The composer and soprano Liza Lehmann played a key role in revitalising English song, writing several hundred vocal works. Acclaimed in concert halls around the world, she collaborated with the greatest musicians of her time and enjoyed a resounding success at the turn of the 20th century. Surrounded by distinguished performers, Lucile Richardot and Anne de Fornel invite us to discover some of ther most beautiful pieces, including mnay perviously unrecorded songs.
1 Evensong
2 The Lake Isle of Innisfree
3 Dusk in the Valley
4 Breton Folk-Songs: No. 2, I dreamt my love was singing
5 Echoes
6 How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps Upon This Bank
7 In the Watches of the Night
8 Morning
9 A Bird in the Sky
10 The Guardian Angel
11 By the Lake
12 You and I
13 Good Morning, Brother Sunshine!
14 The Daisy-Chain: No. 4, If no one ever marries me
15In a Persian Garden: No. 20, Ah! Moon of my Delight (Transc. for Violin and Piano by Liza Lehmann)