Songs & Proverbs of William Blake

Album by Benjamin Britten & Gerald Finley & Julius Drake

Songs and Proverbs of William Blake is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, composed in 1965. Scored for baritone and piano, the cycle sets Blake's poems and proverbs in a compact, often austere vocal sequence that alternates lyrical lines with stark, piano-driven textures and represents a late-period turn in Britten's output towards concentrated, introspective song forms.
First released: June 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Lemady
    1:21
  2. 2.
    She's Like the Swallow
    2:43
  3. 3.
    I Wonder as I Wander
    3:29
  4. 4.
    Tom Bowling
    5:39
  5. 5.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Proverb I
    1:05
  6. 6.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: London
    2:04
  7. 7.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Proverb II
    0:33
  8. 8.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: The Chimney-Sweeper
    2:14
  9. 9.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Proverb III
    0:42
  10. 10.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: A Poison Tree
    4:52
  11. 11.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Proverb IV
    0:57
  12. 12.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: The Tyger
    2:00
  13. 13.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Proverb V
    0:51
  14. 14.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: The Fly
    1:57
  15. 15.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Proverb VI
    1:30
  16. 16.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Ah, Sun-Flower
    2:56
  17. 17.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Proverb VII
    0:44
  18. 18.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Every Night and Every Morn
    3:14
  19. 19.
    Tit for Tat: A Song of Enchantment
    2:41
  20. 20.
    Tit for Tat: Autumn
    1:09
  21. 21.
    Tit for Tat: Silver
    2:02
  22. 22.
    Tit for Tat: Vigil
    1:58
  23. 23.
    Tit for Tat: Tit for Tat
    2:15
  24. 24.
    Um Mitternacht
    3:41
  25. 25.
    A Poison Tree
    3:06
  26. 26.
    Evening
    1:45
  27. 27.
    Morning
    1:06
  28. 28.
    Night
    1:53
  29. 29.
    David of the White Rock
    3:33
  30. 30.
    Greensleeves
    2:11
  31. 31.
    The Crocodile
    5:21
  32. 32.
    The Deaf Woman's Courtship
    1:31
  33. 33.
    Bird Scarer's Song
    1:02

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