The Very Best of English Song

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1.
Linden Lea - A Dorset song (1994 Remastered Version)
Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker
2.
Songs Sacred and Profane (2003 Remastered Version): 4. The Salley Gardens
Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker
3.
English Lyrics Set II (2003 Remastered Version): 1. O mistress mine
Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker
4.
Three Songs Op. 3 (1994 Remastered Version): 1. Love's Philosophy
Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker
5.
Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2
Geoffrey Parsons
6.
In summertime on Bredon
Geoffrey Parsons
7.
Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (2001 Remastered Version): I. Loveliest of trees
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison
8.
Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)
David Willison
9.
Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison
10.
My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison
11.
Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison
12.
Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison
13.
Ten Blake Songs: 5. The Lamb
Ian Partridge, Janet Craxton
14.
Ten Blake Songs: 6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet]
Ian Partridge
15.
Silent Noon (No. 2 of The House of Life)
Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake
16.
Come away, death, Op.6 No. 1
Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake
17.
Since we loved, Op.13 No. 7
Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake
18.
Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum
Jonathan Lemalu, Roger Vignoles
19.
Sea Fever
Roger Vignoles
20.
Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)
Roger Vignoles
21.
Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato)
Nina Walker
22.
Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)
Nina Walker
23.
Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)
Jack Byfield
24.
Bless this House
Sir Philip Ledger, Dame Janet Baker
25.
Balulalow (wds Wedderburn brothers after Luther) (1994 Remastered Version)
Sir Philip Ledger, Dame Janet Baker
26.
Tom Bowling
André Previn, Robert Tear
27.
Home! Sweet Home!
André Previn, Robert Tear
28.
Come into the garden, Maud (1993 Remastered Version)
André Previn, Robert Tear
29.
Folk Song Arrangement: The Foggy, Foggy Dew (2000 Remastered Version)
Sir Philip Ledger
30.
Folk Song Arrangement: The Plough Boy (2000 Remastered Version)
Sir Philip Ledger
31.
Façade - An entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell (2000 Remastered Version): 19. Popular Song
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders
32.
Greensleeves [solo lute verse at end cut] (1995 Remastered Version)
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré
33.
Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) (As you like it)
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré
34.
Two songs: O mistress mine (attrib. Morley; arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) (Twelfth Night)
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré
35.
The Willow Song (Othello) (1995 Remastered Version)
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré
36.
Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré
37.
Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré
38.
Lullaby, my sweet little baby [last verse cut]
Fretwork, Michael Chance
39.
Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)
Fretwork, Christopher Wilson, Richard Boothby, Richard Campbell, William Hunt, Julia Hodgson, Wendy Gillespie
40.
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!
Dame Emma Kirkby
41.
Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)
Anthony Rooley, London Baroque, Consort Of Musicke, Tessa Bonner, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players, Charles Medlam, The Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Dame Emma Kirkby
42.
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)
Dame Emma Kirkby
43.
Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Dame Emma Kirkby
44.
Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Charles Daniels, David Miller
45.
Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)
Charles Daniels, David Miller
46.
Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Charles Daniels, David Miller
47.
King Arthur, Z.628: Fairest isle
Nancy Argenta
48.
Oedipus, Z.583: Music for a while
Nancy Argenta, John Toll
49.
I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630
Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta
50.
If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379
Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll
51.
Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193
Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta
52.
Yarmouth Fair (1994 Remastered Version)
Ernest Lush
53.
The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)
Gerald Moore
54.
Down Below (2003 Remastered Version)
Donald Swann
55.
A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) (2003 Remastered Version)
Donald Swann
56.
The Wart Hog (2003 Remastered Version)
Donald Swann
57.
The Hippopotamus Song [introduced by Michael Flanders] (1991 Remastered Version)
Michael Flanders
58.
Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): I. Sea Slumber-Song
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker
59.
Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): II. In Haven (Capri)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker
60.
Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): III. Sabbath Morning at Sea
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker
61.
Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): IV. Where Corals Lie
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker
62.
Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): V. The Swimmer
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker
63.
Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
64.
Songs of Travel: 2. Let beauty awake
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
65.
Songs of Travel: 3. The Roadside Fire
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
66.
Songs of Travel: 4. Youth and Love
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
67.
Songs of Travel: 5. In Dreams
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
68.
Songs of Travel: 6. The infinite shining heavens
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
69.
Songs of Travel: 7. Whither must I wander
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
70.
Songs of Travel: 8. Bright is the ring of words
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
71.
Songs of Travel: 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen
72.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): Prologue (horn solo)
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
73.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
74.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
75.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
76.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
77.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
78.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats) [horn tacet]
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
79.
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): Epilogue (horn solo)
Sir Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil
80.
Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Neil Mackie, Steuart Bedford
81.
Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Neil Mackie, Steuart Bedford
82.
Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 1. Easter
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks
83.
Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 2. I got me flowers
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks
84.
Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 3. Love bade me welcome
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks
85.
Five Mystical Songs: 4. The Call [baritone only]
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk
86.
Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 5. Antiphon [chorus only]
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk
87.
Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 1. Intrada -
English Chamber Orchestra, Wilfred Brown, Christopher Finzi
88.
Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato)
English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi
89.
Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 3. The Rapture (Danza)
English Chamber Orchestra, Wilfred Brown, Christopher Finzi
90.
Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 4. Wonder (Arioso)
English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi
91.
Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 5. The Salutation (Aria)
English Chamber Orchestra, Wilfred Brown, Christopher Finzi
92.
Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes
93.
Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): II. Outward Bound (Andante espressivo)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes
94.
Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): III. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain (Allegro con fuoco)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes
95.
Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): IV. Homeward Bound (Andante tranquillo)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes
96.
Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes
97.
The Torch Op. 60 No. 1 (1993 Remastered Version)
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley
98.
The River Op. 60 No. 2 (1993 Remastered Version)
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley
99.
Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): In the year that's come and gone -
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley
100.
Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): Life in her creaking shoes -
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley
101.
Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): Coming up from Richmond
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley
102.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: I. Fanfare
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
103.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: II. Villes
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
104.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIa. Phrase
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
105.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIb. Antique
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
106.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: IV. Royauté
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
107.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: V. Marine
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
108.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: VI. Interlude
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
109.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: VII. Being Beauteous
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
110.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: VIII. Parade
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
111.
Les Illuminations Op. 18: IX. Départ
Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley
112.
Sea Drift: Once Paumanok -
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
113.
Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! -
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
114.
Sea Drift: Till of a sudden -
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
115.
Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
116.
Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know -
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
117.
Sea Drift: O rising stars! -
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
118.
Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols -
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
119.
Sea Drift: O past! O happy life
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Edmund Walters
120.
On Wenlock Edge: I. On Wenlock Edge
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Bostridge, Bernard Haitink
121.
On Wenlock Edge: II. From far, from eve and morning
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Bostridge, Bernard Haitink
122.
On Wenlock Edge: III. Is my team ploughing?
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Bostridge, Bernard Haitink
123.
On Wenlock Edge: IV. Oh, when I was in love with you
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Bostridge, Bernard Haitink
124.
On Wenlock Edge: V. Bredon Hill
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Bostridge, Bernard Haitink
125.
On Wenlock Edge: VI. Clun
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Bostridge, Bernard Haitink
126.
In summertime on Bredon [with orch.]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, George Weldon
127.
Devonshire Cream and Cider [with orch.]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, George Weldon

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03/05/2012

Linden Lea - A Dorset song (1994 Remastered Version)

Songs Sacred and Profane (2003 Remastered Version): 4. The Salley Gardens

English Lyrics Set II (2003 Remastered Version): 1. O mistress mine

Three Songs Op. 3 (1994 Remastered Version): 1. Love's Philosophy

Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2

In summertime on Bredon

Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (2001 Remastered Version): I. Loveliest of trees

Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)

Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)

My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)

Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)

Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)

Ten Blake Songs: 5. The Lamb

Ten Blake Songs: 6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet]

Silent Noon (No. 2 of The House of Life)

Come away, death, Op.6 No. 1

Since we loved, Op.13 No. 7

Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum

Sea Fever

Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)

Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato)

Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)

Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)

Bless this House

Balulalow (wds Wedderburn brothers after Luther) (1994 Remastered Version)

Tom Bowling

Home! Sweet Home!

Come into the garden, Maud (1993 Remastered Version)

Folk Song Arrangement: The Foggy, Foggy Dew (2000 Remastered Version)

Folk Song Arrangement: The Plough Boy (2000 Remastered Version)

Façade - An entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell (2000 Remastered Version): 19. Popular Song

Greensleeves [solo lute verse at end cut] (1995 Remastered Version)

Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) (As you like it)

Two songs: O mistress mine (attrib. Morley; arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) (Twelfth Night)

The Willow Song (Othello) (1995 Remastered Version)

Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)

Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)

Lullaby, my sweet little baby [last verse cut]

Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)

The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!

Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)

The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)

Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)

Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

King Arthur, Z.628: Fairest isle

Oedipus, Z.583: Music for a while

I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630

If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379

Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193

Yarmouth Fair (1994 Remastered Version)

The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)

Down Below (2003 Remastered Version)

A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) (2003 Remastered Version)

The Wart Hog (2003 Remastered Version)

The Hippopotamus Song [introduced by Michael Flanders] (1991 Remastered Version)

Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): I. Sea Slumber-Song

Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): II. In Haven (Capri)

Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): III. Sabbath Morning at Sea

Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): IV. Where Corals Lie

Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): V. The Swimmer

Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond

Songs of Travel: 2. Let beauty awake

Songs of Travel: 3. The Roadside Fire

Songs of Travel: 4. Youth and Love

Songs of Travel: 5. In Dreams

Songs of Travel: 6. The infinite shining heavens

Songs of Travel: 7. Whither must I wander

Songs of Travel: 8. Bright is the ring of words

Songs of Travel: 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope