The Very Best of English Song with Orchestra
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Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Sea Pictures: I. Sea Slumber-Song
Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker
Sea Pictures: III. Sabbath Morning at Sea
Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker
Sea Pictures: IV. Where Corals Lie
Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker
Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Songs of Travel: 2. Let beauty awake
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Songs of Travel: 3. The Roadside Fire
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Songs of Travel: 4. Youth and Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Songs of Travel: 6. The infinite shining heavens
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Songs of Travel: 7. Whither must I wander
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Songs of Travel: 8. Bright is the ring of words
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Songs of Travel: 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: Prologue
Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Neville Marriner, Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 1. Pastoral
Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 2. Nocturne
Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 3. Elegy
Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 4. Dirge
Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 5. Hymn
Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia
Disc 2
Five Mystical Songs: 1. Easter
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs: No. 1. Easter
David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Five Mystical Songs: 2. I got me flowers
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs: No. 2. I Got Me Flowers
David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Five Mystical Songs: 3. Love bade me welcome
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs: No. 3. Love Bade Me Welcome
David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Five Mystical Songs: 4. The Call
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs: No. 4. The Call
David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Five Mystical Songs: 5. Antiphon
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs: No. 5. Antiphon
David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Dies natalis: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato)
Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8
Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra
Dies natalis: 3. The Rapture (Danza)
Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8
Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra
Dies natalis: 4. Wonder (Arioso)
Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8
Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra
Dies natalis: 5. The Salutation (Aria)
Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8
Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra
Songs of the Sea: 1. Drake's Drum
Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91
Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon
Songs of the Sea: 2. Outward Bound
Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91
Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon
Songs of the Sea: 3. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain
Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91
Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon
Songs of the Sea: 4. Homeward Bound
Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91
Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon
Songs of the Sea: 5. The Old Superb
Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91
Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon
Edward Elgar - The Torch, op. 60 no. 1
Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Edward Elgar - The River, op. 60 no. 2
Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Love blows as the wind blows: In the year that's come and gone
George Butterworth - Love blows as the wind blows
Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Disc 3
Les Illuminations: IIIa. Phrase
Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIa. Phrase
Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley
Les Illuminations: IIIb. Antique
Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIb. Antique
Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley
Les Illuminations: IV. Royauté
Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18
Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley
Les Illuminations: VI. Interlude
Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18
Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley
Les Illuminations: VII. Being Beauteous
Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18
Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley
Les Illuminations: VIII. Parade
Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18
Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley
Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine!
Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3
Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble
Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know
Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3
Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble
Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols
Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3
Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble
Sea Drift: O past! O happy life!
Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3
Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble
On Wenlock Edge: 1. On Wenlock Edge
Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge
Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge
On Wenlock Edge: 2. From far, from eve and morning
Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge
Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge
On Wenlock Edge: 3. Is my team ploughing
Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge
Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge
On Wenlock Edge: 4. Oh, when I was in love with you
Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge
Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge
On Wenlock Edge: 5. Bredon Hill
Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge
Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge