Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs (1957)

00:00 - I. Infant Joy: Andante con moto 01:49 - II. A Poison Tree: Lento ma moderato 04:09 - III. The Piper: Allegro moderato 06:35 - IV. London: In Free Time 08:28 - V. The Lamb: Andante con moto 11:21 - VI. The Shepherd: Allegretto 12:12 - VII. Ah! Sun-Flower: Moderato 13:36 - VIII. Cruelty Has A Human Heart: Moderato 15:31 - IX. The Divine Image: Semplice 17:47 - X. Eternity: Andante sostenuto _____ Voice: Andreas Weller Oboe: Lajos Lencses Year of Recording: 2008 _____ “Ten Blake Songs is a song cycle for tenor or soprano voice and oboe composed over the Christmas period of 1957 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), for the 1958 film The Vision of William Blake by Guy Brenton for Morse Films. The first nine songs are from Songs of Innocence and of Experience by the English poet and visionary William Blake (1757–1827); the tenth (Eternity) is from Several Questions Answered (No1 & No2) from the poet’s notebook . The cycle is dedicated to the tenor Wilfred Brown and the oboist Janet Craxton. It was first p