English Song Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir William Walton, Gustav Holst, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Peter Warlock, Sir Arnold Bax, Roger Quilter, Benjamin Britten; Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Simon Keenlyside, Della Jones, Christopher Maltman, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Release: Sep 2004 [Worldwide], Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 53, Length: 2:29:42, Barcode: 0747313255924
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
1 A Soft Day 2:49
2 Irish Skies 5:12
3 Cherry Ripe 2:42
4 Mustard and Cress 1:52
5 The Lily of a Day 2:36
6 Henry King 3:21
7 Fain would I change that note 3:06
8 In summertime on Bredon 3:56
9 The lads in their hundreds 2:54
10 Among the rocks 3:29
11 It was a lover and his lass 1:52
12 The Water Mill 4:01
13 On Wenlock Edge 3:51
14 The Call 2:16
15 Silent Noon 4:38
16 Now in these fairylands 1:26
17 The dream-city 3:16
18 Margrete's Cradle Song 2:44
19 The Heart Worships 3:14
20 Take, O take those lips away 1:25
21 Now sleeps the crimson petal 2:25
22 Love calls through the summer night 5:29
23 I will go with my father a-ploughing 2:25
24 The Rio Grande 2:31
25 Theodore, or the Pirate King 0:53
26 A Long Time Ago 1:31
27 Oh dear, what can the matter be? 1:32
CD #2
1 The Grenadier 3:22
2 The Young Lover 2:59
3 Betty and Johnny 2:11
4 Rise up and reach the stars 1:38
5 The Bells 3:00
6 Ann's Cradle Song 3:20
7 As I Lay in the Early Sun 1:49
8 The Cherry Tree 2:31
9 Dusk 1:31
10 Peter Warlock's Fancy 2:11
11 The frostbound wood 3:05
12 Chopcherry 1:00
13 A Sad Song 2:09
14 Rutterkin 1:11
15 Bethlehem Down 4:35
16 Wapping Old Stairs 2:23
17 Long Steel Grass 2:30
18 Tango-Pasodoble 2:07
19 Popular Song 2:15
20 Beatriz's Song 2:50
21 Lay your sleeping head, my love 5:34
22 Early One Morning 3:22
23 The foggy, foggy dew 2:37
24 Now the leaves are falling fast 1:59
25 Tell me the truth about love 5:40
26 The Choirmaster's Burial 4:00

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