Ivor Gurney was a poet as well as a composer and was accomplished in a number of musical genres including song. With his intuitive approach to poetry he selected texts widely, from contemporaries to ballads, Elizabethan and Jacobean poets, and even set his own lyrics. This wide-ranging selection includes his masterpieces – among them Sleep and Severn Meadows – with several songs heard in their first recording. Marcus Farnsworth, First Prize winner in the 2009 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, has been praised for his ‘superbly controlled baritone voice’ (Fanfare).
Gurney, Ivor
Yeats, William Butler - Lyricist
A First Volume of 10 Songs: No. 4. Down by the Salley Gardens
1 A First Volume of 10 Songs: No. 4. Down by the Salley Gardens 02:23
Gurney, Ivor
Shanks, Edward - Lyricist
A Fifth Volume of 10 Songs: No. 7. The Fields are Full
2 A Fifth Volume of 10 Songs: No. 7. The Fields are Full 01:50
Gurney, Ivor
Thomas, Edward - Lyricist
Adlestrop
3 Adlestrop 02:32
Gurney, Ivor
Graves, Robert - Lyricist
A Second Volume of 10 Songs: No. 8. Hawk and Buckle
4 A Second Volume of 10 Songs: No. 8. Hawk and Buckle 01:09
Gurney, Ivor
Thomas, Edward - Lyricist
In Memoriam, Easter 1915
5 In Memoriam, Easter 1915 01:39
Gurney, Ivor
Prewett, Frank - Lyricist
Voices of Women
6 Voices of Women 03:02
Gurney, Ivor
Yeats, William Butler - Lyricist
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
7 The Lake Isle of Innisfree 03:36
Gurney, Ivor
Masefield, John - Lyricist
The Halt of the Legion
8 The Halt of the Legion 02:43
Gurney, Ivor
Gurney, Ivor - Lyricist
A Fifth Volume of 10 Songs: No. 3. Severn Meadows
9 A Fifth Volume of 10 Songs: No. 3. Severn Meadows 01:55
Gurney, Ivor
Gibson, Wilfrid - Lyricist
A Second Volume of 10 Songs: No. 5. Blaweary
10 A Second Volume of 10 Songs: No. 5. Blaweary 01:50
Gurney, Ivor
Fletcher, John - Lyricist
5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4. Sleep
11 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4. Sleep 03:26
Gurney, Ivor
Gibson, Wilfrid - Lyricist
5 Songs: No. 5. Red Roses
12 5 Songs: No. 5. Red Roses 02:40
Gurney, Ivor
Thomas, Edward - Lyricist
A Third Volume of 10 Songs: No. 7. Snow
13 A Third Volume of 10 Songs: No. 7. Snow 02:31
Gurney, Ivor
Traditional - Lyricist
The Lawlands (Lowlands) of Holland (1st setting)
14 The Lawlands (Lowlands) of Holland (1st setting) 02:51
Gurney, Ivor
Belloc, Hilaire - Lyricist
Tarantella (1st version, 1921)
15 Tarantella (1st version, 1921) 03:30
Gurney, Ivor
Traditional - Lyricist
A Fifth Volume of 10 Songs: No. 9. The Twa Corbies
16 A Fifth Volume of 10 Songs: No. 9. The Twa Corbies 04:38
Gurney, Ivor
Jonson, Ben - Lyricist
Echo's Lament of Narcissus
17 Echo's Lament of Narcissus 03:42
Gurney, Ivor
de la Mare, Walter - Lyricist
The Ghost
18 The Ghost 04:37
Gurney, Ivor
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Lyricist
Kennst du das Land?
19 Kennst du das Land? 02:08
Gurney, Ivor
Brooke, Rupert - Lyricist
5 Songs of Rupert Brooke: No. 2. There's Wisdom in Women
20 5 Songs of Rupert Brooke: No. 2. There's Wisdom in Women 01:06
Gurney, Ivor
Gibson, Wilfrid - Lyricist
The Mugger's Song
21 The Mugger's Song 01:36
Gurney, Ivor
Bridges, Robert Seymour - Lyricist
Since Thou, O Fondest and Truest
22 Since Thou, O Fondest and Truest 02:33
Gurney, Ivor
Henley, William Ernest - Lyricist
The Sea is Full of Wandering Foam
23 The Sea is Full of Wandering Foam 02:04
Gurney, Ivor
Shakespeare, William - Lyricist
Come Away, Death
24 Come Away, Death 03:29
Gurney, Ivor
Watson, William - Lyricist
World Strangeness
25 World Strangeness 02:55
Gurney, Ivor
Gurney, Ivor - Lyricist
Western Sailors
26 Western Sailors 02:29
Total Playing Time: 01:08:54
