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The Very Best of English Song

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Disc 1
1
Vaughan Williams: Linden LeaRalph Vaughan Williams / Janet Baker / Gerald Moore
2:54
2
Songs Sacred and Profane: 4. The Salley Gardens - 2003 RemasterJohn Ireland / Janet Baker / Gerald Moore
2:13
3
English Lyrics Set II: 1. O mistress mine - 2003 RemasterHubert Parry / Janet Baker / Gerald Moore
1:31
4
Quilter: 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1, Love's Philosophy, "The fountains mingle with the river" (Very quick and passionate)Roger Quilter / Janet Baker / Gerald Moore
1:30
5
Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2Roger Quilter / Thomas Allen / Geoffrey Parsons
2:13
6
In summertime on Bredon (piano accompaniment)Graham Peel / Thomas Allen / Geoffrey Parsons
3:43
7
Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees - 2001 RemasterGeorge Butterworth / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison
2:51
8
Down by the Salley Gardens - 2001 Remastered VersionIvor Gurney / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison
2:35
9
Black Stitchel - 2001 Remastered VersionIvor Gurney / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison
2:10
10
My Own Country - 2001 Remastered VersionPeter Warlock / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison
2:33
11
Passing By - 2001 Remastered VersionPeter Warlock / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison
2:30
12
Pretty Ring Time - 2001 Remastered VersionPeter Warlock / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison
1:16
13
Vaughan Williams: 10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The LambRalph Vaughan Williams / Ian Partridge / Janet Craxton
2:17
14
Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs: No. 6, The Shepherd, "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" (Allegretto)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Partridge
0:56
15
Vaughan Williams: The House of Life: No. 2, Silent NoonRalph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / Julius Drake
4:18
16
Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1Roger Quilter / Ian Bostridge / Julius Drake
3:01
17
Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7Gerald Finzi / Ian Bostridge / Julius Drake
1:16
18
Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-RorumGerald Finzi / Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles
1:59
19
Ireland: Sea FeverJohn Ireland / Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles
2:11
20
Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)Frederick Keel / Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles
2:23
21
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum - Tempo di marcia moderato (version with piano) - 2003 RemasterCharles Villiers Stanford / Robert Lloyd / Nina Walker
2:43
22
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace (version with piano) - 2003 RemasterCharles Villiers Stanford / Robert Lloyd / Nina Walker
3:25
23
Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)Amy Woodforde-Finden / Frederick Harvey / Jack Byfield
3:01
24
Bless this HouseMay Brahe / Janet Baker / Philip Ledger
3:15
25
Warlock: Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"Peter Warlock / Janet Baker / Philip Ledger
1:49
26
Dibdin: Tom BowlingCharles Dibdin / André Previn / Robert Tear
4:19
27
Home! Sweet Home!Henry Rowley Bishop / Robert Tear / André Previn
3:35
28
Balfe: Come Into The Garden, MaudMichael William Balfe / André Previn / Robert Tear
4:13
29
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy DewBenjamin Britten / Robert Tear / Philip Ledger
2:24
30
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough BoyBenjamin Britten / Robert Tear / Philip Ledger
1:50
31
Walton: Façade: XIX. Popular SongWilliam Walton / Sir Neville Marriner / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & 1 more
2:02
Disc 2
1
Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) - 1995 Remastered VersionTraditional English / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré
2:13
2
Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) [As you like it]Thomas Morley / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré
3:09
3
Two songs - O mistress mine (arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) [Twelfth Night]Thomas Morley / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré
1:39
4
The Willow Song (Othello) - 1995 Remastered VersionAnonymous / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré
4:16
5
Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) - 1995 Remastered VersionRobert Johnson / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré
1:14
6
Full fathom five (The Tempest) - 1995 Remastered VersionRobert Johnson / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré
2:12
7
Lullaby, my sweet little baby (last verse cut)William Byrd / Michael Chance / Fretwork
5:59
8
Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)William Byrd / Michael Chance / Christopher Wilson
4:08
9
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley
3:04
10
Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley
2:32
11
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley
2:48
12
Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley
2:50
13
Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)John Dowland / Charles Daniels / David Miller
2:36
14
Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)John Dowland / Charles Daniels / David Miller
2:11
15
Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)John Dowland / Charles Daniels / David Miller
3:49
16
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / Nigel North
2:37
17
Purcell: Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / John Toll
3:55
18
Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / Paul Nicholson
2:01
19
Purcell: If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / John Toll & 1 more
2:05
20
Purcell: Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / Paul Nicholson
5:24
21
Warlock: Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"Peter Warlock / Owen Brannigan / Ernest Lush
1:40
22
The Smuggler's Song - 2003 Remastered VersionCharles Mortimer / Owen Brannigan / Gerald Moore
3:37
23
Down Below - 2003 RemasterSydney Carter / Ian Wallace / Donald Swann & 1 more
2:44
24
A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) - 2003 RemasterDonald Swann / Ian Wallace
2:36
25
The Wart Hog - 2003 RemasterDonald Swann / Ian Wallace
3:48
26
The Hippopotamus Song (Introduced by Michael Flanders) - 1991 RemasterDonald Swann / Michael Flanders
4:04
Disc 3
1
Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 1, Sea Slumber-SongEdward Elgar / Janet Baker / London Symphony Orchestra & 1 more
5:02
2
Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 2, In Haven. CapriEdward Elgar / Janet Baker / London Symphony Orchestra & 1 more
2:06
3
Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 3, A Sabbath Morning at SeaEdward Elgar / Janet Baker / London Symphony Orchestra & 1 more
6:20
4
Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 4, Where Corals LieEdward Elgar / Janet Baker / London Symphony Orchestra & 1 more
4:11
5
Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 5, The SwimmerEdward Elgar / Janet Baker / London Symphony Orchestra & 1 more
6:09
6
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 1, The Vagabond (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
3:02
7
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 2, Let Beauty Awake (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
1:41
8
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 3, The Roadside Fire (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
2:20
9
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 4, Youth and Love (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
3:17
10
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 5, In Dreams (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
2:36
11
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
2:06
12
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 7, Whither Must I Wander? (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
3:49
13
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
1:55
14
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Thomas Allen / Sir Simon Rattle & 1 more
2:10
15
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 1, PrologueBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Alan Civil & 1 more
1:24
16
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 2, PastoralBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Robert Tear & 1 more
3:44
17
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 3, NocturneBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Robert Tear & 1 more
3:28
18
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 4, ElegyBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Robert Tear & 1 more
4:30
19
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 5, DirgeBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Robert Tear & 1 more
3:25
20
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 6, HymnBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Robert Tear & 1 more
2:02
21
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 7, SonnetBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Robert Tear & 1 more
4:44
22
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 8, EpilogueBenjamin Britten / Sir Neville Marriner / Alan Civil & 1 more
1:38
23
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 3, The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Orchestral Version)Benjamin Britten / Neil Mackie / Scottish Chamber Orchestra & 2 more
2:40
24
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 7, Oliver Cromwell (Orchestral Version)Benjamin Britten / Neil Mackie / Scottish Chamber Orchestra & 2 more
0:47
Disc 4
1
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 1, EasterRalph Vaughan Williams / John Shirley-Quirk / Choir of King's College, Cambridge & 2 more
5:12
2
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 2, I Got Me FlowersRalph Vaughan Williams / John Shirley-Quirk / Choir of King's College, Cambridge & 2 more
2:53
3
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 3, Love Bade Me WelcomeRalph Vaughan Williams / John Shirley-Quirk / Choir of King's College, Cambridge & 2 more
5:26
4
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 4, The CallRalph Vaughan Williams / John Shirley-Quirk / English Chamber Orchestra & 1 more
2:08
5
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 5, AntiphonRalph Vaughan Williams / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra & 2 more
3:19
6
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 1. Intrada - 1990 RemasterGerald Finzi / Wilfred Brown / English Chamber Orchestra & 1 more
5:06
7
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) - 1990 RemasterGerald Finzi / Wilfred Brown / English Chamber Orchestra & 1 more
6:30
8
Dies natalis, Op. 8 : 3. The Rapture (Danza) - 1990 RemasterGerald Finzi / Wilfred Brown / English Chamber Orchestra & 1 more
3:33
9
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 4. Wonder (Arioso) - 1990 RemasterGerald Finzi / Wilfred Brown / English Chamber Orchestra & 1 more
4:21
10
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 5. The Salutation (Aria) - 1990 RemasterGerald Finzi / Wilfred Brown / English Chamber Orchestra & 1 more
4:17
11
Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 1, Drake's DrumCharles Villiers Stanford / Norman Del Mar / Benjamin Luxon & 2 more
3:21
12
Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 2, Outward BoundCharles Villiers Stanford / Norman Del Mar / Benjamin Luxon & 2 more
3:09
13
Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 3, Devon, O Devon, in Wind and RainCharles Villiers Stanford / Norman Del Mar / Benjamin Luxon & 2 more
1:45
14
Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 4, Homeward BoundCharles Villiers Stanford / Norman Del Mar / Benjamin Luxon & 2 more
6:52
15
Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 5, The Old SuperbCharles Villiers Stanford / Norman Del Mar / Benjamin Luxon & 2 more
3:11
16
Elgar: 2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 1, The TorchEdward Elgar / Robert Tear / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & 1 more
2:27
17
Elgar: 2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 2, The RiverEdward Elgar / Robert Tear / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & 1 more
3:46
18
Love blows as the wind blows: In the year that's come and gone - 1993 RemasterGeorge Butterworth / Robert Tear / Vernon Handley & 1 more
3:19
19
Love blows as the wind blows: Life in her creaking shoes - 1993 RemasterGeorge Butterworth / Robert Tear / Vernon Handley & 1 more
2:03
20
Love blows as the wind blows: Coming up from Richmond - 1993 RemasterGeorge Butterworth / Robert Tear / Vernon Handley & 1 more
4:40
Disc 5
1
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 1, FanfareArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
1:53
2
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 2, VillesArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
2:20
3
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3a, PhraseArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
0:55
4
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3b, AntiqueArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
2:04
5
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 4, RoyautéArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
1:34
6
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 5, MarineArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
0:57
7
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 6, InterludeArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
2:43
8
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 7, Being BeauteousArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
3:54
9
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 8, ParadeArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
2:34
10
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 9, DépartArthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten / John Mark Ainsley & 3 more
2:48
11
Sea Drift: Once Paumanok -Frederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
3:49
12
Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! -Frederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
1:30
13
Sea Drift: Till of a sudden -Frederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
2:37
14
Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!Frederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
1:57
15
Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know -Frederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
4:05
16
Sea Drift: O rising stars! -Frederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
1:36
17
Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols -Frederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
6:25
18
Sea Drift: O past! O happy lifeFrederick Delius / John Noble / Edmund Walters & 3 more
3:06
19
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 1, On Wenlock Edge (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / London Philharmonic Orchestra & 1 more
3:51
20
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 2, From Far, from Eve and Morning (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / London Philharmonic Orchestra & 1 more
2:04
21
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / London Philharmonic Orchestra & 1 more
3:47
22
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 4, Oh When I Was in Love with You (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / London Philharmonic Orchestra & 1 more
0:44
23
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 5, Bredon Hill (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / London Philharmonic Orchestra & 1 more
7:37
24
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 6, Clun (Version with Orchestra)Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / London Philharmonic Orchestra & 1 more
3:22
25
In summertime on Bredon (orchestral accompaniment)Graham Peel / Frederick Harvey / Philharmonia Orchestra & 1 more
3:09
26
Devonshire Cream and CiderWilfrid Sanderson / Frederick Harvey / Philharmonia Orchestra & 1 more
3:54

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