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“A Lovely Light” (Songs by DEEMS TAYLOR) – Elizabeth Tyron, sop. – Centaur

by Audiophile Audition | Jun 21, 2016 | Classical CD Reviews

New Taylor discoveries make for enthralling listening. “A Lovely Light” – DEEMS TAYLOR: Night is My Sister, and How Deep In Love; Two Figs From Thistles; Ebb; Lament; Thanks Be to God the World Is Wide; To the Not Impossible Him; The Betrothal; Exiled; I Know I Am But Summer to Your Heart; The Return from Town; Girometta; Time Enough; The Wedding Dress; The Faithless Lover; Song To A Sleeping Child; Twenty, Eighteen; Nay, My Years Are Tender; Fair Yolanthe; May-Day Carol; Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin; The Banks o’ Doon; The Ways of the World; The Siesta; In the Country – Elizabeth Tryon, sop./ George Small, p. – Centaur CRC 3424, 53:34 [Distr. by Naxos] ****: History will be forever grateful that the so-called “Dean of American Music”, Deems Taylor, decided not to become an architect. He subsequently embraced composition, despite minimal training, and went on to become a critic of no little repute, as well as a cheerleader for American music—it is he who is the narrator in Disney’s Fantasia. Basically a conservative in all things musical, his initial forays into opera were very well-received, with the number of Metropolitan Opera performances for The King’s Henchman and Peter Ibbetson surpassing […]