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Sappho
Prelude and Nine Fragments for mezzo soprano and orchestra
- Prelude [10'40]
- I Hymn to Aphrodite [7'16]
- II 'I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago' [6'33]
- III Evening Song [2'17]
- IV 'Stand face to face, friend' [8'06]
- V 'The moon has set' [5'52]
- VI 'Peer of gods he seems' [4'13]
- VII 'In a dream, I spake' [4'23]
- VIII Bridal Song [4'40]
- IX 'Muse of the golden throne' [5'28]
- Sapphic Poem [14'57]
for cello and orchestra
Recorded on 10, 11 February, 10 May 1997
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
MARTIN COMPTON
Cover Design
TERRY SHANNON
Booklet Editor
NICK FLOWER
Executive Producers
EDWARD PERRY
SIMON PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVII
Duration: 75mins 20secs
Front illustration: Lesbia (1878) by
John Reinhold Weguelin (1849-1927)
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