Havergal Brian: Complete Choral Songs Vol. 2 [CD], Joyful Company Of Singers, CD

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Havergal Brian: Complete Choral Songs Vol. 2 [CD], Joyful Company Of Singers, vinyl LP, front cover, hero

Label: Toccata
Released: June 5, 2026
Format: CD
Condition: New
UPC: 5060113446800

2020s

About This Record

The reputation of Havergal Brian (1876-1972) as a late-blooming symphonist obscures the fact that he was an early-blooming composer of choral music for the huge market of amateur choirs thriving in Edwardian England. His choral songs range from simple unison settings for children's or women's voices to harmonically complex essays intended to tax the ability of groups taking part in the choral competitions once popular in regional Britain. This second selection includes four canons that Brian wrote in the early 1920s as contrapuntal studies for his mighty Gothic Symphony.

Tracklist

Tracklist for Joyful Company Of Singers - Havergal Brian: Complete Choral Songs Vol. 2 [CD]
1	Daybreak	3:53
2	Tell Me, Thou Soul Of Her I Love	3:50
3	Stars Of The Summer Night	5:17
4	Rondel: In A Fairy Boat	2:00
5	Introit	2:16
6	Vital Spark Of Heavenly Flame	1:56
7	A Child’s Prayer	2:10
8	If I Had But Two Little Wings	1:15
9	Little White Lily	2:29
10	Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred	1:14
11	It Was A Lover And His Lass	1:29
12	Fairies’ Song	2:13
13	Absence	1:06
14	Pack, Clouds, Away	1:46
15	Pastoral: The Shepherd	1:28
16	Infant Joy	1:28
17	The Lamb	2:41
18	Laughing Song	0:50
19	The Fairy Palace	1:27
20	Spring, The Sweet Spring	1:42
21	The Lost Doll	1:22
22	The Dream	2:13
23	The Echoing Green	3:04
24	The Moon	2:37
25	The River	1:51
26	The Mountain And The Squirrel	1:12
27	What Does Little Birdie Say?	1:11
28	Shall I Then Be Spared?	1:29
29	O Happiness, Celestial Fair	2:24
30	Sweet Solitude	2:34
31	The Phantom Wooer	2:41
32	He Was A Rat	1:33