A Song Cycle by Liza Lehmann
Millicent Emery (Soprano); Marion Dean (Contralto); John Leak (Tenor); James Howell (Bass-Baritone)
Quartet: 'Wake for the sun who scattered into flight'
Tenor Solo: Before the phantom of false morning died'
Bass Recitative: 'Now the new year reviving old desires'
Tenor Solo: 'Iram indeed is gone with all his rose'
Quartet: 'Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of Spring'
Bass Solo: 'Whether at Naishapur or Babylon'
Contralto Recitative: 'Ah, not a drop that from our cups we throw'
Contralto Solo: 'I sometimes think that never blows so red'
Duet (Soprano and Tenor): 'A book of yerses underneath the bough'
Bass Solo: 'Myself when young did eagerly frequent'
Bass Recitative: 'Ah, make the moat of what we yet may spend'
Contralto Solo: 'When you and I behind the veil are past'
Soprano Recitative: 'But if the soul can fling the dust aside'
Soprano Solo: 'I sent my soul through the invisible'
Tenor Solo: 'Alas! that Spring should vanish with the rose l'
Contralto Solo: 'The worldly hope men set their hearts upon'
Soprano Solo: 'Each morn a thousand roses brings, you say '
Quartet: 'They say the lion and the lizard keep '
Tenor Recitative : 'Ah, fill the cup ! what boots it to repeat '
Tenor Solo: 'Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane'
Bass Solo: 'As when the tulip for her morning sup'
Quartet: 'Alas ! that Spring should vanish with the rose '