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The Very Best of English Song

The Very Best of English Song

Various Artists
2012 HIGH

Linden Lea

Janet BakerGerald Moore

Janet BakerGerald Moore

Songs Sacred and Profane: No. 4, The Salley Gardens

Janet BakerGerald Moore

Janet BakerGerald Moore

English Lyrics Set II: 1. O mistress mine (2003 Remaster)

Janet BakerGerald Moore

Janet BakerGerald Moore

3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1, Love's Philosophy, "The fountains mingle with the river" (Very quick and passionate)

Janet BakerGerald Moore

Janet BakerGerald Moore

Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2

Sir Thomas AllenGeoffrey Parsons

Sir Thomas AllenGeoffrey Parsons

In summertime on Bredon (piano accompaniment)

Sir Thomas AllenGeoffrey Parsons

Sir Thomas AllenGeoffrey Parsons

Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees (2001 Remaster)

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonDavid Willison

10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The Lamb

Ian PartridgeJanet Craxton

Ian PartridgeJanet Craxton

Ten Blake Songs: No. 6, The Shepherd, "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" (Allegretto)

Ian Partridge

Ian Partridge

The House of Life: No. 2, Silent Noon

Ian BostridgeJulius Drake

Ian BostridgeJulius Drake

Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1

Ian BostridgeJulius Drake

Ian BostridgeJulius Drake

Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7

Ian BostridgeJulius Drake

Ian BostridgeJulius Drake

Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum

Jonathan LemaluRoger Vignoles

Jonathan LemaluRoger Vignoles

Sea Fever

Jonathan LemaluRoger Vignoles

Jonathan LemaluRoger Vignoles

Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)

Jonathan LemaluRoger Vignoles

Jonathan LemaluRoger Vignoles

Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum - Tempo di marcia moderato (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]

Robert LloydNina Walker

Robert LloydNina Walker

Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]

Robert LloydNina Walker

Robert LloydNina Walker

Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)

Frederick HarveyJack Byfield

Frederick HarveyJack Byfield

Bless this House

Janet BakerSir Philip Ledger

Janet BakerSir Philip Ledger

Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"

Janet BakerSir Philip Ledger

Janet BakerSir Philip Ledger

Tom Bowling

André PrevinRobert Tear

André PrevinRobert Tear

Home! Sweet Home!

Robert TearAndré Previn

Robert TearAndré Previn

Come Into The Garden, Maud

André PrevinRobert Tear

André PrevinRobert Tear

Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Robert TearSir Philip LedgerPhilip Ledger

Robert TearSir Philip LedgerPhilip Ledger

Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy

Robert TearSir Philip LedgerPhilip Ledger

Robert TearSir Philip LedgerPhilip Ledger

Façade: XIX. Popular Song

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the FieldsMichael Flanders

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the FieldsMichael Flanders

Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) [As you like it]

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Two songs - O mistress mine (arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) [Twelfth Night]

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

The Willow Song (Othello) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Full fathom five (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Alfred DellerDesmond Dupré

Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs: No. 32, Lulla, Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby

Michael ChanceFretwork

Michael ChanceFretwork

Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)

Michael ChanceChristopher Wilson

Michael ChanceChristopher Wilson

The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

Emma KirkbyAnthony Rooley

Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Charles DanielsDavid Miller

Charles DanielsDavid Miller

Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)

Charles DanielsDavid Miller

Charles DanielsDavid Miller

Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Charles DanielsDavid Miller

Charles DanielsDavid Miller

King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"

Nancy ArgentaNigel North

Nancy ArgentaNigel North

Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"

Nancy ArgentaJohn Toll

Nancy ArgentaJohn Toll

The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)

Nancy ArgentaPaul Nicholson

Nancy ArgentaPaul Nicholson

If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379

Nancy ArgentaJohn TollRichard Boothby

Nancy ArgentaJohn TollRichard Boothby

Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193

Nancy ArgentaPaul Nicholson

Nancy ArgentaPaul Nicholson

Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"

Owen BranniganErnest Lush

Owen BranniganErnest Lush

The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)

Owen BranniganGerald Moore

Owen BranniganGerald Moore

Down Below (2003 Remaster)

Ian WallaceDonald Swann

Ian WallaceDonald Swann

A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) [2003 Remaster]

Ian WallaceDonald Swann

Ian WallaceDonald Swann

The Wart Hog (2003 Remaster)

Ian WallaceDonald Swann

Ian WallaceDonald Swann

The Hippopotamus Song (Introduced by Michael Flanders) [1991 Remaster]

Michael FlandersDonald Swann

Michael FlandersDonald Swann

Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 1, Sea Slumber-Song

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 2, In Haven. Capri

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 3, A Sabbath Morning at Sea

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 4, Where Corals Lie

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 5, The Swimmer

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Janet BakerLondon Symphony OrchestraSir John Barbirolli

Songs of Travel: No. 1, The Vagabond (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 2, Let Beauty Awake (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 3, The Roadside Fire (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 4, Youth and Love (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 5, In Dreams (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 7, Whither Must I Wander? (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Songs of Travel: No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope (Version with Orchestra)

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Sir Thomas AllenSir Simon Rattle

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 1, Prologue

Neville MarrinerAlan Civil

Neville MarrinerAlan Civil

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 2, Pastoral

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 3, Nocturne

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 4, Elegy

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 5, Dirge

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 6, Hymn

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 7, Sonnet

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Neville MarrinerRobert Tear

Serenade, Op. 31: No. 8, Epilogue

Neville MarrinerAlan Civil

Neville MarrinerAlan Civil

Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 3, The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Orchestral Version)

Neil MackieScottish Chamber OrchestraJohn TunnellSteuart Bedford

Neil MackieScottish Chamber OrchestraJohn TunnellSteuart Bedford

Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 7, Oliver Cromwell (Orchestral Version)

Neil MackieScottish Chamber OrchestraJohn TunnellSteuart Bedford

Neil MackieScottish Chamber OrchestraJohn TunnellSteuart Bedford

5 Mystical Songs: No. 1, Easter

John Shirley-QuirkChoir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

John Shirley-QuirkChoir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

5 Mystical Songs: No. 2, I Got Me Flowers

John Shirley-QuirkChoir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

John Shirley-QuirkChoir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

5 Mystical Songs: No. 3, Love Bade Me Welcome

John Shirley-QuirkChoir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

John Shirley-QuirkChoir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

5 Mystical Songs: No. 4, The Call

John Shirley-QuirkEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

John Shirley-QuirkEnglish Chamber OrchestraSir David Willcocks

5 Mystical Songs: No. 5, Antiphon

Choir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraDavid WillcocksJohn Shirley-Quirk

Choir of King's College, CambridgeEnglish Chamber OrchestraDavid WillcocksJohn Shirley-Quirk

Dies natalis, Op. 8: 1. Intrada (1990 Remaster)

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Dies natalis, Op. 8: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) [1990 Remaster]

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Dies natalis, Op. 8 : 3. The Rapture (Danza) [1990 Remaster]

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Dies natalis, Op. 8: 4. Wonder (Arioso) [1990 Remaster]

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Dies natalis, Op. 8: 5. The Salutation (Aria) [1990 Remaster]

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Wilfred BrownEnglish Chamber OrchestraChristopher Finzi

Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 1, Drake's Drum

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 2, Outward Bound

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 3, Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 4, Homeward Bound

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 5, The Old Superb

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

Norman Del MarBenjamin LuxonBournemouth Symphony Chorus

2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 1, The Torch

Robert TearCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraVernon Handley

Robert TearCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraVernon Handley

2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 2, The River

Robert TearCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraVernon Handley

Robert TearCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraVernon Handley

Love blows as the wind blows: In the year that's come and gone (1993 Remaster)

Robert TearVernon Handley

Robert TearVernon Handley

Love blows as the wind blows: Life in her creaking shoes (1993 Remaster)

Robert TearVernon Handley

Robert TearVernon Handley

Love blows as the wind blows: Coming up from Richmond (1993 Remaster)

Robert TearVernon Handley

Robert TearVernon Handley

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 1, Fanfare

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 2, Villes

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3a, Phrase

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3b, Antique

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 4, Royauté

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 5, Marine

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 6, Interlude

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 7, Being Beauteous

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 8, Parade

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 9, Départ

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

John Mark AinsleyBritten SinfoniaPauline LowburyNicholas Cleobury

Sea Drift: Once Paumanok -

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! -

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

Sea Drift: Till of a sudden -

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know -

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

Sea Drift: O rising stars! -

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols -

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

Sea Drift: O past! O happy life

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

John NobleEdmund WaltersLiverpool Philharmonic ChoirRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Groves

On Wenlock Edge: No. 1, On Wenlock Edge (Version with Orchestra)

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

On Wenlock Edge: No. 2, From Far, from Eve and Morning (Version with Orchestra)

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

On Wenlock Edge: No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing (Version with Orchestra)

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

On Wenlock Edge: No. 4, Oh When I Was in Love with You (Version with Orchestra)

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

On Wenlock Edge: No. 5, Bredon Hill (Version with Orchestra)

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

On Wenlock Edge: No. 6, Clun (Version with Orchestra)

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

Ian BostridgeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraBernard Haitink

In Summertime on Bredon

Frederick HarveyPhilharmonia OrchestraGeorge Weldon

Frederick HarveyPhilharmonia OrchestraGeorge Weldon

Devonshire Cream and Cider

Frederick HarveyPhilharmonia OrchestraGeorge Weldon

Frederick HarveyPhilharmonia OrchestraGeorge Weldon

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