Richard Rodney Bennett: Songs Before Sleep Composer_Black; James 'At times it felt a

'At times it felt a bit like attending a concert organised by the Clangers

'Nicholas Daniel gives his all in [Postludes] and there can be no doubting the commitment or insight of each group

'A distinctive and assured musical voice … The Goldfield Ensemble plays assuredly throughout

and featuring his own works Freighttrain Bruise and Kemp's Morris

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Richard Rodney Bennett: Songs Before Sleep Composer_Black; James 'At times it felt aThis new recording spans five decades of Bennett's song writing. It couples some of his most accessible and lyrical pieces including the melodic Songs Before Sleep, performed by Roderick Williams and the 1920s dance rhythms of A History of the Th Dansant with the dramatic and rarely performed Tom O'Bedlam's Song for tenor and cello, written for Peter Pears. The disc is completed with the enchanting A Garland for Marjory Fleming, setting the poems of