Lucy Crowe / Stephen Higgins THOMAS ALLEN September Songs

Sir Thomas Allen is an established star of great opera house around the world with a huge repertoire - with fifty roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden alone who has now recorded something comp letely different for Champs Hill Records. September Songs is a chance to explore songs he grew up with, loved then and loves still, but repertoire thats not usually associated with him, the golden age of Broadway and Hollywood with its melodic beauty, lyrical inventiveness and emotional directness. Allen has always hankered to give it a go and to explore songs by the likes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Kurt Weill.