Marcus Maroney asks:
>Is there a song cycle to words by Thomas Hardy (I believe written for D.
>Fischer-Dieskau but not the Songs & Proverbs of Blake Op 74)? I thought
>I saw someone program it here at Yale, but can't recall. If so, is there
>a recording?
Winter Words, op 52. Composed primarily for performance by Pears and
Britten, and recorded by them monaurally for Decca/London. Reissued in
Decca's Eclipse series in vile fake stereo.
Here's what my database tells me is on hand:
Britten Winter Words op 52 Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson
Hyperion CDA66209 21:40
Britten Winter Words op 52 Partridge, Ian and Jennifer
Enigma VAR1027 [no timing]
Britten Winter Words op 52 Pears/Britten
Decca ECS629 21:01 fake stereo
There are probably other recordings. AFAIK this is Britten's only
solo-voice Hardy setting.
John Wiser
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