Various artists
Album

The Very Best of English Song

Various artists

127 SONGS • 6 HOURS AND 25 MINUTES • MAR 05 2012

1
Linden Lea
Dame Janet Baker & Gerald Moore
02:54
2
Songs Sacred and Profane: 4. The Salley Gardens (2003 Remaster)
Dame Janet Baker & Gerald Moore
02:13
3
English Lyrics Set II: 1. O mistress mine (2003 Remaster)
Dame Janet Baker & Gerald Moore
01:31
4
3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1, Love's Philosophy, "The fountains mingle with the river" (Very quick and passionate)
Dame Janet Baker & Gerald Moore
01:31
5
Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2
Sir Thomas Allen & Geoffrey Parsons
02:13
6
In summertime on Bredon (piano accompaniment)
Sir Thomas Allen & Geoffrey Parsons
03:43
7
Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees (2001 Remaster)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
02:51
8
Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
02:35
9
Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
02:10
10
My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
02:34
11
Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
02:30
12
Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
01:16
13
10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The Lamb
Ian Partridge & Janet Craxton
02:17
14
Ten Blake Songs: No. 6, The Shepherd, "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" (Allegretto)
Ian Partridge
00:56
15
The House of Life: No. 2, Silent Noon
Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
04:18
16
Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1
Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
03:01
17
Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7
Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
01:16
18
Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum
Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles
01:59
19
Sea Fever
Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles
02:11
20
Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)
Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles
02:23
21
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum - Tempo di marcia moderato (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]
Robert Lloyd & Nina Walker
02:43
22
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]
Robert Lloyd & Nina Walker
03:25
23
Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)
Frederick Harvey & Jack Byfield
03:02
24
Bless this House
Dame Janet Baker & Sir Philip Ledger
03:15
25
Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"
Dame Janet Baker & Sir Philip Ledger
01:49
26
Tom Bowling
André Previn feat. Robert Tear
04:19
27
Home! Sweet Home!
Robert Tear & André Previn
03:35
28
Come Into The Garden, Maud
André Previn feat. Robert Tear
04:13
29
Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Robert Tear & Sir Philip Ledger feat. Philip Ledger
02:24
30
Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy
Robert Tear & Sir Philip Ledger feat. Philip Ledger
01:50
31
Façade - An entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell: 19. Popular Song (2000 Remaster)
Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
02:02
32
Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
02:13
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
03:09
34
Two songs - O mistress mine (arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) [Twelfth Night]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
01:39
35
The Willow Song (Othello) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
04:16
36
Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
01:14
37
Full fathom five (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
02:12
38
Lullaby, my sweet little baby (last verse cut)
Michael Chance & Fretwork
05:59
39
Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)
Michael Chance feat. Christopher Wilson
04:08
40
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
03:04
41
Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
02:32
42
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
02:48
43
Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
02:50
44
Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Charles Daniels & David Miller
02:36
45
Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)
Charles Daniels & David Miller
02:11
46
Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Charles Daniels & David Miller
03:49
47
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"
Nancy Argenta & Nigel North
02:37
48
Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"
Nancy Argenta & John Toll feat. Nigel North & Richard Boothby
03:55
49
The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)
Nancy Argenta & Paul Nicholson feat. Nigel North & Richard Boothby
02:01
50
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379
Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby & John Toll feat. Nigel North
02:05
51
Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193
Nancy Argenta & Paul Nicholson feat. Nigel North & Richard Boothby
05:24
52
Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"
Owen Brannigan & Ernest Lush
01:40
53
The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)
Owen Brannigan & Gerald Moore
03:37
54
Down Below (2003 Remaster)
Ian Wallace & Donald Swann
02:44
55
A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) [2003 Remaster]
Ian Wallace & Donald Swann
02:36
56
The Wart Hog (2003 Remaster)
Ian Wallace & Donald Swann
03:48
57
The Hippopotamus Song (Introduced by Michael Flanders) [1991 Remaster]
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
04:04
58
Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 1, Sea Slumber-Song
Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli
05:02
59
Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 2, In Haven. Capri
Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli
02:06
60
Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 3, A Sabbath Morning at Sea
Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli
06:20
61
Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 4, Where Corals Lie
Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli
04:11
62
Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 5, The Swimmer
Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli
06:09
63
Songs of Travel: No. 1, The Vagabond (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
03:02
64
Songs of Travel: No. 2, Let Beauty Awake (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
01:41
65
Songs of Travel: No. 3, The Roadside Fire (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
02:20
66
Songs of Travel: No. 4, Youth and Love (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
03:17
67
Songs of Travel: No. 5, In Dreams (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
02:36
68
Songs of Travel: No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
02:06
69
Songs of Travel: No. 7, Whither Must I Wander? (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
03:49
70
Songs of Travel: No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
01:55
71
Songs of Travel: No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
02:10
72
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 1, Prologue
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
01:24
73
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 2, Pastoral
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
03:44
74
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 3, Nocturne
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
03:28
75
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 4, Elegy
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
04:30
76
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 5, Dirge
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
03:25
77
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 6, Hymn
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
02:02
78
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 7, Sonnet
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
04:44
79
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 8, Epilogue
Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner
01:38
80
Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 3, The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Orchestral Version)
Neil Mackie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell & Steuart Bedford
02:40
81
Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 7, Oliver Cromwell (Orchestral Version)
Neil Mackie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell & Steuart Bedford
00:47
82
5 Mystical Songs: No. 1, Easter
John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
05:12
83
5 Mystical Songs: No. 2, I Got Me Flowers
John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
02:53
84
5 Mystical Songs: No. 3, Love Bade Me Welcome
John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
05:26
85
5 Mystical Songs: No. 4, The Call
John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
02:08
86
5 Mystical Songs: No. 5, Antiphon
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & David Willcocks feat. John Shirley-Quirk
03:19
87
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 1. Intrada (1990 Remaster)
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
05:06
88
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
06:30
89
Dies natalis, Op. 8 : 3. The Rapture (Danza) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
03:33
90
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 4. Wonder (Arioso) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
04:21
91
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 5. The Salutation (Aria) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
04:17
92
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato) [1983 Remaster]
Benjamin Luxon, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Norman Del Mar
03:21
93
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: II. Outward Bound (Andante espressivo) [1983 Remaster]
Benjamin Luxon, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Norman Del Mar
03:09
94
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: III. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain (Allegro con fuoco) [1983 Remaster]
Benjamin Luxon, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Norman Del Mar
01:45
95
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: IV. Homeward Bound (Andante tranquillo) [1983 Remaster]
Benjamin Luxon, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Norman Del Mar
06:52
96
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace) [1983 Remaster]
Benjamin Luxon, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Norman Del Mar
03:11
97
2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 1, The Torch
Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Vernon Handley
02:27
98
2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 2, The River
Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Vernon Handley
03:46
99
Love blows as the wind blows: In the year that's come and gone (1993 Remaster)
Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
03:19
100
Love blows as the wind blows: Life in her creaking shoes (1993 Remaster)
Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
02:03
101
Love blows as the wind blows: Coming up from Richmond (1993 Remaster)
Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
04:40
102
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 1, Fanfare
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
01:53
103
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 2, Villes
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:20
104
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3a, Phrase
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
00:55
105
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3b, Antique
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:04
106
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 4, Royauté
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
01:34
107
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 5, Marine
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
00:57
108
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 6, Interlude
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:43
109
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 7, Being Beauteous
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
03:54
110
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 8, Parade
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:34
111
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 9, Départ
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:48
112
Sea Drift: Once Paumanok -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
03:49
113
Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
01:30
114
Sea Drift: Till of a sudden -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
02:37
115
Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
01:57
116
Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
04:05
117
Sea Drift: O rising stars! -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
01:36
118
Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
06:25
119
Sea Drift: O past! O happy life
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
03:06
120
On Wenlock Edge: No. 1, On Wenlock Edge (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
03:51
121
On Wenlock Edge: No. 2, From Far, from Eve and Morning (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
02:04
122
On Wenlock Edge: No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
03:47
123
On Wenlock Edge: No. 4, Oh When I Was in Love with You (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
00:44
124
On Wenlock Edge: No. 5, Bredon Hill (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
07:37
125
On Wenlock Edge: No. 6, Clun (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
03:22
126
In summertime on Bredon (orchestral accompaniment)
Frederick Harvey, Philharmonia Orchestra & George Weldon
03:09
127
Devonshire Cream and Cider
Frederick Harvey, Philharmonia Orchestra & George Weldon
03:55
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