Dreams All Too Brief
CD Program
| Part I. Day Turns to Night |
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| Sweet Day, So Cool | C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918) | |
| Good Night Thou Glorious Sun * | Henry Smart (1813-1879) | |
| To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water | Frederick Delius (1862-1934) | |
| A Cradle Song * | John Ireland (1879-1962) | |
Part II. Landscape of Dreams |
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| Serenade (Dreams All too Brief) | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Full Fathom Five * | Charles Wood (1866-1926) | |
| The Blue Bird | Charles V. Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| The Cloud-capp'd Towers | R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
Part III. Stillness and Death |
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| Nocturne * | Granville Bantock (1868-1946) | |
| The Shadows * | Herbert Howells (1892-1983) | |
| Crossing the Bar * | Henry Houseley (1851-1925) | |
| Lay a Garland | Robert L. de Pearsall (1795-1856) | |
Part IV. Songs of Farewell |
C. Hubert H. Parry |
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| 1. My soul, there is a country | ||
| 2. I know my soul hath power | ||
| 3. Never weather-beaten sail | ||
| 4. There is an old belief | ||
| 5. At the round Earth's imagined corners | ||
| 6. Lord, let me know mine end | ||
* Premier recording
Cover art: Windsor Park, near Bishopsgate, with a view of Windsor Castle (from a 19th century engraving)
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