01. Two Songs from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night No. 1, O Mistress Mine
02. Two Songs from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night No. 2, Come Away, Death
03. Autumn, H.24
04. Music When Soft Voices Die, H.31
05. The Bee, H.110
06. Three Shakespeare Songs No. 1, Full Fathom Five
07. Three Shakespeare Songs No. 2, The Cloud-Capp’d Towers
08. Three Shakespeare Songs No. 3, Over Hill, Over Dale
09. Four Part-Songs, Op. 53 No. 1, There is Sweet Music
10. Four Part-Songs, Op. 53 No. 2, Deep in My Soul
11. Four Part-Songs, Op. 53 No. 3, O Wild, West Wind
12. Four Part-Songs, Op. 53 No. 4, Owls
13. Soft Music, Op. 48
14. The Drowned Lovers
15. 8 Part-Songs, Op.119 No. 3, The Blue Bird
16. On Time, Op. 142
17. Song of June
18. The Modern Man I Sing No. 1, The Runner
19. The Modern Man I Sing No. 2, The Last Invocation
20. The Modern Man I Sing No. 3, One’s-Self I Sing
Internationally-renowned chamber choir Tenebrae return with a new collection of British part songs and choral works. As well as being a celebration of compositions by British composers, the disc also marks Shakespeare’s anniversary year with a selection of works based on his texts, including the much loved works by Vaughan Williams and a lesser-known set by Herbert Murrill. Perhaps the least recognisable composer name on this disc, Murrill (1909-1952) is one of a select group of composers who – through war or ill-health – died at a tragically young age and whose works were subsequently neglected during the second half of the century.