Elizabeth Llewellyn & Simon Lepper - Heart & Hereafter: Collected Songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (2021) [24/96]

Known for her vivid portrayals and full, distinctive voice, Elizabeth Llewellyn has established herself internationally as a dramatic and vocal artist of distinction. She has chosen to offer listeners something new by devoting her debut disc to the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, much of it never recorded before. Elizabeth Llewellyn is joined by pianist Simon Lepper, with whom she has collaborated closely in the development of this unique project. To poetry by Christina Rossetti, Coleridge-Taylor’s Six Sorrow Songs and A Lament are almost all world-premiere recordings. The Southern Love Songs evoke styles including Latin music and flamenco, and the African Romances, never recorded until now, are to words by African-American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar. Big Lady Moon is to poetry by West African polymath Kathleen Mary Easmon, and the sensuous Three Songs of Sun and Shade are followed by more previously-unreleased songs: A king there lived in Thule, Canoe Song and You’ll Love Me Yet. The recital ends with Life and Death, in which Coleridge-Taylor anticipates styles that would become popular two decades after his death. This was a composer ahead of his time who, at last, is starting to receive the recognition he deserves.

Tracklist:
1. 6 Sorrow Songs, Op. 57: No. 1, Oh, What Comes Over the Sea (01:33)
2. 6 Sorrow Songs, Op. 57: No. 2, When I Am Dead, My Dearest (02:19)
3. 6 Sorrow Songs, Op. 57: No. 3, Oh, Roses for the Flush of Youth (02:39)
4. 6 Sorrow Songs, Op. 57: No. 4, She Sat and Sang Alway (02:15)
5. 6 Sorrow Songs, Op. 57: No. 5, Unmindful of the Roses (02:07)
6. 6 Sorrow Songs, Op. 57: No. 6, Too Late for Love! (04:49)
7. Southern Love Songs, Op. 12 (Excerpts): No. 3, Minguillo (01:50)
8. Southern Love Songs, Op. 12 (Excerpts): No. 4, If Thou Art Sleeping, Maiden (01:03)
9. Southern Love Songs, Op. 12 (Excerpts): No. 2, Tears (02:23)
10. 7 African Romances, Op. 17: No. 1, An African Love Song (02:15)
11. 7 African Romances, Op. 17: No. 2, A Prayer (01:23)
12. 7 African Romances, Op. 17: No. 3, A Starry Night (01:01)
13. 7 African Romances, Op. 17: No. 4, Dawn (01:10)
14. 7 African Romances, Op. 17: No. 5, Ballad (02:37)
15. 7 African Romances, Op. 17: No. 6, Over the Hills (01:44)
16. 7 African Romances, Op. 17: No. 7, How Shall I Woo Thee (02:38)
17. 5 Fairy Ballads (Excerpts): No. 3, Big Lady Moon (02:07)
18. 5 Songs of Sun and Shade (Excerpts): No. 4, Thou Art Risen, My Beloved (02:16)
19. 5 Songs of Sun and Shade (Excerpts): No. 1, You Lay So Still in the Sunshine (02:52)
20. 5 Songs of Sun and Shade (Excerpts): No. 2, Thou Hast Bewitched Me, Beloved (01:32)
21. Faust, Op. 70: No. 4, A King There Lived in Thule (03:47)
22. A Lament (02:59)
23. 6 Songs, Op. 37 (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Piano): No. 2, Canoe Song (01:40)
24. 6 Songs, Op. 37 (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Piano): No. 1, You'll Love Me Yet (02:32)
25. Life and Death (01:51)


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