Dutton's Her Song is a collection of British orchestral songs as performed by the outstanding English soprano Susan Gritton with a responsive and well-recorded accompaniment provided by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins. Gritton's bill of fare consists of a heady mix of art songs and arias from Edward Elgar, Hubert Parry, and John Ireland; single items by little known composers John Sanders and Eric Gritton -- her grandfather, it turns out -- round out the program. Gritton's singing is consistently strong ...
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Dutton's Her Song is a collection of British orchestral songs as performed by the outstanding English soprano Susan Gritton with a responsive and well-recorded accompaniment provided by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins. Gritton's bill of fare consists of a heady mix of art songs and arias from Edward Elgar, Hubert Parry, and John Ireland; single items by little known composers John Sanders and Eric Gritton -- her grandfather, it turns out -- round out the program. Gritton's singing is consistently strong throughout the program, with a clear and radiant tone, and her pronunciation is exquisite; although you can download the texts from Dutton's website, if you are an average English speaker you won't need them.Gritton is without a doubt the star of this show and the main reason to listen. Her Song contains the largest concentration of Elgar's orchestral songs on disc, and that is a mixed blessing; "Like to the Damask Rose"; the Song Cycle, Op. 59; and the two arias from Grania and Diarmid...
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Add this copy of Her Song: Orchestral Songs & Arias to cart. $28.38, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Dutton Vocalion.
