The Pied Piper of Hamelin and other Melodramas (CD)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin and other melodramas

Thomas Hood 1799-1845

1. The Dream of Eugene Aram 14’24

music by Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935)

Harry Farjeon 1878-1948

2. Idyll No.1 Op.28 2’06

Violet Helen Friedlaender 1878-1950

3. Song for a Child’s Headache 2’32

music by York Bowen (1884-1961)

William Butler Yeats 1865-1939

4. The Stolen Child 2’52

music by Margaret Amphlett (1874-1958)

John Keats 1795-1821

5. La Belle Dame sans Merci 6’51

music by Harry Farjeon (1878-1948)

Edgar Allen Poe 1809-1849

6. Fairy-Land 2’42

Claude Debussy 1862-1918

7. Claire de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque 4’31

Thomas Hood 1799-1845

8. Queen Mab 3’15

music by Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

Robert Browning 1812-1889

9. The Pied Piper of Hamelin 21’43

music by Arthur Bergh (1882-1962)

Jed Wentz recitation

Artem Belogurov piano and dulcitone

Total time 61’03

Recording: 1-3 March, 2021, Westvest90, Schiedam, The Netherlands