Peter Warlock: Songs Vol. 1 1911 - 1917: Medium Voice: Vocal Album

In this seventh volume of Warlock’s Choral works there is a mixture of work. The Full Heart sets poetry of Warlock’s friend Robert Nicholas and is written for eight-part Chorus with a Soprano solo. A Cornish Christmas Carol is one of two Cornish carols Warlock wrote. This one is for Chorus SATB with SA divisi and a solo Soprano moment toward the end. Corpus Christi written in 1919 requires contrAlto solo and Tenor solo from the choir with an extremely demanding part for the contrAltos. The three dirges All the Flowers of Spring Call for the Robin Redbreast and The Wren and The Shrouding of the Duchess of Malfi were originally published as a set but are performedseparately. The first is for mixed Chorus SATB the second SSAA and the third TTBB with a first Tenor line of almost unequalled challenge.Composer writer and musical scholar Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine) was active in the early decades of the twentieth century when he distinguished himself by his rediscovery and transcription of early English music his writing on Delius Gesualdo and other many other musicians and for his Choral works and songs among them the carol Bethlehem Down.

Volume Viii - Songs 1928-1930-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song.This the eighth volume focuses upon songs for the Medium Voice from the period 1928-1930. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With fifteen songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendousacquisition for any enthusiasts of English song.

Volume V - Songs 1923-1928-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song.This the fifth volume focuses upon songs for the High Voice from the period 1923-1928. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With fifteen songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendousacquisition for any enthusiasts of English song.

Volume Vii - Songs 1927-1928-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song.This the seventh volume focuses upon songs for the Medium Voice from the period 1927-1928. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With twelve songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendous acquisitionfor any enthusiasts of English song.

Volume Vi - Songs 1923-1926-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song.This the sixth volume focuses upon songs for the Medium Voice from the period 1923-1926. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With fourteen songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendousacquisition for any enthusiasts of English song.

In this fifth volume of Warlock’s Choral works a set of three songs on poetry of Hilaire Belloc have been arranged for Chorus SATB and Piano as well as The Birds a fourth setting of Belloc originally written as a unison song for boys’ Voices. The Rich Cavalcade and The Spring of the Year were written and published in Warlock’s lifetime. Written in his maturity these songs show Warlock’s idiosyncratic Voice influenced by Elizabethan and folk music Delius and the music of his time.Composer writer and musical scholar Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine) was active in the early decades of the twentieth century when he distinguished himself by his rediscovery and transcriptionof early English music his writing on Delius Gesualdo and other many other musicians and for his Choral works and songs among them the carol Bethlehem Down.

Another fantastic collection of songs by Peter Warlock set for 2 and 3-part Upper Voices with Piano accompaniment. Warlock was a treasure of British song-writing he composed and arranged a good deal of Choral music during his lifetime though little was originally conceived for ladies’ choirs. These six songs were completed between 1918 and 1928 a period in which parlour piano was out of fashion due to the technologies that were being introduced yet there was demand for part-songs and this was an opening for Warlock who re-wrote earlier solos. Magical and poetic Warlock has a way with words phrasing and melody and these songs are sure to delightsingers players and audiences.

Volume 8 - Songs 1928-1930-The critically and editorially authoritative editions of the songs of Peter Warlock. This eighth collection spans the years of 1923 and 1924 contains seventeen songs for voice and Piano by Warlock including Seven Songs of Summer. Edited and introduced by Fred Tomlinson.

The fourth book in a fabulous series that presents the best of Peter Warlock’s Choral Music. Warlock has been described as the Carollist of the last century and is a treasure of British song-writing. This volume contains a fantastic collection of some of his best and most loved Carols. Eight Carols set for SATB mixed choir and a Piano accompaniment for rehearsal. Warlock has such a way with words phrasing and melody that these songs are sure to delight singers players and audiences.