Songs for Peter Pears

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For a period of the 20th Century, due to his talent and association with Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears was perhaps the world’s most famous classical singer. Pears inspired Britten to create great works of art precisely because Pears was a compelling artist with an exceptional voice, an inquisitive mind, a knowledge of art, history, literature and poetry. They became a self-perpetuating duo, inspiring each other to even greater heights of artistry, technical ability, and emotional certainty. This album of works by Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Oldham, Richard Rodney Bennett and Geoffrey Bush is performed by tenor Robin Tritschler, who is joined by cellist Philip Higham, guitarist Sean Shibe and pianist Malcolm Martineau.

Praise for Robin Tritschler and Malcolm Martineau:

★★★★★ Performance, ★★★★★ Recording “[The artists] give the music a strong perspective of their own. With lyrical penetration, technical sovereignty, strong expressiveness and great clarity in both small and large details, they convey the music in the best possible way” – FONO FORUM

★★★★ Performance, ★★★★ Recording
“Robin Tritschler’s sweet-toned voice is a continual delight, as is Malcolm Martineau’s sparkling, pearly, luminous piano sound” – BBC Music Magazine

★★★★ “In the opening song and throughout the album one can hear the burnished tone and immaculate diction of Tritschler’s beautifully focused and projected light tenor and, as always, Malcolm Martineau’s piano playing is superb.” – Classical Source

THE BEST CLASSICAL ALBUMS OF 2024 “This is a powerful and rewarding release. The music, mostly accompanied by the excellent pianist Malcolm Martineau, is uniformly strong…I listened with plenty of pleasure, buoyed by Tritschler’s intelligence, the music, and its multiple shades of feeling” – The Times

 

SKU: SIGCD774

Robin Tritschler, Tenor

Philip Higham, Cello

Malcolm Martineau, Piano

Sean Shibe, Guitar


Release date: 14/06/24

Catalogue number: SIGCD774

Barcode: 635212077429

[01] Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: The half-moon westers low
[02] Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: The street sounds to the soldiers’ tread
[03] Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: He would not stay for me
[04] Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: Look not in my eyes
[05] Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: Because I liked you better
[06] Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: Rachel
[07] Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: Full Moon
[08] Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: All that’s past
[09] Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: The Moth
[10] Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: The Fleeting
[11] Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XVI
[12] Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXXI
[13] Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXX
[14] Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet LV
[15] Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXXVIII
[16] Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXXII
[17] Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXIV
[18] Five Chinese Lyrics: Under the Pondweed
[19] Five Chinese Lyrics: The Herd Boy’s Song
[20] Five Chinese Lyrics: Fishing
[21] Five Chinese Lyrics: The Pedlar of Spells
[22] Five Chinese Lyrics: A Gentle Wind
[23] Tom O’Bedlam’s Song
[24] Songs of the Zodiac: Aries: the Ram
[25] Songs of the Zodiac: Gemini: the Twins
[26] Songs of the Zodiac: Taurus: the Bull
[27] Songs of the Zodiac: Cancer: the Crab
[28] Songs of the Zodiac: Leo: the Lion
[29] Songs of the Zodiac: Virgo: the Virgin
[30] Songs of the Zodiac: Libra: the Scales
[31] Songs of the Zodiac: Scorpio: the Scorpion
[32] Songs of the Zodiac: Sagittarius: the Archer
[33] Songs of the Zodiac: Capricorn: the Goat
[34] Songs of the Zodiac: Aquarius: the Water-carrier
[35] Songs of the Zodiac: Pisces: the Fish

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