This lovely album has links to two ongoing but unnamed ‘series’ from Metier Records: new British music of traditional, lyrical and Romantic nature, and the city of Manchester, hotbed of talent in all areas of new music from the lyrical to the extreme avant-garde. We present three substantial song cycles, which from their titles can be seen clearly inspired by Nature; folk song arrangements, and two non-vocal items: a cello solo and a recorder concerto. Internationally acclaimed tenor James Gilchrist is perfect for these songs and the instrumentalists are drawn from Northern England’s finest.
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Nicholas Marshall:
- The Birds – No. 1 – Proud Songsters (1:21)
- The Birds – No. 2 – The Birds (1:54)
- The Birds – No. 3 – Leda and the Swan (1:44)
- The Birds – No. 4 – Boys Then and Now (0:58)
- The Birds – No. 5 – Snow (2:06)
- The Birds – No. 6 – The Owl (1:20)
- The Birds – No. 7 – The Swan (3:59)
- Plaint (3:28)
- The Falling of the Leaves – I. The White Birds (2:24)
- The Falling of the Leaves – II. The Host of the Air (2:30)
- The Falling of the Leaves – III. The Lover tells of the Rose in his Heart (1:44)
- The Falling of the Leaves – IV. The Fiddler of Dooney (1:24)
- The Falling of the Leaves – V. The Falling of the Leaves (1:49)
- The Falling of the Leaves – VI. He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (2:36)
- Concerto for Recorder and String Quartet – I. Animato (6:47)
- Concerto for Recorder and String Quartet – II. Molto adagio (4:41)
- Concerto for Recorder and String Quartet – III. Molto vivace (3:42)
- Music in the Wood – No. 1 Music in the Wood (1:47)
- Music in the Wood – No. 2 The Spinner (1:25)
- Music in the Wood – No. 3 You in Anger (1:24)
- Music in the Wood – No. 4 Nocturnal (2:28)
- Music in the Wood – No. 5 Catullus to Lesbia (1:22)
- Music in the Wood – No. 6 Walters of Life (2:19)
- Three Short Songs – No. 1 Ultimate (1:59)
- Three Short Songs – No. 2 The World State (1:06)
- Three Short Songs – No. 3 The Holy of Holies (2:07)
- The Nightingale (5:02)
- Four Folk Songs – No. 1 The Brisk Young Widow (1:27)
- Four Folk Songs – No. 2 Ye Banks and Braes (1:53)
- Four Folk Songs – No. 3 Ca’ the Yowes (2:56)
- Four Folk Songs – No. 4 Soldier, Soldier (1:57)
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The Birds – No. 1 – Proud Songsters (1:21)
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The Birds – No. 2 – The Birds (1:54)
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The Birds – No. 3 – Leda and the Swan (1:44)
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The Birds – No. 4 – Boys Then and Now (0:58)
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The Birds – No. 5 – Snow (2:06)
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The Birds – No. 6 – The Owl (1:20)
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The Birds – No. 7 – The Swan (3:59)
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Plaint (3:28)
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The Falling of the Leaves – I. The White Birds (2:24)
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The Falling of the Leaves – II. The Host of the Air (2:30)
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The Falling of the Leaves – III. The Lover tells of the Rose in his Heart (1:44)
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The Falling of the Leaves – IV. The Fiddler of Dooney (1:24)
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The Falling of the Leaves – V. The Falling of the Leaves (1:49)
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The Falling of the Leaves – VI. He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (2:36)
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Concerto for Recorder and String Quartet – I. Animato (6:47)
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Concerto for Recorder and String Quartet – II. Molto adagio (4:41)
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Concerto for Recorder and String Quartet – III. Molto vivace (3:42)
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Music in the Wood – No. 1 Music in the Wood (1:47)
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Music in the Wood – No. 2 The Spinner (1:25)
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Music in the Wood – No. 3 You in Anger (1:24)
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Music in the Wood – No. 4 Nocturnal (2:28)
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Music in the Wood – No. 5 Catullus to Lesbia (1:22)
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Music in the Wood – No. 6 Walters of Life (2:19)
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Three Short Songs – No. 1 Ultimate (1:59)
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Three Short Songs – No. 2 The World State (1:06)
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Three Short Songs – No. 3 The Holy of Holies (2:07)
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The Nightingale (5:02)
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Four Folk Songs – No. 1 The Brisk Young Widow (1:27)
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Four Folk Songs – No. 2 Ye Banks and Braes (1:53)
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Four Folk Songs – No. 3 Ca' the Yowes (2:56)
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Four Folk Songs – No. 4 Soldier, Soldier (1:57)













