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The English Songbook

Ian Bostridge · Julius Drake

EMI Classics1999Cat. 5 56830 256m19 tracks
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The English Songbook (1999), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Peter Warlock, Gerald Finzi, Ivor Gurney, Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake; 19 tracks.

Composers

Peter Warlock3Gerald Finzi2Ivor Gurney2Ralph Vaughan Williams2Roger Quilter2Arthur Somervell1Charles Villiers Stanford1Edward German1Frederick Delius1Hubert Parry1Percy Grainger1Thomas Dunhill1William Denis Browne1

Tracklist

01

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Charles Villiers Stanford - La belle dame sans merci

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

6:29
02

Sleep

Ivor Gurney - Five Elizabethan Songs, No. 4: Sleep

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:04
03

I will go with my father a-ploughing

Ivor Gurney - I will go with my father a-ploughing

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

2:28
04

The Cloths of Heaven

Thomas Dunhill - The Wind Among the Reeds, op. 30: No. 3. The Cloths of Heaven

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

2:22
05

To Gratiana Dancing and Singing

William Denis Browne - To Gratiana Dancing and Singing

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:53
06

To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars

Arthur Somervell - To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

1:29
07

Twilight Fancies

Frederick Delius - Seven Songs from the Norwegian: No. 3. Evening Voices (Twilight Fancies)

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:50
08

Orpheus with his lute

Edward German - Orpheus With His Lute

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

2:24
09

Jillian of Berry

Peter Warlock - Jillian of Berry

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

0:35
10

Cradle Song

Peter Warlock - Cradle Song

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:49
11

The Dance Continued

Gerald Finzi - A Young Man's Exhortation: 10. The Dance Continued

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

4:02
12

Linden Lea

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Linden Lea

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

2:30
13

Silent Noon

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

4:16
16

No Longer Mourn for Me

Hubert Parry - English Lyrics: Set II, III. "No longer mourn for me"

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:20
17

Since We Loved

Gerald Finzi - Oh Fair to See, op. 13b: no. 7. Since we loved

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

1:13
19

Rest, sweet Nymphs

Peter Warlock - Rest Sweet Nymphs

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

2:12
20

Come Away, Death

Roger Quilter - Come Away Death, op. 6 no. 1

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:02
21

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Roger Quilter - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3 no. 2

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

2:01
22

Bold William Taylor

Percy Grainger - Bold William Taylor

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:40