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Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: III. Messalina

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On Benjamin Britten: Song Cycles

2021 · 23 tracks

01Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: I. Prologue1:55
02Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: II. Rats away!4:26
03Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: III. Messalina6:33
04Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: IV. Hawing for the partridge (Dance of Death)5:58
05Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: V. Epilogue6:46
06On This Island, Op. 11: I. Let the florid music praise!3:53
07On This Island, Op. 11: II. Now the leaves are falling fast2:02
08On This Island, Op. 11: III. Seascape (‘For Kit Welford’)2:10
09On This Island, Op. 11: IV. Nocturne4:05
10On This Island, Op. 11: V. As it is plenty1:39
11A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: I. A Cradle Song2:16
12A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: II. A Highland Balou1:46
13A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: III. Sephestia's Lullaby2:04
14A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: IV. A Charm1:33
15A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: V. The Nurse's Song3:43
16Winter Words, Op. 52: I. At Day-Close in November1:43
17Winter Words, Op. 52: II. Midnight on the Great Western (or, The Journeying Boy)4:37
18Winter Words, Op. 52: III. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)2:04
19Winter Words, Op. 52: IV. The Little Old Table1:29
20Winter Words, Op. 52: V. The Choirmaster's Burial (or, The Tenor Man's Story)3:52
21Winter Words, Op. 52: VI. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales)1:12
22Winter Words, Op. 52: VII. At the Railway Station, Upway (or, The Convict and Boy with the Violin)2:46
23Winter Words, Op. 52: VIII. Before Life and After3:22