Berkeley:
Five Housman Songs Op. 14, part 3
Songs of the Half-Light Op. 65

Britten:
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22

Oldham:
Five Chinese Lyrics

Bennett:
Tom O’Bedlam’s Song

Bush:
Songs of the Zodiac

For a period of the 20th Century, due to his talent and association with Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears was perhaps the world’s most famous classical singer. Pears inspired contemporary composers to create great works of art precisely because Pears was a compelling artist with an exceptional voice, an inquisitive mind, a knowledge of art, history, literature and poetry. This album of works by Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Oldham, Richard Rodney Bennett and Geoffrey Bush is performed by tenor Robin Tritschler, who is joined by cellist Philip Higham, guitarist Sean Shibe and pianist Malcolm Martineau.