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Warlock, Peter (1894–1930) As ever I saw – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Anonymous An Old Song Mr Belloc’s Fancy – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Frederick Bye Captain Stratton’s Fancy – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Peter Hope Serenade (to Frederick Delius on his sixtieth birthday) Milkmaids – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Henry Geehl Adam lay ybounden – Arr. for Choir & Orchestra by Reginald Jacques Little Trotty Wagtail – Arr. for Choir & Orchestra by David Lane The Birds – Arr. for Choir & Orchestra by Anonymous The Countryman – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Gerrard Williams Yarmouth Fair – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Kenneth Regan Sorrow’s Lullaby One More River – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Anonymous Capriol Suite A Sad Song Pretty Ring Time The First Mercy – Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Raymond Bennell Fill The Cup, Philip – Arr. for Choir & Orchestra by John Mitchell & Fred Tomlinson The Cricketers of Hambledon – Arr. for Choir & Orchestra by John Mitchell & Fred Tomlinson The First Mercy – Arr. for Choir & Orchestra by William Davies Three carols Peter Warlock, Ernest John Moeran: Maltworms This important release by EM Records, including no fewer than seventeen world premiere recordings, contains all of Peter Warlock’s music which involves the use of an orchestra. Its title alludes to two of his compelling interests: beer, and the opposite sex. A third interest was the revival of old music, as characterised by his suiteCapriol, for which, alongside his beautiful carols and some of his solo songs, he is best known. Essentially a miniaturist, Warlock used an orchestra for ten other short works and a brass band for two more, all but two of them with voices. In addition, Warlock’s various publishers authorised the issue of orchestral accompaniments for at least ten of his songs by other orchestrators, though all of these remained in manuscript until the recent research for this disc by the Peter Warlock Society has led to their emergence. The works on this disc, largely composed in the 1920s, cover a wide range of moods, from the rumbustious tributes to drink inMr. Belloc’s FancyandCaptain Stratton’s Fancyto the sensibility ofThe First MercyandBalulalow. They illustrate Warlock’s links both with English folk song and with contemporary continental angular harmonic developments. Overall, the works of few twentieth century composers convey such a sense both of tenderness and of exuberant enjoyment. Reviews “McAteer is suitably hale and hearty in the rumbustious drinking-songs and Benjamin radiant in the more reflective numbers, whilst the BBC Singers bring real eloquence to the selection of carols. And the purely orchestral works (almost all with a pronounced French accent) are beautifully done, especially the Debussy-ish An Old Song and the Serenade composed for Delius’s sixtieth birthday, which sounds as if it could easily have sprung from the pen of its dedicatee. — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, August 2023 |
