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English Song: Works by Stanford, Lehmann, Somervell, etc.Various Artists
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This two-disc set entitled An Anthology of English Song is just what it says it is: a very generous collection of 53 selections drawn from 13 separate discs of songs by English composers from Stanford to Britten. Some were first issued in the '90s on the late Collins label. Some were first issued in the 2000s on the vibrant Naxos label. But all are superbly sung by the cream of English art song singers. The performances here are each superlative in their own ways and some of them compare with the best ever made. Simon Keenlyside's clarion interpretation of Vaughan Williams' "The Call" thrills the heart. Philip Langridge's magical interpretation of Holst's "Now in these fairylands" touches the imagination. Bernadette Greevey's witty interpretation of Bax's "Oh dear, what can the matter be" tickles the funny bone. And Felicity Lott's haunting interpretation of Walton's "Beatriz's Songs" lingers long in the memory. While some of the repertoire is fairly recherché—Liza Lehmann, Arthur Somervell, and Cecil Armstrong Gibbs are names known only to the most dedicated fans of the genre—the collection as a whole will delight those who love English art songs. Whether recorded in the '90s by Collins or the 2000s by Naxos, the sound is consistently smooth and clean. © James Leonard, All Music Guide
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Charles Villiers Stanford ComposerA Soft Day, for voice & piano Work |
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| 1 | A Soft Day, for voice & piano | 2:48 | $0.99 | |||
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| 2 | 6.Irish Skies | 5:13 | $0.99 | |||
Liza Lehmann ComposerCherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn) Work |
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| 3 | Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn) | 2:42 | $0.99 | |||
Liza Lehmann ComposerMustard and Cress Work |
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| 4 | Mustard and Cress | 1:52 | $0.99 | |||
Liza Lehmann ComposerThe Lily of a day, for voice & piano Work |
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| 5 | The Lily of a day, for voice & piano | 2:37 | $0.99 | |||
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| 6 | Henry King, for voice & piano (from Four Cautionary Tales and a Moral) | 3:21 | $0.99 | |||
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| 7 | Fain would I change that note, for voice & piano | 3:07 | $0.99 | |||
Arthur Somervell ComposerIn Summertime on Bredon Work |
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| 8 | In Summertime on Bredon | 3:56 | $0.99 | |||
Arthur Somervell ComposerThe lads in their hundreds Work |
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| 9 | The lads in their hundreds | 2:54 | $0.99 | |||
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| 10 | Among the rocks | 3:30 | $0.99 | |||
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| 11 | It Was a Lover and His Lass, partsong for female chorus | 1:53 | $0.99 | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams Composer4 Poems by Fredegond Shove Work |
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| 12 | 4.The Water Mill | 4:02 | $0.99 | |||
| 13 | On Wenlock Edge, for tenor, piano and string quartet (song cycle) | 3:51 | $0.99 | |||
| 14 | 4.The Call | 2:17 | $0.99 | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams ComposerThe House of Life (song cycle) Work |
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| 15 | 2.Silent Noon | 4:38 | $0.99 | |||
Gustav Holst Composer12 Songs, Op.48, H.174 Work |
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| 16 | 3.Now in These Fairylands | 1:26 | $0.99 | |||
| 17 | The Dream-City, for soprano and orchestra, H.174 (arr. by C. Matthews from '12 Songs') | 3:17 | $0.99 | |||
Gustav Holst Composer4 Songs, Op.4. H.14 Work |
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| 18 | 2. Margrete's Cradle Song | 2:45 | $0.99 | |||
Gustav Holst ComposerThe Heart Worships, H.95 Work |
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| 19 | The Heart Worships, H.95 | 3:14 | $0.99 | |||
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| 20 | Take, o take those lips away, song for voice & piano, Op.23, No.4 | 1:26 | $0.99 | |||
Roger Quilter Composer3 Songs, for voice and piano, Op.3 Work |
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| 21 | 2.Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal | 2:26 | $0.99 | |||
Roger Quilter ComposerLove at the Inn Work |
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| 22 | Love calls through the summer night, for 2 voices & piano (from Love at the Inn) | 5:30 | $0.99 | |||
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| 23 | 1.I will go with my father a-plowing | 2:26 | $0.99 | |||
| 24 | The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty) | 2:34 | $0.99 | |||
| 25 | Theodore, or the Pirate King | 0:55 | $0.99 | |||
| 26 | A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty) | 1:28 | $0.99 | |||
Sir Arnold Bax ComposerO Dear! What Can the Matter Be? Work |
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| 27 | O Dear! What Can the Matter Be? | 1:36 | $0.99 | |||
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Eric Coates ComposerThe Grenadier Work |
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| 1 | The Grenadier | 3:21 | $0.99 | |||
Eric Coates ComposerThe Young Lover, for voice & piano Work |
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| 2 | The Young Lover, for voice & piano | 2:59 | $0.99 | |||
Eric Coates ComposerBetty and Johnny, for voice & piano Work |
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| 3 | Betty and Johnny, for voice & piano | 2:12 | $0.99 | |||
Eric Coates ComposerRise up and reach the stars, for voice & piano Work |
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| 4 | Rise up and reach the stars, for voice & piano | 1:39 | $0.99 | |||
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Composer2 Songs, Op.14 Work |
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| 5 | 2.The Bells | 3:01 | $0.99 | |||
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs ComposerCrossings (fairy play), Op.20 Work |
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| 6 | 2.Ann's Cradle Song | 3:21 | $0.99 | |||
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs ComposerAs I Lay in the Early Sun Work |
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| 7 | As I Lay in the Early Sun | 1:49 | $0.99 | |||
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs ComposerThe Cherry Tree Work |
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| 8 | The Cherry Tree | 2:31 | $0.99 | |||
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs ComposerDusk Work |
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| 9 | Dusk | 1:31 | $0.99 | |||
Peter Warlock ComposerPeter Warlock's Fancy Work |
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| 10 | Peter Warlock's Fancy | 2:12 | $0.99 | |||
Peter Warlock ComposerFrostbound Wood Work |
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| 11 | Frostbound Wood | 3:05 | $0.99 | |||
Peter Warlock ComposerChopcherry, for voice and string quartet Work |
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| 12 | Chopcherry, for voice and string quartet | 1:04 | $0.99 | |||
Peter Warlock ComposerA Sad Song Work |
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| 13 | A Sad Song | 2:09 | $0.99 | |||
Peter Warlock ComposerRutterkin Work |
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| 14 | Rutterkin | 1:08 | $0.99 | |||
Peter Warlock ComposerBethlehem Down Work |
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| 15 | Bethlehem Down | 4:36 | $0.99 | |||
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| 16 | 7.Wapping Old Stairs | 2:23 | $0.99 | |||
William Walton ComposerFaçade, for reciter and ensemble Work |
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| 17 | 4.Long Steel Grass | 2:31 | $0.99 | |||
| 18 | 6.Tango-Pasodoble | 2:09 | $0.99 | |||
| 19 | 19.Popular Song | 2:14 | $0.99 | |||
| 20 | 4.Beatriz's Song: When will he return? | 2:51 | $0.99 | |||
| 21 | Lay your sleeping head my love, for high voice & piano, Op.14, No.2b | 5:34 | $0.99 | |||
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| 22 | 4.Early one morning | 3:23 | $0.99 | |||
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| 23 | 5.The Foggy, Foggy Dew | 2:38 | $0.99 | |||
Benjamin Britten ComposerOn this Island, Op.11 (song cycle) Work |
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| 24 | 6.Now the leaves are falling fast | 2:00 | $0.99 | |||
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| 25 | 1.Tell me the Truth about Love | 5:41 | $0.99 | |||
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| 26 | 5.The Choirmaster's burial (or The Tenor Man's Story) | 4:05 | $0.99 | |||









