The Power of Love: An English Songbook

~ Release by Alice Coote, Graham Johnson (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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1Love’s Old Sweet Song
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Love’s Old Sweet Song (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Graham Clifton Bingham (in 1884)
composer:
James Lynam Molloy (in 1884)
James Lynam Molloy4:17
2So We’ll Go No More A-Roving
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
So We'll Go No More a-Roving (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
George Gordon Byron (English poet, known as Lord Byron)
composer:
Maude Valérie White
Maude Valérie White4:32
3The Spring Has Come
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
The spring has come (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist and composer:
Maude Valérie White
Maude Valérie White2:34
4The Devout Lover
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
The Devout Lover (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Walter Herries Pollock
composer:
Maude Valérie White
Maude Valérie White4:11
5Speak, Music, op. 41 no. 2
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Speak, Music, op. 41 no. 2 (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Arthur Christopher Benson
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer)
part of:
Two Songs, op. 41
Edward Elgar3:15
6Pleading, op. 48 no. 1
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Pleading, op. 48 (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Arthur L. Salmon
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1908)
part of:
Works of Edward Elgar by opus number (number: op. 48)
Edward Elgar3:10
7Ah, Moon of My Delight
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
In a Persian Garden: No. 20. Ah, Moon of My Delight (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
عمر خیام
composer:
Liza Lehmann
translator:
Edward FitzGerald
part of:
In a Persian Garden
Liza Lehmann4:43
8Love, If You Knew the Light
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Love, If You Knew the Light (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Robert Browning (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Liza Lehmann
Liza Lehmann1:24
9The House of Life: No. 2. Silent Noon
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:42
10Almond, Wild Almond
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Almond, Wild Almond (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Herbert Trench
composer:
Graham Peel (composer, 1877-1937)
Graham Peel1:58
11The Country Lover: No. 4. The Early Morning
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
The Country Lover: No. 4. The Early Morning (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Hilaire Belloc (French-English writer)
composer:
Graham Peel (composer, 1877-1937)
part of:
The Country-Lover
Graham Peel1:39
12There Be None of Beauty’s Daughters, op. 24 no. 1
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
There Be None of Beauty's Daughters, op. 24 no. 1 (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
George Gordon Byron (English poet, known as Lord Byron)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer)
part of:
5 Songs, op. 24
Roger Quilter2:02
13Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3 no. 2
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3 no. 2 (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Lord Alfred Tennyson
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (from 1904 until 1905, in 1908)
is based on:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
part of:
3 Songs, op. 3
Roger Quilter2:24
14Love’s Philosophy, op. 3 no. 1
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Love’s Philosophy, op. 3 no. 1 (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Percy Bysshe Shelley
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer)
part of:
3 Songs, op. 3
Roger Quilter1:29
15The Power of Love
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Danish Folk-Music Settings: No. 4. The Power of Love (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (from 1922-09-03 until 1922-09-06)
Percy Grainger4:04
16Hypochondriacus
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Hypochondriacus (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Charles Lamb (essayist)
composer:
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (English composer)
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs1:39
17Pa’s Bank
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Pa’s Bank (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Edward Verrall Lucas
composer:
Liza Lehmann
Liza Lehmann1:31
18A Song of Shadows, op. 15 no. 3
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
3 Songs, op. 15: No. 3, “A Song of Shadows” (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Walter de la Mare
composer:
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (English composer) (in 1917-09)
part of:
3 Songs, op. 15
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs2:33
19Take, O Take Those Lips Away
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Saudades: 2. Take, o Take Those Lips Away (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1916)
part of:
Saudades
Peter Warlock1:59
20Three Belloc Songs: No. 2. The Night
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
The Night (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Hilaire Belloc (French-English writer)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1927)
part of:
Three Belloc Songs
Peter Warlock2:11
21Queen Anne
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Queen Anne (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer)
Peter Warlock0:51
22In Youth Is Pleasure
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
In youth is pleasure (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Robert Wever (English poet and dramatist of the sixteenth century)
composer:
Ernest John Moeran (English composer) (in 1925)
Ernest John Moeran2:29
23Goodnight to the Meadow
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Goodnight to the Meadow (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Robert Graves (English poet)
composer:
Ivor Gurney
Ivor Gurney1:18
24The Boat Is Chafing
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
The Boat Is Chafing (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
John Davidson (Scottish poet)
composer:
Ivor Gurney
Ivor Gurney1:38
25Lights Out: No. 4. Lights Out
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Lights Out (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Edward Thomas (poet)
composer:
Ivor Gurney
Ivor Gurney4:02
26Twelve Songs, H 174, op. 48: No. 9. Journey’s End
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, op. 48, H. 174: 9. Journey's end (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Humbert Wolfe (Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1929)
part of:
Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, op. 48, H. 174 (for voice and piano)
Gustav Holst2:32
27Twelve Songs, H 174, op. 48: No. 12. Betelgeuse
recording engineer:
Julian Millard (engineer)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
piano:
Graham Johnson (pianist) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
recording of:
Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, op. 48, H. 174: 12. Betelgeuse (from 2010-12-14 until 2010-12-17)
lyricist:
Humbert Wolfe (Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1929)
part of:
Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, op. 48, H. 174 (for voice and piano)
Gustav Holst3:56

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photography:Malcolm Crowthers (photographer)
Benjamin Ealovega
liner notes:Graham Johnson (pianist)
executive producer:Simon Perry (Hyperion classical music producer)
booklet editor:Tim Parry (liner notes editor for classical music, mainly on the label Hyperion)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/11015588 [info]
ASIN:UK: B006FNN6KW [info]
discography entry:https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67888 [info]
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