Rebecca Clarke – Complete Songs Kitty Whately, Nicholas Phan, Anna Tilbrook

• Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979): Greeting:
• 1 Clarke: Greeting 01:29
• 2 Songs:
• 2 Clarke: 2 Songs: No. 1, Shy One 01:32
• A Dream:
• 3 Clarke: A Dream 02:15
• 2 Songs:
• 4 Clarke: 2 Songs: No. 2, The Cloths of Heaven 02:10
• One That Is Ever Kind "The Folly of Being Comforted":
• 5 Clarke: One That Is Ever Kind "The Folly of Being Comforted" 02:54
• Down by the Salley Gardens (Version for Tenor and Violin):
• 6 Clarke: Down by the Salley Gardens (Version for Tenor and Violin) 01:52
• June Twilight:
• 7 Clarke: June Twilight 02:41
• The Seal Man (Arr. for Mezzo Soprano, Piano and Violin by Max Baillie, Myra Lin and Anna Tilbrook):
• 8 Clarke: The Seal Man (Arr. for Mezzo Soprano, Piano and Violin by Max Baillie, Myra Lin and Anna Tilbrook) 05:30
• Oh, Dreaming World:
• 9 Clarke: Oh, Dreaming World 02:56
• Up-Hill:
• 10 Clarke: Up-Hill 03:58
• Sleep:
• 11 Clarke: Sleep 02:27
• Spirits:
• 12 Clarke: Spirits 03:05
• Shiv, Who Poured the Harvest "Shiv and the Grasshopper":
• 13 Clarke: Shiv, Who Poured the Harvest "Shiv and the Grasshopper" 01:53
• Chanson:
• 14 Clarke: Chanson 02:10
• Three Old English Songs:
• 15 Clarke: Three Old English Songs: I. It was a Lover and his Lass 02:21
• 16 Clarke: Three Old English Songs: II. Phillis on the new made Hay 02:25
• 17 Clarke: Three Old English Songs: III. The Tailor and the Mouse 01:59
• Vor der Ture schlaft der Baum:
• 18 Clarke: Vor der Ture schlaft der Baum 02:44
• Du:
• 19 Clarke: Du 03:38
• Oh Welt:
• 20 Clarke: Oh Welt 01:45
• Nach einem Regen:
• 21 Clarke: Nach einem Regen 01:46
• Vergissmeinnicht:
• 22 Clarke: Vergissmeinnicht 01:37
• Das Ideal:
• 23 Clarke: Das Ideal 03:20
• The Cherry-Blossom Wand:
• 24 Clarke: The Cherry-Blossom Wand 03:12
• The Donkey:
• 25 Clarke: The Donkey 02:32
• The Aspidistra:
• 26 Clarke: The Aspidistra 01:56
• Ah for the Red Spring Rose:
• 27 Clarke: Ah for the Red Spring Rose 02:08
• God Made a Tree
• 28 Clarke: God Made a Tree 02:24
• Binnorie:
• 29 Clarke: Binnorie: A Ballad (Arr. for Mezzo Soprano, Piano and Violin by Max Baillie, Myra Lin and Anna Tilbrook) 13:38
• Weep You No More, Sad Fountains:
• 30 Clarke: Weep You No More, Sad Fountains 02:07
• Come, Oh Come, My Life's Delight:
• 31 Clarke: Come, Oh Come, My Life's Delight 01:35
• A Psalm of David, When He Was in the Wilderness of Judah:
• 32 Clarke: A Psalm of David, When He Was in the Wilderness of Judah 04:51
• Magna est veritas:
• 33 Clarke: Magna est veritas 01:52
• Take, O Take Those Lips Away:
• 34 Clarke: Take, O Take Those Lips Away 02:37
• Cradle Song:
• 35 Clarke: Cradle Song 02:49
• Infant Joy:
• 36 Clarke: Infant Joy 01:12
• Tiger, Tiger (Version for Mezzo Soprano and Piano):
• 37 Clarke: Tiger, Tiger (Version for Mezzo Soprano and Piano) 04:21
• Eight O'Clock:
• 38 Clarke: Eight O'Clock 02:25
• The Moving Finger Writes:
• 39 Clarke: The Moving Finger Writes 01:40
• Lethe:
• 40 Clarke: Lethe 02:56
• Return of Spring:
• 41 Clarke: Return of Spring 01:53
• Tears:
• 42 Clarke: Tears 01:21
• The Color of Life:
• 43 Clarke: The Color of Life 02:14
• Klage:
• 44 Clarke: Klage 02:09
• Manche Nacht:
• 45 Clarke: Manche Nacht 03:23
• Aufblick:
• 46 Clarke: Aufblick 02:28
• Durch die Nacht:
• 47 Clarke: Durch die Nacht 01:47
• Wanderers Nachtlied:
• 48 Clarke: Wanderers Nachtlied 01:54
• Stimme im Dunkkeln:
• 49 Clarke: Stimme im Dunkkeln 02:45
• Nacht fur Cacht:
• 50 Clarke: Nacht fur Cacht 02:22
• Daybreak:
• 51 Clark: Daybreak 02:38
• Down by the Salley Gardens (Version for Mezzo Soprano and Piano):
• 52 Clarke: Down by the Salley Gardens (Version for Mezzo Soprano and Piano) 01:53
• Three Irish Country Songs:
• 53 Clarke: Three Irish Country Songs: No. 1, I know my love 01:53
• 54 Clarke: Three Irish Country Songs: No. 2, I know where I'm goin' 02:19
• 55 Clarke: Three Irish Country Songs: No. 3, As I was going to Ballynure 01:46
• Away, Delights!:
• 56 Clark: Away, Delights! 02:46
• Hymn to Pan:
• 57 Clarke: Hymn to Pan 02:35
• Total Runtime 02:30:48

Info zu Rebecca Clarke – Complete Songs

Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) komponierte während ihrer gesamten Karriere Vokalkammermusik, angefangen mit Wandrers Nachtlied, ihrer ersten vollendeten Komposition aus dem Jahr 1903, bis hin zu ihrer Überarbeitung von Lethe im Winter 1976 / 77. Zusammengenommen bilden ihre Lieder und Duette einen der größten und markantesten Beiträge zum Vokalrepertoire des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Ein Großteil von Clarkes Vokalmusik wurde bereits aufgenommen, aber das vorliegende Album vereint alles unter einem Dach, einschließlich einer vollständigen Übersicht über die frühen Lieder (nur Tears wurde zuvor aufgenommen) und Erstaufnahmen von Weep You No More, Sad Fountains in seiner ursprünglichen Soloversion und dem epischen Binnorie: A Ballad. Es würde eine umfangreiche Abhandlung erfordern, um auch nur ansatzweise den Reichtum dieser Werke darzustellen oder ihre Geschichte zu skizzieren. Glücklicherweise sprechen Clarkes Werke so eindrucksvoll für sich selbst, dass nur wenige Hintergrundinformationen notwendig sind.

Kitty Whately, Mezzosopran
Gweneth Ann Rand, Sopran
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Roderick Williams, Bariton
Anna Tilbrook, Klavier
Max Baillie, Violine

Kitty Whately
is one of the UK’s most characterful mezzo sopranos of the operatic stage and concert platform, and a highly acclaimed interpreter particularly of contemporary opera and art song. She has performed leading roles in world and UK premieres of opera by Mark Anthony Turnage, Missy Mazzoli, Mark Adamo and Vasco Mandonça, alongside song cycles written especially for her by Jonathan Dove, Sally Beamish, Steven Hough, Juliana Hall and Tarik O’Regan. She has received critical acclaim for performances of opera by Benjamin Britten and Bernard Hermann, as well as a huge variety of roles from the core canon of classical opera.

As a past winner of the Kathleen Ferrier award, and former BBC New Generation Artist, Kitty is in high demand as a recitalist and concert artist. She has sung with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and her frequent performances with the BBC orchestras include De Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat (BBC National Orchestra of Wales), her BBC Proms debut in Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Suite from Act II of Caroline Mathilde, as well as recordings of Ravel’s Sheherazade with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne with John Wilson and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter with BBC Concert Orchestra. Recent concert performances have included Mahler Das Lied von der Erde at the Mizmorim Festival in Basel, The Dream of Gerontius with Crouch End Festival Chorus at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony with the orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Symphony Orchestra of Chetham’s School of Music. Kitty regularly performs recital programmes in all the major chamber venues in the UK, partnering most often with Simon Lepper, Joseph Middleton, and Anna Tilbrook, among many others. Kitty makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 3, in concert and in recordings made for Radio 3’s Composer of The Week series. She features on several discs of song, including three solo albums, as well as collaborations with other singers including Roderick Williams, Mary Bevan and Gareth Brynmor John. Kitty is the co-founder of the charity SWAP’ra (Supporting Women And Parents in Opera).

Nicholas Phan
Described by The Boston Globe as “one of the world’s most remarkable singers,” Grammy Award–winning tenor Nicholas Phan is widely recognized as an artist of distinction. With a remarkably diverse repertoire spanning nearly five centuries, he performs regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies. A dedicated recitalist and passionate champion of art song and vocal chamber music, Phan has appeared on leading recital series and chamber music stages, including Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Performances, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In 2010, he co-founded Art Song Chicago, an organisation committed to promoting this underrepresented repertoire, where he continues to serve as Artistic Director.

A celebrated recording artist, Phan won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for his recording of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony. His album, A Change Is Gonna Come, was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. His previous albums, Stranger: Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly, Clairières, and Gods and Monsters, were nominated for the same award in 2023, 2020 and 2017. He is the first singer of Asian descent to be nominated in the history of the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category, which has been awarded by the Recording Academy since 1959.

Sought after as a curator and programmer, in addition to his work as artistic director of Art Song Chicago, Phan is the host and creator of BACH 52, a web series examining the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He has created programs for broadcast on WFMT and WQXR and has also served as guest curator for projects with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Bravo! Vail Music Festival, San Francisco Opera Center, and San Francisco Performances, where he served as the vocal artist-in-residence from 2014-2018. Phan’s programs often examine themes of identity, highlight unfairly underrepresented voices from history, and strive to underline the relevance of music from all periods to the currents of the present day.

Anna Tilbrook
is one of Britain’s most exciting pianists, with a considerable reputation in song recitals and chamber music. She made her debut at Wigmore Hall in 1999 and has since become a regular performer at Europe’s major concert halls and festivals, as well as coaching regularly for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

Anna has collaborated with many leading singers and instrumentalists including James Gilchrist, Lucy Crowe, Sarah Tynan, Emma Bell, Willard White, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, Chris Maltman, Ian Bostridge, Barbara Bonney, Victoria Simmonds, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies, Natalie Clein, Nick Daniel, Adrian Brendel and Jack Liebeck. For Welsh National Opera she has accompanied Angela Gheorghiu, Jose Carreras and Bryn Terfel in televised concerts.

With tenor James Gilchrist she has made acclaimed recordings of 20th-century English song for Linn Records, including Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge (a finalist in the Gramophone Awards 2008), the cycles for tenor and piano by Gerald Finzi and most recently, songs by Britten and Leighton. For Chandos, James and Anna recorded a disc of Songs by Lennox Berkeley. In 2009 they embarked on a series of recordings for Orchid Classics of the Schubert Song Cycles and their disc of Die schöne Müllerin received great critical acclaim and was Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, November 2009. Recently released is Schubert’s Schwanengesang along with Beethoven’s An die Ferne Geliebte and Winterreise. With String Quartets such as the Fitzwilliam, Elias and Sacconi, she has performed Shostakovich’s chamber music throughout the UK, Mozart Piano Concertos K414 and K415 and the Elgar Piano Quintet.

Anna is also in demand as a repetiteur, continuo player and vocal coach, working for companies including the Royal Opera, Royal Ballet, Aldeburgh Festival and the London Symphony Orchestra and conductors including Sir Charles Mackerras, Vasily Petrenko, Harry Christophers and Edward Gardner. For the 2006 Buxton Festival she made her conducting debut, directing Telemann’s Pimpinone from the harpsichord.

Born in Hertfordshire, Anna studied music at York University and at the Royal Academy of Music with Julius Drake, where she was awarded a Fellowship and in 2009 became an Associate. She also won many major international accompaniment prizes including the AESS Blüthner prize and the award for an outstanding woman musician from the Royal Overseas League Society of Woman Musicians. She now lives in London.

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