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The Very Best of English Song with Orchestra

Robert Tear · Nicholas Cleobury · Simon Rattle · Charles Groves · Neville Marriner · Bernard Haitink · Christopher Finzi · David Willcocks · John Barbirolli · Norman Del Mar

EMI Classics2004Cat. 7243 5 85896 2 73h 44m68 tracks
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The Very Best of English Song with Orchestra (2004), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, performed by Robert Tear, Nicholas Cleobury, Simon Rattle, Charles Groves; 68 tracks.

Composers

Ralph Vaughan Williams20Benjamin Britten18Frederick Delius8Edward Elgar7Charles Villiers Stanford5Gerald Finzi5George Butterworth3Graham Peel1Wilfred Ernest Sanderson1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Sea Pictures: I. Sea Slumber-Song

Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker

5:04
02

Sea Pictures: II. In Haven

Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker

2:06
03

Sea Pictures: III. Sabbath Morning at Sea

Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker

6:20
04

Sea Pictures: IV. Where Corals Lie

Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker

4:11
05

Sea Pictures: V. The Swimmer

Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker

6:09
06

Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen

3:02
07

Songs of Travel: 2. Let beauty awake

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen

1:41
08

Songs of Travel: 3. The Roadside Fire

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen

2:21
09

Songs of Travel: 4. Youth and Love

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen

3:18
10

Songs of Travel: 5. In Dreams

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen

2:36
11

Songs of Travel: 6. The infinite shining heavens

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen

2:06
12

Songs of Travel: 7. Whither must I wander

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allen

3:50
13

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

1:55
14

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

2:11
15

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: Prologue

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil

1:25
16

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 1. Pastoral

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia

3:44
17

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 2. Nocturne

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia

3:28
18

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 3. Elegy

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia

4:30
19

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 4. Dirge

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia

3:26
20

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 5. Hymn

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia

2:02
21

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: 6. Sonnet

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Northern Sinfonia

4:45
22

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings: Epilogue

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31

Neville Marriner, Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil

1:33

Disc 2

01

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

5:10
02

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

2:54
03

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

5:26
04

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

2:10
05

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

3:23
06

Dies natalis: 1. Intrada

Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8

Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra

5:07
07

Dies natalis: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato)

Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8

Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra

6:31
08

Dies natalis: 3. The Rapture (Danza)

Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8

Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra

3:33
09

Dies natalis: 4. Wonder (Arioso)

Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8

Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra

4:20
10

Dies natalis: 5. The Salutation (Aria)

Gerald Finzi - Dies Natalis, op. 8

Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra

4:13
11

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

3:21
12

Songs of the Sea: 2. Outward Bound

Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91

Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon

3:09
13

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

1:46
14

Songs of the Sea: 4. Homeward Bound

Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91

Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon

6:52
15

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

3:12
16

Two Songs: 1. The Torch

Edward Elgar - The Torch, op. 60 no. 1

Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:26
17

Two Songs: 2. The River

Edward Elgar - The River, op. 60 no. 2

Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:47
18

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

3:18
19

Love blows as the wind blows: Life in her creaking shoes

George Butterworth - Love blows as the wind blows

Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:03
20

Love blows as the wind blows: Coming up from Richmond

George Butterworth - Love blows as the wind blows

Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4:40

Disc 3

01

Les Illuminations: I. Fanfare

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

1:53
02

Les Illuminations: II. Villes

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

2:20
03

Les Illuminations: IIIa. Phrase

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIa. Phrase

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

0:55
04

Les Illuminations: IIIb. Antique

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIb. Antique

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

2:04
05

Les Illuminations: IV. Royauté

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

1:34
06

Les Illuminations: V. Marine

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

0:57
07

Les Illuminations: VI. Interlude

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

2:43
08

Les Illuminations: VII. Being Beauteous

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

3:54
09

Les Illuminations: VIII. Parade

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

2:34
10

Les Illuminations: IX. Départ

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, op. 18

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley

2:48
11

Sea Drift: Once Paumanok

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

3:49
12

Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine!

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

1:30
13

Sea Drift: Till of a sudden

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

2:37
14

Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

1:57
15

Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

4:04
16

Sea Drift: O rising stars!

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

1:36
17

Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

6:25
18

Sea Drift: O past! O happy life!

Frederick Delius - Sea Drift, RT ii/3

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Noble

3:02
19

On Wenlock Edge: 1. On Wenlock Edge

Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge

Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

3:51
20

On Wenlock Edge: 2. From far, from eve and morning

Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge

Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

2:04
21

On Wenlock Edge: 3. Is my team ploughing

Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge

Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

3:47
22

On Wenlock Edge: 4. Oh, when I was in love with you

Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge

Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

0:44
23

On Wenlock Edge: 5. Bredon Hill

Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge

Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

7:38
24

On Wenlock Edge: 6. Clun

Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge

Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

3:28
25

In summertime on Bredon

Graham Peel - In Summertime on Bredon

George Weldon, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:09
26

Devonshire Cream and Cider

Wilfred Ernest Sanderson - Devonshire Cream and Cider

George Weldon, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:55

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