THE BLISS OF SOLITUDE
Richard Dowling tenor
Joanna Smith piano
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge
Words by A.E. Housman
1. On Wenlock Edge
2. From far, from eve and morning
3. Is my team ploughing
4. Oh, when I was in love with you
5. Bredon Hill
6. Clun
Two Pieces for Piano
7. The Lake in the Mountains
8. Prelude on Rhosymedre
ANDREW WRIGHT
The Bliss of Solitude
Words by William Wordsworth
9. A Sense Sublime
10. To a Butterfly
11. Song
12. Daffodils
13. Nature
14. To a Sky-Lark
ROGER QUILTER
Three Pieces for Piano, Op.16
15. Dance in the Twilight
16. Summer Evening
17. At a Country Fair
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op.6
Words by William Shakespeare
18. Come away, death
19. O Mistress mine
20. Blow, blow, thou winter wind
21. Music, when soft voices die (words by Shelley)
22. June (words by Nora Hopper)
Three Songs, Op.3
23. Love's Philosophy (words by Shelley)
24. Now sleeps the crimson petal (words by Tennyson)
25. Fill a glass with golden wine (words by W.E. Henley)
Recorded in Brentwood Cathedral, 8th+11th August & 15th October 2008
Engineer: David Wright
Producer: Roderick Elms
Total running time c. 74'
