William Walton: Facade – Carole Boyd

Facade I (21 Songs für Sprecher und Instrumente)
Fanfare
Nr. 1 Hornpipe
Nr. 2 En famille
Nr. 3 Mariner man
Nr. 4 Long steel grass
Nr. 5 Through gilded trellises
Nr. 6 Tango-Pasadoble
Nr. 7 Lullaby for Jumbo
Nr. 8 Black Mrs Behemoth
Nr. 9 Tarantella
Nr. 10 A man from a far countree
Nr. 11 By the lake
Nr. 12 Country dance
Nr. 13 Polka
Nr. 14 Four in the morning
Nr. 15 Something lies beyond the scene
Nr. 16 Valse
Nr. 17 Jodelling song
Nr. 18 Scotch rhapsody
Nr. 19 Popular song
Nr. 20 Fox-trot “Old Sir Faulk”
Nr. 21 Sir Beelzebub
Frankly speaking. Dame Edith Sitwell interviewed by Paul Dehn, Lionel Hale and Margaret Lane
Introduction… “what is the most beautiful line of poetry?”
Personal appearance
“…the technical side of your poetry…”
Facade
Thoughts on her early work
The Sitwell siblings… Childhood
Other poets… Poetry’s position in the world
Childhood reading
Facade again
Writing film scripts… America
Parental influence and childhood
Worst faults… Battles against injustice… The aims of poetry

Carole Boyd, Zeb Soanes, Ensemble directed by John Wilson

Reference: 0100067ORC
Barcode: 5060189560677
Length: 1:04:28
Label: Orchid Classics