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Composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Artist(s):
Janet Baker
Ian Bostridge

Background: The Very Best of English Song is a wonderful collection of some of the greatest singers performing the best and most-popular examples of the genre. The two packed CDs feature artists of the calibre of Ian Bostridge, Dame Janet Baker, Emma Kirkby, Sir Thomas Allen, Alfred Deller and many many more.

CATALOGUE NR: 5759262
RECORD LABEL: EMI Very Best of Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jun-2003

COMPOSER: Ralph Vaughan Williams  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Very Best of English Song
TRACKS: JANET BAKER : Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams). The Salley Gardens (Ireland). O mistress mine (Parry). Love's Philosophy (Quilter). THOMAS ALLEN : Now sleeps the crimson petal (Quilter). In summertime on Bredon (Graham Peel). ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON : Loveliest of Trees (Butterworth). Down by the Salley Gardens (Gurney). Black Stitchel (Gurney). My Own Country (Warlock). Passing By (Warlock). Pretty Ring Time (Warlock). IAN PARTRIDGE : The Lamb (Vaughan Williams). The Shepherd (Vaughan Williams). IAN BOSTRIDGE : Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams). Come away death (Quilter). Since we loved (Finzi). JONATHAN LEMALU : Rollicum-rorum (Finzi). Sea Fever (Ireland). Trade Winds (Frederick Keel). ROBERT LLOYD : Drake's Drum (Stanford). The Old Superb (Stanford). FREDERICK HARVEY : Kashmiri Song (Amy Woodforde-Finden). DAME JANET BAKER : Bless this House (May Brahe). Balulalow (Warlock). ROBERT TEAR : Tom Bowling (Charles Dibdin). Home! sweet home! (Henry Bishop). Come into the garden Maud (Michael Balfe). The Foggy Foggy Dew (trad. Suffolk arr. Britten). The Plough Boy (W Shield arr. Britten). MICHAEL FLANDERS : Popular Song (Walton). ALFRED DELLER : Greensleeves (trad. English). It was a lover and his lass (Morley). O mistress mine (Morley. The Willow Song (Anon). Where the bee sucks (Robert Johnson). Full fathom five (Johnson). MICHAEL CHANCE : Lullaby, my sweet little baby (Byrd). Ye sacred muses (Byrd). EMMA KIRKBY : Can she excuse my wrongs? (Dowland). Sorrow stay! (Dowland). Awake sweet love (Dowland). Woeful heart. CHARLES DANIELS : Shall I sue? (Dowland). Me me and none but me (Dowland). Flow my tears (Dowland). NANCY ARGENTA : Fairest Isle (Purcell). Music for a while (Purcell). I attempt from love’s sickness (Purcell). If music be the food of love (Purcell). Evening Hymn (Purcell). OWEN BRANNIGAN : Yarmouth Fair (Warlock). he Smuggler's Song (Charles G Mortimer). FLANDERS & SWANN : Down Below (Sydney Carter). IAN WALLACE : Transport of Delight - The Omnibus. The Wart Hog. FLANDERS & SWANN : The Hippopotamus Song - Mud mud glorious mud.
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Ian Bostridge   Emma Kirkby   Alfred Deller

- Penguin Guide Rosette star 'Every item is a gem, every performance masterly, and the aligning of artist to repertoire is equally prescient.'

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