Songs for Peter Pears Robin Tritschler featuring Philip Higham, Malcolm Martineau, Sean Shibe

• Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989): Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3:
• 1 Berkeley: Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: The half-moon westers low 01:37
• 2 Berkeley: Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: The street sounds to the soldiers’ tread 02:14
• 3 Berkeley: Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: He would not stay for me 01:48
• 4 Berkeley: Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: Look not in my eyes 01:41
• 5 Berkeley: Five Housman Songs Op 14, part 3: Because I liked you better 02:53
• Songs of the Half-Light Op 65:
• 6 Berkeley: Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: Rachel 01:53
• 7 Berkeley: Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: Full Moon 02:47
• 8 Berkeley: Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: All that’s past 02:22
• 9 Berkeley: Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: The Moth 02:17
• 10 Berkeley: Songs of the Half-Light Op 65: The Fleeting 03:33
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22:
• 11 Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XVI 02:06
• 12 Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXXI 01:41
• 13 Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXX 04:05
• 14 Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet LV 01:55
• 15 Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXXVIII 01:55
• 16 Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXXII 01:27
• 17 Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op 22: Sonnet XXIV 04:31
• Arthur Oldham (1926 - 2003): Five Chinese Lyrics:
• 18 Oldham: Five Chinese Lyrics: Under the Pondweed 02:39
• 19 Oldham: Five Chinese Lyrics: The Herd Boy’s Song 01:47
• 20 Oldham: Five Chinese Lyrics: Fishing 00:43
• 21 Oldham: Five Chinese Lyrics: The Pedlar of Spells 00:58
• 22 Oldham: Five Chinese Lyrics: A Gentle Wind 03:10
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012): Tom O’Bedlam’s Song:
• 23 Bennett: Tom O’Bedlam’s Song 10:02
• Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998): Songs of the Zodiac:
• 24 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Aries: the Ram 01:57
• 25 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Gemini: the Twins 00:53
• 26 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Taurus: the Bull 01:03
• 27 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Cancer: the Crab 00:47
• 28 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Leo: the Lion 01:04
• 29 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Virgo: the Virgin 01:01
• 30 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Libra: the Scales 00:58
• 31 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Scorpio: the Scorpion 00:51
• 32 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Sagittarius: the Archer 00:37
• 33 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Capricorn: the Goat 01:08
• 34 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Aquarius: the Water-carrier 01:05
• 35 Bush: Songs of the Zodiac: Pisces: the Fish 01:45
• Total Runtime 01:13:13

Info for Songs for Peter Pears

For a period of the 20th Century, due to his talent and association with Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears was perhaps the world’s most famous classical singer. Pears inspired Britten to create great works of art precisely because Pears was a compelling artist with an exceptional voice, an inquisitive mind, a knowledge of art, history, literature and poetry. They became a self-perpetuating duo, inspiring each other to even greater heights of artistry, technical ability, and emotional certainty. This album of works by Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Oldham, Richard Rodney Bennett and Geoffrey Bush is performed by tenor Robin Tritschler, who is joined by cellist Philip Higham, guitarist Sean Shibe and pianist Malcolm Martineau.

Robin Tritschler, tenor
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Philip Higham, cello
Sean Shibe, guitar

Robin Tritschler
from Ireland, studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, London. Enjoying an international career, Robin has appeared at the Salzburg, Aldeburgh, and Mostly Mozart Festivals, the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, in Carnegie Hall, New York, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, and the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg. Robin was formerly a BBC New Generation Artist, and an Artist in Residence at the Wigmore Hall.

A celebrated song recitalist, Robin is known for his thematic programming and championing of lesser-known repertoire. He regularly performs in Wigmore Hall, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and international festivals; with pianists Graham Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, Iain Burnside, Jonathan Ware, and in chamber music with Pekka Kuusisto, Steven Isserlis, Jonathan Biss, Inon Barnatan, Olli Mustonen, Nicholas Daniel, Liza Ferschtman. Robin’s song discs include No Exceptions No Exemptions Great War Songs, and Songs First Cycle (Signum Classics), a Robert Franz Album, and Brahms: The Complete Songs Vol 9 (Hyperion).

Robin has been a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Ensemble Pygmalion, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, under conductors Nézet-Séguin, Sir Mark Elder, Blomstedt, Herrweghe, Manze, Spivakov, Jurowski, Wilson, Stutzmann, Pichon. With the RTECO, Robin gave the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in the Vatican. He has also performed with the Mark Morris Dance Group, Richard Alston Dance Company, and Fura dels Baus.

On the Opera stage, Robin has performed roles by Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Britten, as well as in modern operas including Wagner Dream by Jonathan Harvey, De Materie by Louis Andriessen, Ça Ira by Roger Waters. His operatic performances on DVD include the world premiere of Das Jagdgewehr by Thomas Larcher from Bregenz Festival, and Fidelio under Sir Antonio Pappano from the Royal Opera House, London.

Booklet for Songs for Peter Pears