| I like this composer’s language, pungent and spicy, and the writing is idiomatic and grateful. | ||
| —John York, Piano |
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| I like this composer’s language, pungent and spicy, and the writing is idiomatic and grateful. | ||
| —John York, Piano |
Click the quotation text to discover what it refers to!
£7.45
| …surprisingly effective | ||
| —Michael Pilkington, Singing |
| Lyrics from the East shows a striking variety of mood and tone colour … Blyton was Britten’s editor in the 1960s and it is easy to imagin[e] Peter Pears singing many of the songs presented here. | ||
| —Amazon review (June 2012) |
Lyrics from the East can be heard on a couple of CD recordings available from Fand: as performed by Ian Partridge, tenor and Jennifer Partridge, piano (on Carey Blyton – Lyrics from the Chinese – these tracks may be heard below), and performed by Lorna Windsor, soprano and William Hancox, piano (on At the Open Door).
| Composer | Title | Vocal range | Forces | Total duration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Blyton | Lyrics from the East Five Miniatures for tenor and piano | D to A | Tenor, Piano | 5 mins | |||
| # | Composer | Movement | Forces | Duration | |||
| 1 | Carey Blyton Words: Sappho | I: The Blast of Love | Tenor, Piano | ¾ minute | |||
| 2 | Carey Blyton Words: Omar Khayyam | II: Paradise | 1 minute | ||||
| 3 | Carey Blyton Words: Anonymous | III: Evening | 1 minute | ||||
| 4 | IV: Night | 1½ mins | |||||
| 5 | Carey Blyton Words: Bengali folk-poem | V: Puty-Fish | ½ minute | ||||
Ian Partridge, Tenor, Jennifer Partridge, Piano
Catalogue code: FM056 • Published: 2000
Entry last updated: 21st April 2025
