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VARIOUS ARTISTS

The Very Best of English Song

VARIOUS ARTISTS

127 SONGS • 6 HOURS AND 26 MINUTES • MAR 05 2012

71
Songs of Travel: No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope (Version with Orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen & Sir Simon Rattle
02:10
72
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 1, Prologue
Neville Marriner feat. Alan Civil
01:25
73
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 2, Pastoral
Neville Marriner feat. Robert Tear
03:44
74
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 3, Nocturne
Neville Marriner feat. Robert Tear
03:28
75
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 4, Elegy
Neville Marriner feat. Robert Tear
04:30
76
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 5, Dirge
Neville Marriner feat. Robert Tear
03:26
77
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 6, Hymn
Neville Marriner feat. Robert Tear
02:02
78
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 7, Sonnet
Neville Marriner feat. Robert Tear
04:45
79
Serenade, Op. 31: No. 8, Epilogue
Neville Marriner feat. Alan Civil
01:39
80
Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 3, The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Orchestral Version)
Neil Mackie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell & Steuart Bedford
02:41
81
Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 7, Oliver Cromwell (Orchestral Version)
Neil Mackie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell & Steuart Bedford
00:48
82
5 Mystical Songs: No. 1, Easter
John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
05:12
83
5 Mystical Songs: No. 2, I Got Me Flowers
John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
02:54
84
5 Mystical Songs: No. 3, Love Bade Me Welcome
John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
05:26
85
5 Mystical Songs: No. 4, The Call
John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
02:09
86
5 Mystical Songs: No. 5, Antiphon
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & David Willcocks feat. John Shirley-Quirk
03:19
87
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 1. Intrada (1990 Remaster)
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
05:07
88
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
06:30
89
Dies natalis, Op. 8 : 3. The Rapture (Danza) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
03:34
90
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 4. Wonder (Arioso) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
04:22
91
Dies natalis, Op. 8: 5. The Salutation (Aria) [1990 Remaster]
Wilfred Brown, English Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Finzi
04:17
92
Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 1, Drake's Drum
Norman Del Mar feat. Benjamin Luxon & Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
03:21
93
Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 2, Outward Bound
Norman Del Mar feat. Benjamin Luxon & Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
03:09
94
Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 3, Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain
Norman Del Mar feat. Benjamin Luxon & Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
01:46
95
Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 4, Homeward Bound
Norman Del Mar feat. Benjamin Luxon & Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
06:52
96
Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 5, The Old Superb
Norman Del Mar feat. Benjamin Luxon & Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
03:12
97
2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 1, The Torch
Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Vernon Handley
02:27
98
2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 2, The River
Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Vernon Handley
03:47
99
Love blows as the wind blows: In the year that's come and gone (1993 Remaster)
Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
03:19
100
Love blows as the wind blows: Life in her creaking shoes (1993 Remaster)
Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
02:04
101
Love blows as the wind blows: Coming up from Richmond (1993 Remaster)
Robert Tear & Vernon Handley
04:41
102
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 1, Fanfare
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
01:54
103
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 2, Villes
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:20
104
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3a, Phrase
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
00:56
105
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3b, Antique
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:05
106
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 4, Royauté
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
01:34
107
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 5, Marine
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
00:57
108
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 6, Interlude
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:44
109
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 7, Being Beauteous
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
03:54
110
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 8, Parade
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:35
111
Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 9, Départ
John Mark Ainsley, Britten Sinfonia, Pauline Lowbury & Nicholas Cleobury
02:48
112
Sea Drift: Once Paumanok -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
03:50
113
Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
01:31
114
Sea Drift: Till of a sudden -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
02:38
115
Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
01:57
116
Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
04:05
117
Sea Drift: O rising stars! -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
01:36
118
Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols -
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
06:26
119
Sea Drift: O past! O happy life
John Noble, Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
03:07
120
On Wenlock Edge: No. 1, On Wenlock Edge (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
03:52
121
On Wenlock Edge: No. 2, From Far, from Eve and Morning (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
02:05
122
On Wenlock Edge: No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
03:47
123
On Wenlock Edge: No. 4, Oh When I Was in Love with You (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
00:45
124
On Wenlock Edge: No. 5, Bredon Hill (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
07:38
125
On Wenlock Edge: No. 6, Clun (Version with Orchestra)
Ian Bostridge, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
03:23
126
In summertime on Bredon (orchestral accompaniment)
Frederick Harvey, Philharmonia Orchestra & George Weldon
03:10
127
Devonshire Cream and Cider
Frederick Harvey, Philharmonia Orchestra & George Weldon
03:55
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