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VARIOUS ARTISTS

The Very Best of English Song

VARIOUS ARTISTS

57 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 38 MINUTES • JUN 02 2003

13
10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The Lamb
Ian Partridge & Janet Craxton
02:17
14
Ten Blake Songs: No. 6, The Shepherd, "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" (Allegretto)
Ian Partridge
00:56
15
The House of Life: No. 2, Silent Noon
Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
04:18
16
Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1
Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
03:02
17
Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7
Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
01:17
18
Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum
Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles
02:00
19
Sea Fever
Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles
02:11
20
Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)
Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles
02:24
21
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum - Tempo di marcia moderato (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]
Robert Lloyd & Nina Walker
02:43
22
Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]
Robert Lloyd & Nina Walker
03:26
23
Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)
Frederick Harvey & Jack Byfield
03:02
24
Bless this House
Dame Janet Baker & Sir Philip Ledger
03:16
25
Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"
Dame Janet Baker & Sir Philip Ledger
01:50
26
Tom Bowling
André Previn feat. Robert Tear
04:20
27
Home! Sweet Home!
Robert Tear & André Previn
03:36
28
Come Into The Garden, Maud
André Previn feat. Robert Tear
04:13
29
Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Robert Tear & Sir Philip Ledger feat. Philip Ledger
02:24
30
Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy
Robert Tear & Sir Philip Ledger feat. Philip Ledger
01:50
31
Façade: XIX. Popular Song
Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields feat. Michael Flanders
02:02
32
Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
02:14
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
03:10
34
Two songs - O mistress mine (arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) [Twelfth Night]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
01:40
35
The Willow Song (Othello) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
04:17
36
Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
01:14
37
Full fathom five (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]
Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré
02:12
38
Lullaby, my sweet little baby (last verse cut)
Michael Chance & Fretwork
05:59
39
Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)
Michael Chance feat. Christopher Wilson
04:08
40
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
03:05
41
Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
02:33
42
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
02:49
43
Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley
02:51
44
Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Charles Daniels & David Miller
02:37
45
Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)
Charles Daniels & David Miller
02:11
46
Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Charles Daniels & David Miller
03:50
47
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"
Nancy Argenta & Nigel North
02:38
48
Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"
Nancy Argenta & John Toll
03:56
49
The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)
Nancy Argenta & Paul Nicholson
02:02
50
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379
Nancy Argenta feat. John Toll & Richard Boothby
02:06
51
Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193
Nancy Argenta & Paul Nicholson
05:24
52
Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"
Owen Brannigan & Ernest Lush
01:40
53
The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)
Owen Brannigan & Gerald Moore
03:38
54
Down Below (2003 Remaster)
Ian Wallace & Donald Swann
02:44
55
A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) [2003 Remaster]
Ian Wallace & Donald Swann
02:36
56
The Wart Hog (2003 Remaster)
Ian Wallace & Donald Swann
03:48
57
The Hippopotamus Song (Introduced by Michael Flanders) [1991 Remaster]
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
04:04
℗ This compilation 2003 by EMI Records Ltd © 2003 EMI Records Ltd.