MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs (with Warlock: The Curlew)

Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten, and on to contemporary works. He formed a renowned vocal-piano duo with his sister Jennifer Partridge, with whom he worked for over 50 years. While concentrating mainly on songs, oratorio and lieder, he also recorded opera, and has an extensive discography.

He is now a teacher and adjudicator, and conducts master classes in many countries.

Recorded 1971 & 1974 (Warlock)