' In a Persian Garden'
(Liza Lehmann )
ANNA REID (soprano)
MURIEL CHILDE (contralto)
ARTHUR HEDGES (tenor)
HOOTON MITCHELL (baritone)
CLIFTON HELLIWELL (pianoforte)
1. ' Wake ! for the sun who scatter'd into flight ' (Quartet)
2. ' Before the phantom of false morning died ' (Tenor)
3. ' Now the new year reviving old desires ' (Bass, Recitative)
4. ' Iram indeed is gone with all his rose ' (Tenor)
5. ' Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of Spring' (Quartet)
6. ' Whether at Naishapur or Babylon ' (Bass)
7. ' Ah, not a drop that from our cups we throw ' (Contralto, Recitative)
8. ' I sometimes think that never blows so red ' (Contralto)
9. ' A book of verses underneath the bough ' (Duet, Soprano and Tenor)
10. ' Myself when young did eagerly frequent' (Bass)
II.'Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend' (Bass, Recitative)
12. ' When you and I behind the veil are past' (Contralto)
13. ' But if the soul can fling the dust aside ' (Soprano, Recitative)
14. 'I sent my soul through the invisible ' (Soprano)
15. 'Alas! that Spring should vanish with the rose ' (Tenor)
16. ' The worldly hope men set their hearts upon ' (Contralto)
17. ' Each morn a thousand roses brings, you say ' (Soprano)
18. ' They say the lion and the lizard keep (Quartet)
19. ' Ah, fill the cup ! what boots it to repeat ' (Tenor, Recitative)
20. ' Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane' (Tenor)
21. 'As then the tulip for her morning sup ' (Bass)
22. ' Alas ! that Spring should vanish with the rose ' (Quartet)