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Simon Keenlyside, Malcolm Martineau - Simon Keenlyside: Songs of War (2011)

Simon Keenlyside, Malcolm Martineau - Simon Keenlyside: Songs of War (2011)
  • Title: Simon Keenlyside: Songs of War
  • Year Of Release: 2011
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 01:13:00
  • Total Size: 276 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Sea Fever - 00:02:19
02. Into My Heart An Air That Kills - 00:01:31
03. Youth and Love - 00:03:16
04. The Infinite Shining Heavens - 00:02:14
05. Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad) - 00:02:28
06. When I was One-and-Twenty (A Shropshire Lad) - 00:01:21
07. Look not in my Eyes (A Shropshire Lad) - 00:01:59
08. Think no more, Lad (A Shropshire Lad) - 00:01:27
09. The Lads in their hundreds (A Shropshire Lad) - 00:02:15
10. Is my Team Ploughing? (A Shropshire Lad) - 00:03:17
11. There Pass the Careless People - 00:01:11
12. The Night - 00:01:57
13. White in the Moon - 00:02:46
14. Bredon Hill - 00:04:20
15. O Fair Enough are Sky and Plain - 00:02:28
16. When the Lad for Longing Sighs - 00:01:39
17. On the Idle Hill of Summer - 00:02:58
18. With Rue my Heart is laden - 00:01:36
19. The Vagabond - 00:01:48
20. The Three Ravens - 00:03:23
21. Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun - 00:05:01
22. Thy Hand in Mine - 00:02:54
23. The Vagabond (Songs of Travel) - 00:03:12
24. An Incident (War Scenes) - 00:01:56
25. When Death to Either Shall Come - 00:01:20
26. In Flanders - 00:02:50
27. The Street Sounds to the Soldiers' Tread - 00:02:05
28. Beat! Beat! Drums! - 00:03:18
29. Dirge for Two Veterans - 00:04:11

Performers:
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Songs of War is a very personal selection of songs about war, carefully chosen by Simon Keenlyside. The songs contemplate the innermost thoughts of soldiers on the front lines, concentrating on themes of homesickness, longing, fear and love.

Simon Keenlyside has provided the sleeve notes himself for this album, displaying his own personal thoughts on the compositions, poetry and subject matter. The album’s cover image, provided by the Imperial War Museum, is a photograph of a soldier from WW1 writing a letter home, reflecting the album’s themes of longing and homesickness. Full song texts are included in the booklet.




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