Arthur Somervell

Sir Arthur Somervell (5 June 1863 – 2 May 1937) was an English composer and educationalist. After Hubert Parry, he was one of the most successful and influential writers of art song in the English music renaissance of the 1890s–1900s. According to Michael Hurd, his most important work is found in the five song cycles, particularly his settings of Tennyson in Maud (1898) and Housman in A Shropshire Lad (1904).

Sweet Lullabies - Classical Music to Gently Fall to Sleep - 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Where Dreams Begin - Music for Profound Sleep - 2025-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Splendid Tears - 2024-10-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music - Exploring the Sixteen Singers Chosen for the First Performance (Remastered 2023) - 2024-03-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Fallen to Dust - English Song Recital - 2023-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

The Very Best of Church Organ Music (Volume 1) - 2020-07-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Somervell: Maud & A Shropshire Lad - 2020-05-15T00:00:00.000000Z

The Soldier: From Severn to Somme - 2019-11-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Come to Me in My Dreams - 2018-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

British Orchestral Premieres - 2018-05-04T00:00:00.000000Z

British Orchestral Premieres - 2018-05-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs of Vain Glory (Wigmore Hall Live) - 2018-01-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Organs of the Lake District - 2017-05-19T00:00:00.000000Z

British Clarinet Quintets - 2015-07-03T00:00:00.000000Z

John Carol Case Sings Somervell, Butterworth and Elgar - 2015-06-11T00:00:00.000000Z

A Century of English Song, Vol. 2 - 2014-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

English Love: Songs of Passion, Pain & Pleasure - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs of War - 2011-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Somervell: Highland Concerto – Cowen: Concertstück (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 54) - 2011-08-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Favourite Ballads of Yesteryear - 2011-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Art Songs in English (1908-1941) - 2011-01-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Singing for Love: Immortal Duets, Arias and Songs - 2010-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs from A E Housman's: A Shropshire Lad - 2010-01-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Pale Hands I Loved - 2009-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z

The Water is Wide and Other Lute Songs - 2009-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

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