Sarah Walker, contralto ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Brian Rayner Cook, baritone ; BBC Singers ; BBC Symphony Orchestra
Title from cover image (viewed November 2, 2021).
Includes program notes, lyrics, and biography of conductor.
Streaming audio files.
"Broadcast 26 March 1979"--Liner notes.
Sung in English.
Prelude (06:20) -- Quatrains 1-3: Wake! For the Sun, who scattered into flight (06:14) -- Quatrains 4-8: Now the new year reviving old desires (07:34) -- Quatrains 9-12: Each morn a thousand roses brings, you say (08:27) -- Quatrains 13-18: Each morn a thousand roses brings, you say (09:14) -- Quatrains 19-24: I sometimes think that never blows so red (07:16) -- Quatrains 25-33: Alike for those who for To-day prepare (10:16) -- Quatrains 34-39: Then of the Thee in Me who works behind (07:37) -- Quatrains 40-47: As then the tulip for her morning sup (10:08)