The Very Best of English Song

Tracks

1. 1
   Linden Lea - A Dorset Song

   Dame Janet BakerGerald Moore
   2:51
2. 2
   Songs Sacred and Profane (2003 Remastered Version): 4. The Salley GardensDame Janet Baker & Gerald Moore
   2:13
3. 3
   English Lyrics Set II (2003 Remastered Version): 1. O mistress mineDame Janet Baker & Gerald Moore
   1:31
4. 4
   Three Songs Op. 3 (1994 Remastered Version): 1. Love's PhilosophyDame Janet Baker & Gerald Moore
   1:30
5. 5
   Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2Geoffrey Parsons
   2:13
6. 6
   In summertime on BredonGeoffrey Parsons
   3:43
7. 7
   Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (2001 Remastered Version): I. Loveliest of treesAnthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
   2:51
8. 8
   Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)

   David Willison
   2:35
9. 9
   Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
   2:10
10. 10
    My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
    2:33
11. 11
    Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
    2:30
12. 12
    Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison
    1:16
13. 13
    Ten Blake Songs: 5. The Lamb

    Janet CraxtonIan Partridge
    2:17
14. 14
    Ten Blake Songs: 6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet]

    Ian Partridge
    0:56
15. 15
    Silent Noon (No. 2 of The House of Life)

    Ian BostridgeJulius Drake
    4:18
16. 16
    Come away, death, Op.6 No. 1

    Ian BostridgeJulius Drake
    3:01
17. 17
    Since we loved, Op.13 No. 7

    Ian BostridgeJulius Drake
    1:16
18. 18
    Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum

    Jonathan LemaluRoger Vignoles
    1:59
19. 19
    Sea Fever

    Roger Vignoles
    2:11
20. 20
    Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)

    Roger Vignoles
    2:21
21. 21
    Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato)

    Nina Walker
    2:43
22. 22
    Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)Nina Walker
    3:25
23. 23
    Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)Jack Byfield
    3:01
24. 24
    Bless this HouseDame Janet Baker & Sir Philip Ledger
    3:15
25. 25
    Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"

    Dame Janet BakerSir Philip Ledger
    1:46
26. 26
    Tom BowlingAndré Previn & Robert Tear
    4:19
27. 27
    Home! Sweet Home!André Previn & Robert Tear
    3:35
28. 28
    Come into the garden, Maud (1993 Remastered Version)André Previn & Robert Tear
    4:13
29. 29
    Folk Song Arrangement: The Foggy, Foggy Dew (2000 Remastered Version)

    Sir Philip Ledger
    2:24
30. 30
    Folk Song Arrangement: The Plough Boy (2000 Remastered Version)

    Sir Philip LedgerRobert Tear
    1:45
31. 31
    Façade - An entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell (2000 Remastered Version): 19. Popular SongAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders & Sir Neville Marriner
    2:02
32. 32
    Greensleeves [solo lute verse at end cut] (1995 Remastered Version)Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
    2:13
33. 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
    3:09
34. 34
    Two songs: O mistress mine (attrib. Morley; arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) (Twelfth Night)Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
    1:39
35. 35
    The Willow Song (Othello) (1995 Remastered Version)Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
    4:16
36. 36
    Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
    1:14
37. 37
    Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
    2:12
38. 38
    Lullaby, my sweet little baby [last verse cut]

    FretworkMichael Chance
    5:59
39. 39
    Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)

    Christopher WilsonMichael Chance
    4:17
40. 40
    The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!Dame Emma Kirkby
    3:04
41. 41
    Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)Dame Emma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner, Anthony Rooley, Consort of Musicke, Taverner Players, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, London Baroque & Charles Medlam
    2:32
42. 42
    The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)Dame Emma Kirkby
    2:48
43. 43
    Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)Dame Emma Kirkby
    2:50
44. 44
    Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)Charles Daniels & David Miller
    2:36
45. 45
    Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)Charles Daniels & David Miller
    2:11
46. 46
    Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)Charles Daniels & David Miller
    3:49
47. 47
    King Arthur, Z.628: Fairest isle

    Nancy Argenta
    2:37
48. 48
    Oedipus, Z.583: Music for a while

    John TollNancy Argenta
    3:55
49. 49
    I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630

    Nancy ArgentaPaul Nicholson
    2:01
50. 50
    If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379

    John TollRichard BoothbyNancy Argenta
    2:06
51. 51
    Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193

    Nancy ArgentaPaul Nicholson
    5:24
52. 52
    Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"

    Owen BranniganErnest Lush
    1:42
53. 53
    The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)Gerald Moore
    3:37
54. 54
    Down Below (2003 Remastered Version)Donald Swann
    2:44
55. 55
    A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) (2003 Remastered Version)Donald Swann
    2:36
56. 56
    The Wart Hog (2003 Remastered Version)Donald Swann
    3:48
57. 57
    The Hippopotamus Song [introduced by Michael Flanders] (1991 Remastered Version)Michael Flanders
    4:04
58. 58
    Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): I. Sea Slumber-Song

    Dame Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli
    5:02
59. 59
    Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): II. In Haven (Capri)

    Dame Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli
    2:06
60. 60
    Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): III. Sabbath Morning at Sea

    Dame Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli
    6:20
61. 61
    Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): IV. Where Corals Lie

    Dame Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli
    4:11
62. 62
    Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): V. The Swimmer

    Dame Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli
    6:09
63. 63
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 1, The Vagabond

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    3:02
64. 64
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 2, Let Beauty Awake

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    1:41
65. 65
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 3, The Roadside Fire

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    2:20
66. 66
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 4, Youth and Love

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    3:17
67. 67
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 5, In Dreams

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    2:36
68. 68
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    2:06
69. 69
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 7, Whither Must I Wander?

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    3:49
70. 70
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    1:55
71. 71
    Songs of Travel (Version with Orchestra): No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope

    토머스 앨런사이먼 래틀시티 오브 버밍엄 심포니 오케스트라
    2:10
72. 72
    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): Prologue (horn solo)

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    1:24
73. 73
    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    3:44
74. 74
    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    3:28
75. 75
    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    4:30
76. 76
    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    3:25
77. 77
    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    2:02
78. 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]

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    4:44
79. 79
    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): Epilogue (horn solo)

    Alan CivilNorthern SinfoniaRobert TearNeville Marriner
    1:38
80. 80
    Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune)Neil Mackie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
    2:40
81. 81
    Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk)Neil Mackie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
    0:47
82. 82
    Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 1. Easter

    John Shirley-QuirkThe Choir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks
    5:12
83. 83
    Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 2. I got me flowers

    English Chamber OrchestraThe Choir of King's College, CambridgeSir David Willcocks
    2:53
84. 84
    Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 3. Love bade me welcome

    John Shirley-QuirkThe Choir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks
    5:26
85. 85
    Five Mystical Songs: 4. The Call [baritone only]

    John Shirley-QuirkEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David WillcocksThe Choir of King's College, Cambridge
    2:08
86. 86
    Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 5. Antiphon [chorus only]

    The Choir of King's College, CambridgeJohn Shirley-QuirkEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks
    3:19
87. 87
    Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 1. Intrada -

    English Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi
    5:06
88. 88
    Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato)

    English Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi
    6:30
89. 89
    Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 3. The Rapture (Danza)

    English Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi
    3:33
90. 90
    Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 4. Wonder (Arioso)

    English Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi
    4:21
91. 91
    Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 5. The Salutation (Aria)

    Christopher FinziEnglish Chamber OrchestraWilfred Brown
    4:17
92. 92
    Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 1, Drake's Drum

    Benjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony ChorusNorman Del MarBournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    3:21
93. 93
    Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): II. Outward Bound (Andante espressivo)Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Hughes & Norman Del Mar
    3:09
94. 94
    Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): III. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain (Allegro con fuoco)Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Hughes & Norman Del Mar
    1:45
95. 95
    Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): IV. Homeward Bound (Andante tranquillo)Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Hughes & Norman Del Mar
    6:52
96. 96
    Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace)Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Hughes & Norman Del Mar
    3:11
97. 97
    The Torch Op. 60 No. 1 (1993 Remastered Version)City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
    2:27
98. 98
    The River Op. 60 No. 2 (1993 Remastered Version)City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
    3:46
99. 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
    3:19
100. 100
     Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): Life in her creaking shoes -City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
     2:03
101. 101
     Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): Coming up from RichmondCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
     4:40
102. 102
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: I. FanfareJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     1:53
103. 103
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: II. VillesJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     2:20
104. 104
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIa. PhraseJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     0:55
105. 105
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIb. AntiqueJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     2:04
106. 106
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: IV. RoyautéJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     1:34
107. 107
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: V. MarineJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     0:57
108. 108
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: VI. InterludeJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     2:43
109. 109
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: VII. Being BeauteousJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     3:54
110. 110
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: VIII. ParadeJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     2:34
111. 111
     Les Illuminations Op. 18: IX. DépartJohn Mark Ainsley & Nicholas Cleobury
     2:48
112. 112
     Sea Drift: Once Paumanok -Edmund Walters, John Noble, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
     3:49
113. 113
     Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! -

     Edmund WaltersJohn NobleLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves
     1:30
114. 114
     Sea Drift: Till of a sudden -

     Edmund WaltersJohn NobleLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves
     2:37
115. 115
     Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!

     Edmund WaltersJohn NobleLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves
     1:57
116. 116
     Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know -

     Edmund Waltersジョン・ノーブルLiverpool Philharmonic Choirロイヤル・リヴァプール・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団チャールズ・グローヴズ
     4:05
117. 117
     Sea Drift: O rising stars! -

     Edmund WaltersJohn NobleLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves
     1:36
118. 118
     Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols -

     Edmund Waltersジョン・ノーブルLiverpool Philharmonic Choirロイヤル・リヴァプール・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団チャールズ・グローヴズ
     6:25
119. 119
     Sea Drift: O past! O happy life

     Edmund WaltersJohn NobleLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves
     3:06
120. 120
     On Wenlock Edge: I. On Wenlock Edge

     Bernard HaitinkIan BostridgeLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
     3:51
121. 121
     On Wenlock Edge: II. From far, from eve and morning

     Bernard HaitinkIan BostridgeЛондонский филармонический оркестр
     2:04
122. 122
     On Wenlock Edge: III. Is my team ploughing?

     Bernard HaitinkIan BostridgeLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
     3:47
123. 123
     On Wenlock Edge: IV. Oh, when I was in love with you

     Bernard HaitinkIan BostridgeLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
     0:44
124. 124
     On Wenlock Edge: V. Bredon Hill

     Bernard HaitinkIan BostridgeЛондонский филармонический оркестр
     7:38
125. 125
     On Wenlock Edge: VI. Clun

     Bernard HaitinkIan BostridgeЛондонский филармонический оркестр
     3:27
126. 126
     In summertime on Bredon [with orch.]George Weldon & Philharmonia Orchestra
     3:09
127. 127
     Devonshire Cream and Cider [with orch.]George Weldon & Philharmonia Orchestra
     3:54