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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 557559-601h 58m39 tracks

English Song (2004), CD, 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.

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