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| 1. Sappho: Prelude |
| 2. Sappho: Hymn To Aphrodite |
| 3. Sappho: 'I Loved Thee Once, Atthis, Long Ago' |
| 4. Sappho: Evening Song |
| 5. Sappho: 'Stand Face To Face, Friend' |
| 6. Sappho: 'The Moon Has Set' |
| 7. Sappho: 'Peer Of Gods He Seems' |
| 8. Sappho: 'In A Dream, I Spake' |
| 9. Sappho: Bridal Song |
| 10. Sappho: 'Muse Of The Golden Throne' |
| 11. Sapphic Poem |
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GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE 'This really is most welcome ... an intoxicating celebration of love in all its guises ... Sappho held me pretty spellbound, even on first acquaintance. No praise can be too high for Susan Bickley … [and] Tony Faulkner's stunningly natural engineering complements what is another triumphant addition to Hyperion's ongoing Bantock series' --Gramophone
'Susan Bickley sings this erotic and exotic music with intense fervour. The Sapphic Poem is a companion piece and equally luscious' --The Sunday Telegraph
'Susan Bickley sings this erotic and exotic music with intense fervour. The Sapphic Poem is a companion piece and equally luscious' --The Sunday Telegraph
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have heard. Bantock combines the melodic invention and grace of Tchaikovsky with the wistful Englishness of Delius or Vaughan Williams. Mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley is ravishing.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Chris Todhunter reviews this music perfectly and I can only echo every single word he says. If you thought Bantock was some kind of second-rate British composer of the early 20th century and this was going to be a turgid old pot-boiler you are about to be astonished at the foolishness of your preconceptions.
Tod Handley handles the RPO ravishingly and Susan Bickley is just absolutely stunningly perfect with each word clearly and lovingly audible.
Take the prologue for example: A quiet, deceptive beginning but about half-way through Bantock (and Handley's RPO) unleash an astonishing climax that lifts the listener off the seat. From then on right to the end, over 60 minutes later, you are transfixed to the exotic miasma of sound that emanates from the speakers.
It is an emotional journey of epic proportions. Bantock's "Das Lied Von der Erde"? Yes...and more so.
Tod Handley handles the RPO ravishingly and Susan Bickley is just absolutely stunningly perfect with each word clearly and lovingly audible.
Take the prologue for example: A quiet, deceptive beginning but about half-way through Bantock (and Handley's RPO) unleash an astonishing climax that lifts the listener off the seat. From then on right to the end, over 60 minutes later, you are transfixed to the exotic miasma of sound that emanates from the speakers.
It is an emotional journey of epic proportions. Bantock's "Das Lied Von der Erde"? Yes...and more so.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Hyperion's Bantock series is one of the jewels in thier crown and this CD is possibly the best of all. Bickley is marvellous in Sappho with every word beautifully enunciated and Julian Lloyd Webber gets right under the skin of Bantock's style in the superb Sapphic Poem for cello and orchestra. Vernon Handley conducts with his usual masterly flair.
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