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The Very Best of English Song

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The tracklist for The Very Best of English Song.

Disc 1

Vaughan Williams: Linden LeaRalph Vaughan Williams / Janet Baker / Gerald Moore

2:54

Songs Sacred and Profane: 4. The Salley Gardens - 2003 RemasterJohn Ireland / Janet Baker / Gerald Moore

2:13

English Lyrics Set II: 1. O mistress mine - 2003 RemasterHubert Parry / Janet Baker / Gerald Moore

1:31

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

Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2Roger Quilter / Thomas Allen / Geoffrey Parsons

2:13

In summertime on Bredon (piano accompaniment)Graham Peel / Thomas Allen / Geoffrey Parsons

3:43

Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees - 2001 RemasterGeorge Butterworth / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison

2:51

Down by the Salley Gardens - 2001 Remastered VersionIvor Gurney / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison

2:35

Black Stitchel - 2001 Remastered VersionIvor Gurney / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison

2:10

My Own Country - 2001 Remastered VersionPeter Warlock / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison

2:33

Passing By - 2001 Remastered VersionPeter Warlock / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison

2:30

Pretty Ring Time - 2001 Remastered VersionPeter Warlock / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison

1:16

Vaughan Williams: 10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The LambRalph Vaughan Williams / Ian Partridge / Janet Craxton

2:17

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

Vaughan Williams: The House of Life: No. 2, Silent NoonRalph Vaughan Williams / Ian Bostridge / Julius Drake

4:18

Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1Roger Quilter / Ian Bostridge / Julius Drake

3:01

Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7Gerald Finzi / Ian Bostridge / Julius Drake

1:16

Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-RorumGerald Finzi / Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles

1:59

Ireland: Sea FeverJohn Ireland / Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles

2:11

Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)Frederick Keel / Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles

2:23

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

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

Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)Amy Woodforde-Finden / Frederick Harvey / Jack Byfield

3:01

Bless this HouseMay Brahe / Janet Baker / Philip Ledger

3:15

Warlock: Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"Peter Warlock / Janet Baker / Philip Ledger

1:49

Dibdin: Tom BowlingCharles Dibdin / André Previn / Robert Tear

4:19

Home! Sweet Home!Henry Rowley Bishop / Robert Tear / André Previn

3:35

Balfe: Come Into The Garden, MaudMichael William Balfe / André Previn / Robert Tear

4:13

Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy DewBenjamin Britten / Robert Tear / Philip Ledger

2:24

Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough BoyBenjamin Britten / Robert Tear / Philip Ledger

1:50

Walton: Façade: XIX. Popular SongWilliam Walton / Sir Neville Marriner / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & 1 more

2:02

Disc 2

Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) - 1995 Remastered VersionTraditional English / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré

2:13

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

Two songs - O mistress mine (arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) [Twelfth Night]Thomas Morley / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré

1:39

The Willow Song (Othello) - 1995 Remastered VersionAnonymous / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré

4:16

Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) - 1995 Remastered VersionRobert Johnson / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré

1:14

Full fathom five (The Tempest) - 1995 Remastered VersionRobert Johnson / Alfred Deller / Desmond Dupré

2:12

Lullaby, my sweet little baby (last verse cut)William Byrd / Michael Chance / Fretwork

5:59

Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)William Byrd / Michael Chance / Christopher Wilson

4:08

The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley

3:04

Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley

2:32

The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley

2:48

Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)John Dowland / Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley

2:50

Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)John Dowland / Charles Daniels / David Miller

2:36

Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)John Dowland / Charles Daniels / David Miller

2:11

Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)John Dowland / Charles Daniels / David Miller

3:49

Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / Nigel North

2:37

Purcell: Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / John Toll

3:55

Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / Paul Nicholson

2:01

Purcell: If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / John Toll & 1 more

2:05

Purcell: Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193Henry Purcell / Nancy Argenta / Paul Nicholson

5:24

Warlock: Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"Peter Warlock / Owen Brannigan / Ernest Lush

1:40

The Smuggler's Song - 2003 Remastered VersionCharles Mortimer / Owen Brannigan / Gerald Moore

3:37

Down Below - 2003 RemasterSydney Carter / Ian Wallace / Donald Swann & 1 more

2:44

A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) - 2003 RemasterDonald Swann / Ian Wallace

2:36

The Wart Hog - 2003 RemasterDonald Swann / Ian Wallace

3:48

The Hippopotamus Song (Introduced by Michael Flanders) - 1991 RemasterDonald Swann / Michael Flanders

4:04

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Warner Classics

℗ This compilation (P) 2003 by EMI Records Ltd

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