Tell me the Truth about Love
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Label: Champs Hill Records
Cat No: CHRCD040
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st October 2012
Contents
Artists
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)Joseph Middleton (piano)
Artists
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)Joseph Middleton (piano)
About
The album takes its title from Benjamin Britten’s 1938 seductive setting of W H Auden’s amusing poem and tries to pin down and define the most elusive of human emotions.
The story takes us from love at first sight with Schumann’s Seit ich ihn gesehen, breathless with wonder and fervent reverance, and Chausson’s Le charme which describes the quiver of excitement and the tender veneration the girl feels when the boy’s smile catches her unawares, to Loewe’s Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht gluben to describe the lovers' first encounter.
As the love story unfolds and the couple become closer, it is illustrated with music such as Strauss’s Nachtgang, Rachmaninov’s Midsummer nights and Bridge’s Adoration. However, the magic is soon broken and Sunday brings deception and betrayal. The girl finds out that the young man does not love her and she bitterly awakes from her dream.
The feeling of love lost is brought to life through Brahms’ Am Sonntag Morgen, Schubert’s Du liebst mich nicht and Kurt Weill’s Je ne t’aime pas.
As a postlude, Britten’s arrangement of Early one morning perfectly sums up the story of the young girl and the final message of ‘how could you use a poor maiden so?’ lingers in the ear.
Amanda Roocroft has secured an international reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting singers, in opera, concert and recital, and Joseph Middleton enjoys a busy and varied career as a chamber musician and song accompanist.
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