Bowman,Calvin Real & Right & True CD

Real and Right and True marked the debut of prolific Australian composer Calvin Bowman on Decca (Australia). The album title is derived from a set of nine poems by celebrated Australian cartoonist, writer and painter Michael Leunig, whose beautiful painting 'Autumn Harvest' also graces the cover artwork. Bowman specializes in artsong and has, to date, written nearly a hundred songs with more constantly on the way. He is a laureate of the Ned Rorem Award for Song Composition, the Diana Barnhart American Song Competition, and the English Poetry and Song Society Artsong Award. Bowman is the only Australian composer to ever have been exclusively featured on the prestigious Decca label aside from Percy Grainger. His songs have been lauded by many luminaries including Barbara Bonney, Sir Neville Marriner and Lee Hoiby, and are recognized for their technical prowess and humanity. In this remarkable debut offering, three of Australia's finest singers - Sara Macliver, Paul McMahon and Christopher Richardson - join forces to record over fifty of Bowman's acclaimed artsongs. Full texts are included.

1. Three Night Songs 2. Three Sea Songs 3. The Rainbow 4. The Swing 5. Tune for Swans 6. The Dodo 7. The Last Swallow 8. Now Touch the Air Softly 9. Murraguldrie Pastorale I 10. Murraguldrie Pastorale II 11. Words By the Water 12. Ferry Me Across the Water 13. Three Songs 14. Eheu! Fugaces 15. My Own Country 16. Little Prelude After the Master 17. Homage 18. Sallie's Musical Box 19. Real and Right and True 20. Summer Comes with Colour 21. Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel 22. Don Grant's Dragonfly 23. Seven Epitaphs 24. Song for Silverheels 25. Tulip 26. The Seasons 27. West Sussex Drinking Song 28. The Early Morning 29. Crossing the Bar 30. Alta Quies 31. Escape at Bedtime 32. The Night 33. The Birds 34. Unpausing 35. Small Song: Bath 36. No?l