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The Very Best of English Song

Anthony Rooley · Philip Ledger · Robert Tear · André Previn · John Toll · Neville Marriner · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · David Willison · Janet Baker

EMI Classics2003Cat. 7243 5 75926 2 82h 2m46 tracks

The Very Best of English Song (2003), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by John Dowland, Henry Purcell, Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by Anthony Rooley, Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, André Previn; 46 tracks.

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Linden Lea

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker

2:51

02

The Salley Gardens

John Ireland - Songs Sacred and Profane: No. 4. The Salley Gardens

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker

2:14

03

O Mistress Mine

Hubert Parry - English Lyrics: Set II, I. "O mistress mine"

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker

1:32

04

Love’s Philosophy, op. 3 no. 1

Roger Quilter - Love’s Philosophy, op. 3 no. 1

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker

1:32

05

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3 no. 2

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

Geoffrey Parsons, Thomas Allen

2:13

07

Loveliest of Trees

George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:52

08

Down by the Salley Gardens

Ivor Gurney - Down by the Salley Gardens

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:35

09

Ivor Gurney - Black Stitchel

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:10

10

Peter Warlock - My Own Country

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:34

11

Peter Warlock - Passing By

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:31

12

Pretty Ring Time

Peter Warlock - Pretty Ring Time

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

1:18

13

Ten Blake Songs: V. The Lamb

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Ten Blake Songs

Ian Partridge, Janet Craxton

2:16

14

Ten Blake Songs: VI. The Shepherd

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Ten Blake Songs

Ian Partridge, Janet Craxton

0:50

15

Ten Blake Songs: II. Silent Noon

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

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

4:16

16

Come Away, Death, op. 6 no. 1

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

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:02

17

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

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

1:13

18

Gerald Finzi - Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum

Jonathan Lemalu, Roger Vignoles

1:59

19

John Ireland - Sea Fever

Jonathan Lemalu, Roger Vignoles

2:11

20

Frederick Keel - Three Salt-Water Ballads

Jonathan Lemalu, Roger Vignoles

2:24

21

Songs of the Sea: I. Drake’s Drum

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

2:43

22

Songs of the Sea: V. The Old Superb

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

3:26

24

Bless This House

May Brahe - Bless This House

Philip Ledger, Janet Baker

3:16

25

Peter Warlock - Balulalow

Philip Ledger, Janet Baker

1:46

26

Charles Dibdin - Poor Tom Bowling

André Previn, Robert Tear

4:19

28

Come Into the Garden, Maud

Michael William Balfe - Come Into the Garden Maud

André Previn, Robert Tear

4:11

30

William Shield - Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: The Plough Boy

Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

1:44

31

William Walton - Façade: Popular Song

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:01

Disc 2

02

It Was a Lover and His Lass

Thomas Morley - First Book of Ayres: It Was a Lover and His Lass

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

3:11

03

O Mistress Mine

Thomas Morley - Consort Lessons, Book 1: O Mistress Mine

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

1:40

05

Where the Bee Sucks

Robert Johnson - Where the Bee Sucks

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

1:14

06

Full Fathom Five

Robert Johnson - Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

2:13

07

Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby

William Byrd - Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby

5:59

08

Elegy on the Death of Thomas Tallis

William Byrd - Ye Sacred Muses

4:09

09

John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 3: "Sorrow, Stay"

Anthony Rooley, Emma Kirkby

3:04

10

Can She Excuse My Wrongs?

John Dowland - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 5: “Can She Excuse My Wrongs?”

Anthony Rooley, Emma Kirkby

2:32

11

Awake, Sweet Love

John Dowland - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 19: "Awake, Sweet Love"

Anthony Rooley, Emma Kirkby

2:49

12

John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 16: "Woeful Heart With Grief Oppressed"

Anthony Rooley, Emma Kirkby

2:51

13

John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 19: "Shall I Sue, Shall I Seek for Grace?"

Charles Daniels

2:37

14

Me, Me and None but Me

John Dowland - The Third Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 5: "Me, Me, and None but Me"

Charles Daniels

2:11

15

John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 2: "Flow My Tears"

Charles Daniels

3:51

16

Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 38. “Fairest Isle” (Venus)

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:37

17

Music for a While

Henry Purcell - Music for a While

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

3:55

18

I Attempt From Love’s Sickness

Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Act III: 17h. "I Attempt From Love's Sickness to Fly"

2:02

19

If Music Be the Food of Love

Henry Purcell - If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

2:06

20

An Evening Hymn: Now That the Sun

Henry Purcell - An Evening Hymn, Z. 193 "Now that the sun hath veiled his light"

5:20

21

Peter Warlock - Yarmouth Fair

Ernest Lush, Owen Brannigan

1:40