The Very Best of English Song
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The Very Best of English Song

Various Artists

2012-03-05 127 tracks ℗ This compilation 2011 EMI Records Ltd.

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Tracks

1 Linden Lea - A Dorset song (1994 Remastered Version) 2:54
2 Songs Sacred and Profane (2003 Remastered Version): 4. The Salley Gardens 2:13
3 English Lyrics Set II (2003 Remastered Version): 1. O mistress mine 1:31
4 Three Songs Op. 3 (1994 Remastered Version): 1. Love's Philosophy 1:30
5 Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2 2:13
6 In summertime on Bredon 3:43
7 Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (2001 Remastered Version): I. Loveliest of trees 2:51
8 Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version) 2:35
9 Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version) 2:10
10 My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version) 2:33
11 Passing By (2001 Remastered Version) 2:30
12 Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version) 1:16
13 Ten Blake Songs: 5. The Lamb 2:17
14 Ten Blake Songs: 6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet] 0:56
15 Silent Noon (No. 2 of The House of Life) 4:18
16 Come away, death, Op.6 No. 1 3:01
17 Since we loved, Op.13 No. 7 1:16
18 Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum 1:59
19 Sea Fever 2:11
20 Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2) 2:23
21 Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato) 2:43
22 Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Remastered Version): V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace) 3:25
23 Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song) 3:01
24 Bless this House 3:15
25 Balulalow (wds Wedderburn brothers after Luther) (1994 Remastered Version) 1:49
26 Tom Bowling 4:19
27 Home! Sweet Home! 3:35
28 Come into the garden, Maud (1993 Remastered Version) 4:13
29 Folk Song Arrangement: The Foggy, Foggy Dew (2000 Remastered Version) 2:24
30 Folk Song Arrangement: The Plough Boy (2000 Remastered Version) 1:50
31 Façade - An entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell (2000 Remastered Version): 19. Popular Song 2:02
32 Greensleeves [solo lute verse at end cut] (1995 Remastered Version) 2:13
33 Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) (As you like it) 3:09
34 Two songs: O mistress mine (attrib. Morley; arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) (Twelfth Night) 1:39
35 The Willow Song (Othello) (1995 Remastered Version) 4:16
36 Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version) 1:14
37 Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version) 2:12
38 Lullaby, my sweet little baby [last verse cut] 5:59
39 Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses) 4:08
40 The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay! 3:04
41 Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres) 2:32
42 The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes) 2:48
43 Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) 2:50
44 Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) 2:36
45 Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires) 2:11
46 Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) 3:49
47 King Arthur, Z.628: Fairest isle 2:37
48 Oedipus, Z.583: Music for a while 3:55
49 I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630 2:01
50 If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379 2:05
51 Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193 5:24
52 Yarmouth Fair (1994 Remastered Version) 1:40
53 The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version) 3:37
54 Down Below (2003 Remastered Version) 2:44
55 A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) (2003 Remastered Version) 2:36
56 The Wart Hog (2003 Remastered Version) 3:48
57 The Hippopotamus Song [introduced by Michael Flanders] (1991 Remastered Version) 4:04
58 Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): I. Sea Slumber-Song 5:02
59 Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): II. In Haven (Capri) 2:06
60 Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): III. Sabbath Morning at Sea 6:20
61 Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): IV. Where Corals Lie 4:11
62 Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 Remastered Version): V. The Swimmer 6:09
63 Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond 3:02
64 Songs of Travel: 2. Let beauty awake 1:41
65 Songs of Travel: 3. The Roadside Fire 2:20
66 Songs of Travel: 4. Youth and Love 3:17
67 Songs of Travel: 5. In Dreams 2:36
68 Songs of Travel: 6. The infinite shining heavens 2:06
69 Songs of Travel: 7. Whither must I wander 3:49
70 Songs of Travel: 8. Bright is the ring of words 1:55
71 Songs of Travel: 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope 2:10
72 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): Prologue (horn solo) 1:24
73 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton) 3:44
74 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) 3:28
75 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake) 4:30
76 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century) 3:25
77 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson) 2:02
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] 4:44
79 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Remastered Version): Epilogue (horn solo) 1:38
80 Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune) 2:40
81 Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk) 0:47
82 Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 1. Easter 5:12
83 Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 2. I got me flowers 2:53
84 Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 3. Love bade me welcome 5:26
85 Five Mystical Songs: 4. The Call [baritone only] 2:08
86 Five Mystical Songs (1989 Remastered Version): 5. Antiphon [chorus only] 3:19
87 Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 1. Intrada - 5:06
88 Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) 6:30
89 Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 3. The Rapture (Danza) 3:33
90 Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 4. Wonder (Arioso) 4:21
91 Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Remastered Version): 5. The Salutation (Aria) 4:17
92 Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato) 3:21
93 Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): II. Outward Bound (Andante espressivo) 3:09
94 Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): III. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain (Allegro con fuoco) 1:45
95 Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): IV. Homeward Bound (Andante tranquillo) 6:52
96 Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Remastered Version): V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace) 3:11
97 The Torch Op. 60 No. 1 (1993 Remastered Version) 2:27
98 The River Op. 60 No. 2 (1993 Remastered Version) 3:46
99 Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): In the year that's come and gone - 3:19
100 Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): Life in her creaking shoes - 2:03
101 Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Remastered Version): Coming up from Richmond 4:40
102 Les Illuminations Op. 18: I. Fanfare 1:53
103 Les Illuminations Op. 18: II. Villes 2:20
104 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIa. Phrase 0:55
105 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIb. Antique 2:04
106 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IV. Royauté 1:34
107 Les Illuminations Op. 18: V. Marine 0:57
108 Les Illuminations Op. 18: VI. Interlude 2:43
109 Les Illuminations Op. 18: VII. Being Beauteous 3:54
110 Les Illuminations Op. 18: VIII. Parade 2:34
111 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IX. Départ 2:48
112 Sea Drift: Once Paumanok - 3:49
113 Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! - 1:30
114 Sea Drift: Till of a sudden - 2:37
115 Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow! 1:57
116 Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know - 4:05
117 Sea Drift: O rising stars! - 1:36
118 Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols - 6:25
119 Sea Drift: O past! O happy life 3:06
120 On Wenlock Edge: I. On Wenlock Edge 3:51
121 On Wenlock Edge: II. From far, from eve and morning 2:04
122 On Wenlock Edge: III. Is my team ploughing? 3:47
123 On Wenlock Edge: IV. Oh, when I was in love with you 0:44
124 On Wenlock Edge: V. Bredon Hill 7:37
125 On Wenlock Edge: VI. Clun 3:22
126 In summertime on Bredon [with orch.] 3:09
127 Devonshire Cream and Cider [with orch.] 3:54

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