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Most Grand to Die - Songs by George Butterworth and Ralph Vaughan Williams / James Rutherford, baritone; Eugene Asti, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-14

Works: George Butterworth: Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ivor Gurney: In Flanders for voice & piano; Severn M...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Rutherford, James

The First World War marked an entire generation of composers, both in England and on the continent. Of the three composers represented here, George Butterworth...continue...

English Song - works by Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Warlock, et al. / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Heritage Masters / 2012-05-04

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Come, Phyllis; Philip Rosseter: When Laura Smiles; What Then Is Love But Mourning; Sweet, Come Again; What is a Day?; John Dowland: Second ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Peter Pears' voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin...continue...

Priez pour paix: Songs of the Great War / Philip Langridge, tenor; David Owen Norris, piano

1 CD / Prelude / 2011-10-25

Works: George Butterworth: On the Idle Hill of Summer, song for voice & piano; Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad"; Ivor Gurney: Everyone Sang, for voice & piano; In Flanders for voice & piano; Even Such is T...
Performers: Langridge, Jennifer; Langridge, Philip; Norris, David Owen

Prelude Records features here a collection of songs by English, German, French and American composers. This recording is a collection of 18 songs from the...continue...
Recording information: Bignor Park, W. Sussex....continue...

The British Composers Guide to Britain

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Eric Coates: Knightsbridge March; London Suite; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), concert overture, Op. 40; Severn Suite, Op. 87; Caractacus, Op. 35; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Bri...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayl, Benjamin; Bell, David [Organ]; Benson, Garth; Bostridge, Ian; Brannigan, Owen; Bullard, Thomas; Harvey, Frederi...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Barbirolli, John; del Mar, Norman; Ord, Boris; Previn, Andre; Layton, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bishop, Christopher; Irving, Rober...
Ensemble: ; London Music Group; Polyphony (Vocal Ensemble)

This bright and breezy guide takes us in 50 stops from London, round Essex and East Anglia, up to Scotland, then - via Wales and...continue...

The Complete Butterworth Songbook / Mark Stone, baritone; Stephen Barlow, piano

1 CD / Stone Records / 2011-08-09

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Haste on, my joys!, song for voice & piano; Folk Songs (11) from Sussex, arrangements for voice & piano; I wil...
Performers: Barlow, Stephen; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]

The first complete recording of all 30 songs by George Butterworth. As a bonus feature, this disc includes is a short video of Butterworth dancing!...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (12/08/2009-12/10/2009)....continue...

English Love: Songs of Passion, Pain & Pleasure / / Mark Stone, baritone; Stephen Barlow, piano

1 CD / Stone Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: House of life; Love bade me welcome, song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical Songs no 3); John Dowland: Awake sweet love, P 92; Come Again; Roger Quilter: Go, ...
Performers: Barlow, Stephen; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]

Featuring the world premiere recording of Stephen Barlow's "If thou would'st ease thine heart," this disc includes 25 beautiful English love songs superbly performed by...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk, UK (11/11/2008-11/13/2008)....continue...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

George Butterworth: English Song Series, Vol. 20

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Folk Songs (11) from Sussex, arrangements for voice & piano; Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice ...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

One of England's most distinctive composers, George Butterworth belonged to the generation of young men decimated in the Great War of 1914–1918. His sensitive and...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (01/11/2010-01/13/2010)....continue...

Countertenors / Bowman, Chance, Scholl, Somerville [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-10-28

Works: Thomas Campion: Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes; Firste Booke of Songes; Thomas Ford: Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 1; Henry Purcell: Sound...
Performers: Bowman, James; Chance, Michael; Drake, Julius; Miller, David [lute/guitar]; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Ensemble Sonnerie

With its unique, soaring beauty, the high male voice is today enjoying a huge resurgence in popularity. Heirs to the celebrated castrati of the sixteenth...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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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...

The British Music Collection - Butterworth: Six Songs, etc

1 CD / Decca Import / 2004-03-09

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

"The orchestral rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad, with its yearning lyricism, represents the English folksong school at its most captivatingly atmospheric, and the other three works...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...

The Vagabond / Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-08-15

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Gerald Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, song cycle for voice & piano (or string orchestra), Op. 18; George Butterwor...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Terfel, Bryn

1995 album of lieder from the Welsh baritone is a marvelous wonder. His depth of expression and commanding storytelling abilities shine on this recording, accentuated...continue...

Butterworth, Gurney: Songs / Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; Ivor Gurney: The Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes, for voi...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David