{"product_id":"881880","title":"Andrew Watts \/ Iain Burnside - A Countertenor Songbook [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album brings together the works of seven very different composers in a single songbook. Most of the pieces were written specially for countertenor Andrew Watts, who has championed contemporary music for the thirty years he has been singing professionally.  He has established a reputation for being one of the foremost operatic countertenors of his generation and has appeared on opera and concert platforms throughout the world.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two most senior composers on this recording link back to Andrew at the start of his career. His school music master Neville Bower (1934-2007) set three poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence specially for Andrew, and when Andrew was an emerging singer, Michael Tippett (1905\\u20131998) coached him on his song cycle Songs for Ariel, written for an Old Vic production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Matthews (b1946) has long been fascinated with nineteenth-century French poets and the fin-de-si\\xe8cle sound and in his song cycle Un Colloque Sentimental uses poems by Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire and Gerard de Nerval. Michael Finnissy (b1946) chooses German dramatist Georg B\\xfcchner as his inspiration, setting extracts from Woyzeck and Lenz.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKings, knights and troubadours are the themes explored in the recent works written for Andrew by Joe Cutler (b1968), Tansy Davies (b1973) and Raymond Yiu (b1973), and there is an extra piece by Raymond Yiu; a piano and countertenor arrangement of the fifth movement of his Symphony for countertenor and orchestra.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Watts writes: 'I am indebted to all of the composers featured on this recording for their kindness over the years and for agreeing to be a part of this journey. From a last-minute coaching session at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Tippett in 1986 to a random drink at Dartington in 2013 with Joe Cutler, this recording also charts the incredible serendipity and bringing together of people through music.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Tippett: Songs for Ariel I Come unto these yellow sands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Tippett: Songs for Ariel II Full fathom five\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Tippett: Songs for Ariel III Where the bee sucks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Finnissy: Dann nicht zu fragen I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Finnissy: Dann nicht zu fragen II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Cutler: Song for Arthur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Yiu: Forget-Me-Not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTansy Davies: Song of Pure Nothingness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeville Bower: Songs of Innocence Op.46 I Infant Joy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeville Bower: Songs of Innocence Op.46 II Piping Down the Valley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeville Bower: Songs of Innocence Op.46 III Little Lamb\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Yiu: Symphony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Matthews: Un Colloque Sentimental I Colloque Sentimental, 1ere Partie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Matthews: Un Colloque Sentimental II Le Jet d'Eau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Matthews: Un Colloque Sentimental III Que diras-tu ce soir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Matthews: Un Colloque Sentimental IV Intermezzo: Une Alle du Luxembourg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Matthews: Un Colloque Sentimental V Colloque Sentimental, 2ere Partie\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55138066596225,"sku":"881880","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51Xj20tFOoL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767327813","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/881880","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}