HILL/DICKINSON/DICKINSON - JAMES JOYCE FAVOURITE SONGS

An enterprising release featuring James Joyce's poems including G. Molyneux Palmer's setting of 'Chamber Music', performed by Martyn Hill and a performance by Meriel Dickinson of a selection of 13 songs by more familiar composers: Moeran, Bax, Roussel, Herbert Hughes, Ireland, Sessions, Bliss, Howells, Antheil, Edgardo Carducci, Goossens, C. W. Orr, Van Dieren. Both recordings were made for the BBC in 1988 and 1982 respectively and appear here on CD for the very first time.