Various Composers - ELEGY (Mary Bevan; Joseph Middleton)

Information

1. Maurice Ravel - 2 Mélodies hébraïques, M. A22: No. 1, Kaddisch. Lent
2. Ernest Chausson - 7 Mélodies, Op. 2: No. 6, Hébé
3. Franz Schubert - Nachtstück, D. 672
4. Franz Schubert - Auflösung, D. 807
5. Franz Schubert - Die Junge Nonne, D. 828
6. Henry Purcell - An Evening Hymn, Z. 193 (Arr. for Soprano and Piano by Benjamin Britten)
7. Frank Bridge - Come to me in my dreams, H. 71
8. Gabriel Fauré - 3 Mélodies, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve
9. Clara Schumann - Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage
10. Johannes Brahms - 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121: No. 3, O Tod, wie bitter bist du. Grave
11. Errollyn Wallen - Peace on Earth
12. Robert Schumann - 6 Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90: No. 7, Requiem
13. Jeanne Landry - Amour comme un oiseau captif: No. 8, Mort quand tu me viendras prendre
14. Pauline Viardot - Lamento, VWV. 1139
15. Ralph Vaughan Williams - 4 Last Songs: No. 3, Tired
16. Edvard Grieg - 6 Lieder, Op. 48: No. 2, Dereinst, Gedanke mein. Molto Andante
17. Samuel Barber - Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 10, The Desire for Hermitage
18. Gustav Mahler - Rückert-Lieder: No. 3, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
19. Richard Strauss - 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen!

Mary Bevan, soprano

Joseph Middleton, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Signum Classics

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In her fifth recital album on Signum Records, celebrated soprano Mary Bevan returns with a selection of French songs, featuring works by composers including Britten, Ravel, Debussy and Faure.

Mary Bevan, MBE and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, is an acclaimed British soprano performing with leading opera houses and orchestras worldwide. At Covent Garden she has sung roles including Morgana (Alcina), Lila (The Firework-Maker’s Daughter), and Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), while highlights with ENO include Susanna, Eurydice, and Zerlina. International appearances span Opera di Roma, Zurich Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real, and the Bolshoi. A versatile concert artist, she has sung at Carnegie Hall, the Barbican, BBC Proms, and Wigmore Hall, and toured globally. Her extensive discography covers Handel, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, and French song. She holds the RPS Young Artist Award and Critics’ Circle Award.

Joseph Middleton (b. 1981) is a leading British pianist specializing in song accompaniment and chamber music, hailed as “the rightful heir to Gerald Moore” and “one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder.” He is Director of Leeds Lieder, Musician in Residence at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is also a Fellow. The first accompanist to win the RPS Young Artist Award, he performs worldwide at major venues including Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, Vienna Musikverein, Berlin BoulezSaal, Carnegie Hall, and BBC Proms. A frequent partner to renowned singers, he boasts an award-winning discography praised for imaginative programming.