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DCD34345-CD
£24.99
Listen. It is here is a bold declaration of intent from a compelling new voice in British song. Edward Picton-Turbervill’s music – fresh, distinctive and unapologetically approachable – draws together themes of love and mysticism in settings of poets as diverse as Hildegard of Bingen, Rilke, Selima Hill and Harold Pinter.
Fruit of a two-year burst of creative energy after the composer’s return to music, the songs balance emotional immediacy with finely crafted writing for voice and piano. Performed by some of the UK’s most exciting singers, this album announces a striking arrival: a composer writing with sincerity, stylistic clarity, and a clear belief in song’s enduring power to move, to comfort and to connect.
From its haunting opening bars, this disc announces itself as something distinctive. The first track builds with gathering intensity, immediately establishing Edward Picton-Turbervill as a composer of genuine accomplishment in a genre where authenticity of voice matters above all else. Here is music that speaks directly, without artifice or apology – fresh, approachable, and unapologetically sincere(...)
Throughout, the performances combine warmth with technical polish, each singer bringing emotional intelligence to their material. The recording, in typical Delphian fashion, captures both the intimacy of the songs and the space around them, allowing Picton-Turbervill's writing its full effect.
Release Date: 23 January 2026
Total playing time: 1:13:35
Recorded on 9-11 January 2025 at SJE Arts, Oxford
Producer/Engineer: Paul Baxter
24-bit digital editing: Jack Davis
24-bit digital mastering: Paul Baxter
Design: Drew Padrutt
Booklet editor: Henry Howard
Session photography: Will Coates-Gibson/ Foxbrush
Collections: All Releases, Contemporary, New Releases, Song
Category: Alexander Chance, Contemporary, Edward Picton-Turbervill, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Harriet Burns, Helen Charlston, Song
Helen Charlston and Edward Picton-Turbervill perform Edward's We have not long to love in SJE Arts, Oxford.
