Donald Swann: Songs - Glynn, Christopher (piano) / Williams, Roderick (baritone) / Lott, Dame Felicity (soprano) / Rudge, Kathryn (mezzo) / Ainsley, John Mark (tenor)

Swann but no Flanders: this economically priced collection celebrates the unique talents of a gifted songwriter whose settings of poets from Burns to Betjeman are ripe for revival. The quartet of distinguished singers is luxury casting.

this is a continually fascinating and diverse selection...The real star of the show is Christopher Glynn, for whom the project has evidently been a labour of love. The detail and colour of his playing (to say nothing of the way he meets the many technical challenges Swann presents with a knowing wink) in the more than two hours of accompaniments is a fine achievement. Gramophone