This debut album from tenor Stuart Jackson and pianist Jocelyn Freeman features a wonderful array of works by Britten, Wolf, Liszt and Robert Schumann. In an intimate recital, Stuart Jackson and Jocelyn Freeman perform songs that examine the themes of passion and longing as though through a series of different lenses, offering the listener an array of perspectives. We hear Britten's witty and subtle music, influenced by Henry Purcell, alongside Hugo Wolf's tender and sensual settings on the theme of unrequited love. Liszt's Petrarch settings continue the theme with songs of inflamed ardour, contrasted with Schumann's music of pure devotion. The recital concludes with a glorious song from short-lived English composer William Denis Browne. "... superbly attentive to the switches in emotional register... Every word compelled attention" - The Times on Stuart Jackson "Brilliant pianism" - MusicWeb International on Jocelyn Freeman

Tracklist:

Man Is For The Woman Made (After Purcell)
Canticles: No. 1, My Beloved Is Mine And I Am His, Op. 40
Um Mitternacht
Mörike-Lieder, Book 3 (Excerpts): No. 33, Peregrina I
Mörike-Lieder, Book 3 (Excerpts): No. 32, An Die Geliebte
Eichendorff-Lieder: No. 3, Verschwiegene Liebe
Mörike-Lieder, Book 1: No. 9, Nimmersatte Liebe
3 Sonetti Del Petrarca, S. 270a: No. 1, Pace Non Trovo
3 Sonetti Del Petrarca, S. 270a: No. 2, Benedetto Sia Il Giorno
3 Sonetti Del Petrarca, S. 270a: No. 3, I' Vidi In Terra Angelici Costumi
Minnespiel, Op. 101: No. 4, Mein Schöner Stern!
Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1, Widmung
12 Gedichte, Op. 35: No. 2, Stirb, Lieb Und Freud
Lieder Und Gesänge, Vol. 3, Op. 77: No. 3, Geisternähe
To Gratiana Dancing And Singing

UPC: 5060189561391
Label: Orchid Classics
Release Date: 7.17.20
Format: CD

Britten / Jackson / Freeman - Flax & Fire (CD)