Wigmore Hall

Complete CD Track Listing

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
01 Maigesang [2.15]
02 Adelaide [5.42]
03 Marmotte [1.15]
04 L'amante impatiente [1.35]
05 Der Kuß [2.14]

HUGO WOLF
06 Harfnerspieler I [3.59]
07 Harfnerspieler III [2.40]
08 Harfnerspieler II [3.00]
09 Anakreons Grab [2.42]
10 Wie viele Zeit verlor ich, dich zu lieben [1.23]
11 Schon streckt ich aus [1.42]
12 Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen kam [1.29]

GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
13 Poetry from A Shropshire Lad (read) [0.57]
14 Loveliest of trees [2.36]
15 Poetry from A Shropshire Lad (read) [1.21]
16 When I was one-and-twenty [1.25]
17 Look not in my eyes [2.08]
18 Poetry from A Shropshire Lad (read) [0.34]
19 Think no more, lad [1.12]
20 Poetry from A Shropshire Lad (read) [0.44]
21 The lads in their hundreds [2.09]
22 Poetry from A Shropshire Lad (read) [0.51]
23 Is my team ploughing? [3.36]

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
24 Let beauty awake [1.49]
25 The roadside fire [2.14]
26 The infinite shining heavens [2.19]

FRANK BRIDGE
27 So perverse [1.16]
28 Adoration [2.44]
29 The Devon maid [1.38]

Encore
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
30 Silent noon [4.26]

Total Time: 65.27

Further Information

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

“Whether he sings or speaks, Allen’s ability to penetrate meaning is total. Essential for Allen devotees, and a great introduction to early 20th-century English song” The Times

“Thomas Allen is already on my desert island. The central performance of his March recital, a half-recited, half-sung rendering of A Shropshire Lad, is already an archive treasure” BBC Music Magazine

“The indomitable Thomas Allen is captured live to fascinating effect on the Wigmore’s own label … Allen’s accounts are full of personality and nuance, and Martineau’s playing is exquisite” Classic FM Magazine