Songs of Farewell

Album by Hubert Parry & Tenebrae & Nigel Short

Songs of Farewell is a cycle of six choral pieces by English composer Hubert Parry, composed in 1916. Scored for unaccompanied choir, the works employ late-Romantic harmonies, rich choral textures and contrapuntal writing, reflecting Parry's mature sacred and elegiac manner and occupying a late position in his output within the English choral tradition.
First released: June 2011

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Evening-Watch, op. 43 no. 1
    4:58
  2. 2.
    A Good-Night
    2:58
  3. 3.
    Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
    9:02
  4. 4.
    Funeral Ikos
    7:40
  5. 5.
    Songs of Farewell: I. My Soul, There Is a Country
    3:52
  6. 6.
    Songs of Farewell: II. I Know My Soul Hath Power to Know All Things
    2:03
  7. 7.
    Songs of Farewell: III. Never Weather-Beaten Sail
    3:21
  8. 8.
    Songs of Farewell: IV. There Is an Old Belief
    4:52
  9. 9.
    Songs of Farewell: V. At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
    7:26
  10. 10.
    Songs of Farewell: VI. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End
    10:58
  11. 11.
    They Are at Rest
    3:39
  12. 12.
    The Turtle Dove
    3:18
  13. 13.
    The Long Day Closes
    3:47
  14. 14.
    Rest
    3:51
  15. 15.
    Bring Us, O Lord God
    4:01

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