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English Song

Steuart Bedford · Duke Quartet · Graham Johnson · Christopher Maltman · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · Philip Langridge · Felicity Lott · Ian Partridge · Lisa Milne · Martyn Hill

Naxos2004Cat. 8 557559-60Known duration: 1h 58m (39 of 39 shown tracks)39 tracks

English Song (2004), Format unverified, on Naxos. Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton, Arthur Somervell, Benjamin Britten, performed by Steuart Bedford, Duke Quartet, Graham Johnson, Christopher Maltman; 39 tracks.

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Composers

Ralph Vaughan Williams5 William Walton5 Arthur Somervell4 Benjamin Britten4 Gustav Holst4 Roger Quilter4 Liza Lehmann3 Lord Berners3 Peter Warlock3 Charles Villiers Stanford2 Charles Edward Horn1 Lennox Berkeley1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Charles Villiers Stanford - A Soft Day

Bernadette Greevy, Hugh Tinney

2:50

02

Charles Villiers Stanford - A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, op. 140: No. 6. Irish Skies

Bernadette Greevy, Hugh Tinney

5:13

03

Charles Edward Horn - Cherry Ripe

Steuart Bedford

2:40

04

Mustard and Cress

Liza Lehmann - The Daisy Chain: Mustard and Cress

Steuart Bedford, Neal Davies

1:49

05

The Lily of a Day

Liza Lehmann - The Lily of a Day

Steuart Bedford

2:32

06

Liza Lehmann - Four Cautionary Tales and a Moral: Henry King

Steuart Bedford, Neal Davies

3:17

07

Fain would I change that note

Arthur Somervell - Fain Would I Change That Note

Graham Johnson, Patricia Rozario

3:05

08

In summertime on Bredon

Arthur Somervell - A Shropshire Lad: 4. In Summer-Time on Bredon

Christopher Maltman, Graham Johnson

3:52

09

The lads in their hundreds

Arthur Somervell - A Shropshire Lad: 10. The Lads in Their Hundreds to Ludlow Come in for the Fair

Christopher Maltman, Graham Johnson

2:54

10

Among the rocks

Arthur Somervell - James Lee's Wife: Among the Rocks

Duke Quartet, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Graham Johnson

3:30

11

It was a lover and his lass

Ralph Vaughan Williams - It Was a Lover and His Lass

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson, Simon Keenlyside

1:56

12

Ralph Vaughan Williams - 4 Poems by Fredegond Shove: No. 4. The Water Mill

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

4:02

13

On Wenlock Edge

Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge

Duke Quartet, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

3:49

14

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs: No. 4. The Call

Graham Johnson, Simon Keenlyside

2:13

15

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

Graham Johnson, Simon Keenlyside

4:36

16

Now in these fairylands

Gustav Holst - Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, op. 48, H. 174: 3. Now in these fairylands

Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge

1:21

17

Gustav Holst - Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, op. 48, H. 174: 8. The dream-city

Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge

3:12

18

Margrete's Cradle Song

Gustav Holst - Margrete's Cradle-Song, H. 14 no. 1

Steuart Bedford, Susan Gritton

2:41

19

The Heart Worships

Gustav Holst - The Heart Worships, H. 95

Steuart Bedford, Christopher Maltman

3:14

20

Take, O take those lips away

Roger Quilter - Take, O take those lips away, op. 23 no. 4

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

1:22

21

Now sleeps the crimson petal

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

Graham Johnson, Lisa Milne

2:26

22

Love calls through the summer night

Roger Quilter - Julia: Love calls through the summer night

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson, Lisa Milne

5:30

23

I will go with my father a-ploughing

Roger Quilter - Three Pastoral Songs, op. 22

Graham Johnson, Lisa Milne

2:22

24

Lord Berners - The Rio Grande

2:32

25

Theodore, or the Pirate King

Lord Berners - Theodore, or the Pirate King

0:53

26

A Long Time Ago

Lord Berners - A Long Time Ago

1:31

Disc 2

10

Peter Warlock's Fancy

Peter Warlock - Peter Warlock's Fancy

Christopher Maltman

2:12

11

The frostbound wood

Peter Warlock - The Frostbound Wood

Christopher Maltman

3:05

15

Peter Warlock - Bethlehem Down

Christopher Maltman

4:36

16

Wapping Old Stairs

William Walton - A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: 3. Wapping Old Stairs

Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

2:21

17

Long Steel Grass

William Walton - Façade: Long Steel Grass

Graham Johnson, Martyn Hill

2:30

18

Tango-Pasodoble

William Walton - Façade: Tango-Pasodoble

Graham Johnson, Martyn Hill

2:07

19

William Walton - Façade: Popular Song

Graham Johnson, Martyn Hill

2:16

20

William Walton - Beatriz's Song

Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

2:48

21

Lay your sleeping head, my love

Lennox Berkeley - Lay your sleeping head, my love

Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge

5:33

22

Early One Morning

Benjamin Britten - Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 5, "British Isles"

Steuart Bedford, Felicity Lott

3:23

24

Now the leaves are falling fast

Benjamin Britten - On This Island, op. 11

Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge

1:56

25

Tell me the truth about love

Benjamin Britten - Cabaret Songs: No. 1. Tell me the truth about love

Steuart Bedford, Della Jones

5:41

26

The Choirmaster's Burial

Benjamin Britten - Winter Words, op. 52: 5. The Choirmaster's Burial

Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge

3:59