accompanied by piano
- world première recordings of Bainton’s In Youth Is Pleasure and Abou Ben Adhem
- world première recordings of Songs of Escape by Robin Milford
Excalibur Voices is directed by Duncan Aspden
Piano: Anna Markland
Soloists: Clare Kirk, Liz Jestico, Matt Pope, Tom Brockington
Producer: Rupert Marshall-Luck
Engineer: Oscar Torres
Issued by EM Records
CDs will be dispatched by the end of May 2025. Shipping fees charged, but you may choose to pickup for free if you know a member of the choir or are coming to one of our concerts.
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