Butterworth, George > Hyperion

War's Embers

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-05-09

Works: Gerald Finzi: Requiem Da Camera; Ivor Gurney: The Twa Corbies, for voice & piano; Black Stichel for voice & piano; Blaweary, for voice & piano; The Fiddler of Dooney; Goodnight to the Meadow, for voi...
Performers: Benson, Clifford; George, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

'If you enjoy English song, this set is a must ... The singers are Britain's best, and their excellence is matched by the accompaniments of...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, etc / Maltman, Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-11-01

Works: Arthur Somervell: A Broken Arc, song cycle for voice & piano; W. Denis Browne: Diaphenia, for voice & piano; Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy, for voice & piano; To Gratiana Dancing and Singing, for voice &...
Performers: Maltman, Christopher; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Arthur Bliss wrote in his biography, 'To us musicians in Cambridge Vaughan Williams was the magical name; his 'Songs of Travel' were on all pianos'....continue...

A. E. Housman - A Shropshire Lad / Bates, Johnson, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2001-12-01

Works: Alfred Edward Housman: 1887 From Clee to heaven the beacon burns; The Recruit ("Leave your home behind, lad"); Reveille ("Wake; When smoke stood up from Ludlow; Farewell to barn and stack and tree; O...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

'An outstanding release' (Classic CD)...continue...