‎The Very Best of English Song by Various Artists

Linden Lea - A Dorset song (1994 - Remaster)

Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker

2:51

4. The Salley Gardens

Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker

2:14

1. O mistress mine

Dame Janet Baker, Gerald Moore

1:32

1. Love's Philosophy

Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker

1:32

Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2

Sir Thomas Allen, Geoffrey Parsons

2:12

In summertime on Bredon

Geoffrey Parsons, Sir Thomas Allen

3:44

I. Loveliest of trees

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:51

Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Digital Remaster)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:34

Black Stitchel (2001 Digital Remaster)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:10

My Own Country (2001 Digital Remaster)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:34

Passing By (2001 Digital Remaster)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:30

Pretty Ring Time (2001 Digital Remaster)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:18

5. The Lamb

Janet Craxton, Ian Partridge

2:16

6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet]

Ian Partridge, Janet Craxton

0:56

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

Julius Drake, Ian Bostridge

4:15

Come away, death, Op.6 No. 1

Julius Drake, Ian Bostridge

3:02

Since we loved, Op.13 No. 7

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

1:17

6. Rollicum-Rorum

Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

2:01

Sea Fever

Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

2:11

Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)

Jonathan Lemalu, Roger Vignoles

2:23

I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato)

Nina Walker, Robert Lloyd

2:43

V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)

Nina Walker, Robert Lloyd

3:25

3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)

Frederick Harvey, Jack Byfield

3:01

Bless this House

Dame Janet Baker, Sir Philip Ledger

3:16

Balulalow (wds Wedderburn brothers after Luther)

Dame Janet Baker, Sir Philip Ledger

1:49

Tom Bowling

André Previn, Robert Tear

4:19

Home! Sweet Home!

Robert Tear, André Previn

3:36

Come into the garden, Maud (1993 Digital Remaster)

André Previn, Robert Tear

4:12

The Foggy, Foggy Dew (2000 Digital Remaster)

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

2:24

The Plough Boy (2000 Digital Remaster)

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

1:50

19. Popular Song

Neville Marriner, Michael Flanders, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Fenella Fielding

2:00

Greensleeves [solo lute verse at end cut] (1995 Digital Remaster)

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

2:10

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

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

3:10

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

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

1:39

The Willow Song (Othello) (1995 Digital Remaster)

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

4:16

Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Digital Remaster)

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

1:14

Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Digital Remaster)

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

2:12

Lullaby, my sweet little baby [last verse cut]

Michael Chance, Fretwork

5:59

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

Christopher Wilson, Michael Chance, Fretwork, Richard Boothby, Julia Hodgson, Richard Campbell, William Hunt, Wendy Gillespie

4:08

Sorrow, stay!

Anthony Rooley, Dame Emma Kirkby

3:04

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

Anthony Rooley, Dame Emma Kirkby, Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Charles Medlam, Tessa Bonner, Consort of Musicke, London Baroque

2:31

Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)

Dame Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley

2:48

Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Anthony Rooley, Dame Emma Kirkby

2:51

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

David Miller, Charles Daniels

2:36

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

Charles Daniels, David Miller

2:11

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

Charles Daniels, David Miller

3:51

Fairest isle

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:36

Music for a while

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

3:55

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

2:02

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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

2:05

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

5:27

Yarmouth Fair (1994 Digital Remaster)

Ernest Lush, Owen Brannigan

1:40

The Smuggler's Song (2003 - Remaster)

Owen Brannigan, Gerald Moore

3:37

Down Below (2003 - Remaster)

Donald Swann, Ian Wallace

2:44

A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) (2003 - Remaster)

Donald Swann, Ian Wallace

2:36

The Wart Hog (2003 - Remaster)

Donald Swann, Ian Wallace, Micheal Flanders

3:48

The Hippopotamus Song [introduced by Michael Flanders] (1991 Digital Remaster)

Michael Flanders, Donald Swann

4:02

Gerald Moore

Vocals, Piano
Dame Janet Baker

Mezzo-Soprano
Sir Thomas Allen

Baritone
Geoffrey Parsons

Piano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Tenor

The Very Best of English Song

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