‎The Very Best of English Song by Various Artists

Linden Lea - A Dorset song (1994 Remastered Version)

Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker

2:54

4. The Salley Gardens

Dame Janet Baker, Gerald Moore

2:13

1. O mistress mine

Dame Janet Baker, Gerald Moore

1:31

1. Love's Philosophy

Dame Janet Baker, Gerald Moore

1:30

Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2

Geoffrey Parsons, Sir Thomas Allen

2:13

In summertime on Bredon

Geoffrey Parsons, Sir Thomas Allen

3:43

I. Loveliest of trees

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

2:51

Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:35

Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:10

My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:33

Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:30

Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)

David Willison, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:16

5. The Lamb

Janet Craxton, Ian Partridge

2:17

6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet]

Ian Partridge, Janet Craxton

0:56

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

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

4:18

Come away, death, Op.6 No. 1

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

3:01

Since we loved, Op.13 No. 7

Julius Drake, Ian Bostridge

1:16

6. Rollicum-Rorum

Jonathan Lemalu, Roger Vignoles

1:59

Sea Fever

Roger Vignoles

2:11

Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)

Roger Vignoles

2:23

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

Nina Walker

2:43

V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)

Nina Walker

3:25

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

Jack Byfield, Frederick Harvey

3:01

Bless this House

Sir Philip Ledger, Dame Janet Baker

3:15

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

Dame Janet Baker, Sir Philip Ledger

1:49

Tom Bowling

André Previn, Robert Tear

4:19

Home! Sweet Home!

Robert Tear, André Previn

3:35

Come into the garden, Maud (1993 Remastered Version)

Robert Tear, André Previn

4:13

The Foggy, Foggy Dew (2000 Remastered Version)

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

2:24

The Plough Boy (2000 Remastered Version)

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

1:50

19. Popular Song

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

2:02

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

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

2:13

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

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

3:09

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 Remastered Version)

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

4:16

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

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré

1:14

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

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)

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

4:08

Sorrow, stay!

Dame Emma Kirkby

3:04

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

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

2:32

Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)

Dame Emma Kirkby

2:48

Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Dame Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley

2:50

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)

David Miller, Charles Daniels

3:49

Fairest isle

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:37

Music for a while

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

3:55

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:01

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

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

2:05

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

5:24

Yarmouth Fair (1994 Remastered Version)

Ernest Lush, Owen Brannigan

1:40

The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)

Gerald Moore, Owen Brannigan

3:37

Down Below (2003 Remastered Version)

Donald Swann, Ian Wallace

2:44

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

Donald Swann, Ian Wallace

2:36

The Wart Hog (2003 Remastered Version)

Donald Swann, Micheal Flanders, Ian Wallace

3:48

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

Michael Flanders, Donald Swann

4:04

I. Sea Slumber-Song

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Dame Janet Baker

5:02

II. In Haven (Capri)

John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra

2:06

III. Sabbath Morning at Sea

Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli

6:20

IV. Where Corals Lie

John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra

4:11

V. The Swimmer

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Dame Janet Baker

6:09

1. The Vagabond

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Simon Rattle

3:02

2. Let beauty awake

Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:41

3. The Roadside Fire

Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:20

4. Youth and Love

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen

3:17

5. In Dreams

Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:36

6. The infinite shining heavens

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen

2:06

7. Whither must I wander

Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:49

8. Bright is the ring of words

Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:55

9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope

Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:10

Prologue (horn solo)

Royal Northern Sinfonia, Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Neville Marriner

1:24

1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)

Robert Tear, Neville Marriner, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Alan Civil

3:44

2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

Robert Tear, Neville Marriner, Alan Civil, Royal Northern Sinfonia

3:28

3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)

Neville Marriner, Alan Civil, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Robert Tear

4:30

4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)

Royal Northern Sinfonia, Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Alan Civil

3:25

5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)

Alan Civil, Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia

2:02

6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats) [horn tacet]

Alan Civil, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Neville Marriner, Robert Tear

4:44

Epilogue (horn solo)

Alan Civil, Robert Tear, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Neville Marriner

1:38

The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune)

Neil Mackie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

2:40

Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk)

Steuart Bedford, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Neil Mackie

0:47

1. Easter

English Chamber Orchestra, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, John Shirley-Quirk

5:12

2. I got me flowers

Sir David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, John Shirley-Quirk

2:53

3. Love bade me welcome

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

5:26

4. The Call [baritone only]

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, John Shirley-Quirk

2:08

5. Antiphon [chorus only]

Sir David Willcocks, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra

3:19

1. Intrada -

English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi, Wilfred Brown

5:06

2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato)

English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi, Wilfred Brown

6:30

3. The Rapture (Danza)

English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi, Wilfred Brown

3:33

4. Wonder (Arioso)

Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra

4:21

5. The Salutation (Aria)

English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi, Wilfred Brown

4:17

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

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Norman Del Mar, Geoffrey Hughes, Benjamin Luxon

3:21

II. Outward Bound (Andante espressivo)

Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Benjamin Luxon

3:09

III. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain (Allegro con fuoco)

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Hughes, Norman Del Mar, Benjamin Luxon

1:45

IV. Homeward Bound (Andante tranquillo)

Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Benjamin Luxon

6:52

V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)

Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Geoffrey Hughes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Luxon

3:11

The Torch Op. 60 No. 1 (1993 Remastered Version)

Robert Tear, Vernon Handley, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:27

The River Op. 60 No. 2 (1993 Remastered Version)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley

3:46

In the year that's come and gone -

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley

3:19

Life in her creaking shoes -

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Vernon Handley

2:03

Coming up from Richmond

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Robert Tear

4:40

I. Fanfare

John Mark Ainsley, Nicholas Cleobury

1:53

II. Villes

Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley

2:20

IIIa. Phrase

John Mark Ainsley, Nicholas Cleobury

0:55

IIIb. Antique

Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley

2:04

IV. Royauté

Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley

1:34

V. Marine

John Mark Ainsley, Nicholas Cleobury

0:57

VI. Interlude

Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley

2:43

VII. Being Beauteous

Nicholas Cleobury, John Mark Ainsley

3:54

VIII. Parade

John Mark Ainsley, Nicholas Cleobury

2:34

IX. Départ

John Mark Ainsley, Nicholas Cleobury

2:48

Once Paumanok -

John Noble, Edmund Walters, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

3:49

Shine! shine! shine! -

Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmund Walters, John Noble, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

1:30

Till of a sudden -

John Noble, Edmund Walters, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

2:37

Blow! blow! blow!

John Noble, Sir Charles Groves, Edmund Walters, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

1:57

Yes my brother I know -

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmund Walters, John Noble, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

4:05

O rising stars! -

Sir Charles Groves, John Noble, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmund Walters, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

1:36

O reckless despairing carols -

Edmund Walters, John Noble, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

6:25

O past! O happy life

John Noble, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmund Walters, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

3:06

I. On Wenlock Edge

Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

3:51

II. From far, from eve and morning

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

2:04

III. Is my team ploughing?

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

3:47

IV. Oh, when I was in love with you

Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

0:44

V. Bredon Hill

Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

7:37

VI. Clun

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Ian Bostridge

3:22

In summertime on Bredon [with orch.]

Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon

3:09

Devonshire Cream and Cider [with orch.]

Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon

3:54

Gerald Moore

Vocals, Piano
Dame Janet Baker

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Geoffrey Parsons

Piano
Sir Thomas Allen

Baritone
Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Tenor

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