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The Voice of Peter Pears - Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Grainger, Copland et al. / Peter Pears, tenor, Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-10-06

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Philip Rosseter: What Then Is Love But Mourning; John Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Thomas Morley...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

This Regis disc celebrates the uniqueness of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive voices in collaborations with life-long musical partners Benjamin Britten and Julian...continue...

The English Song Collection - songs by Britten, Finzi, Leighton, Warlock, Gurney, Bliss et al. / James Gilchrist, tenor; Anna Tilbrook, piano

3 CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Gerald Finzi: O Fair to See for soprano (or tenor) & piano, Op.13; Till Earth Outwears, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, Op. 19; A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14; Ralph Vaughan Williams: O...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Tilbrook, Anna

In-demand tenor James Gilchrist has been hailed as an unparalleled interpreter of English song. In this special three-disc set are gathered his finest recordings to...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...

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Christmas Carols

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Alick Rowe: Adam lay y bounden, carol; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; People, Look East! (Besa...
Performers: Brown, Tim Brown; Challenger, Stephen; Corder, Ian; Crowhurst, Jeremy; Edwards, George; Field, Sebastian; Gowland, Stephen; Gregory, Anthony; Hereford Cathedral Choir; Hickey, George; Holland, Jonath...
Conductors: Massey, Roy

One of the top English Cathedral choirs sing a varied program of many popular carols for Advent and Christmastide together with lesser known ones particular...continue...
Personnel: John Stafford, George Edwards, Sam Johnson, Robert Thomas, Jr. (vocals); Tim Fulford Brown (tenor); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfo...continue...

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock's Edge / Gilchrist, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Peter Warlock: The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Arthur Bliss: Elegiac ...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Tilbrook, Anna

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Kenneth Mckellar's People a Dream O'Hame

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-03-09

Works: American Traditional: Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, folk song; Shenandoah, folk song; Evelyn Danzig: Scarlet Ribbons, for voice & piano; Ariel Ramírez: La Peregrinación; Ir...
Performers: McKellar, Kenneth
Conductors: Knight, Peter

English Song Cycles: Vaughan Williams, Warlock

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Peter Warlock: The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; The Water Lily, for vo...
Performers: Ball, Beryl [Piano]; Griffett, James; Ryan, Mary

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Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock / Ian Partridge

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings; Merciless beauty; The Water Mill; The New Ghost; Blake Songs (10) for Voice and Oboe; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & st...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Brannigan, Owen; Butt, David; Craxton, Janet; Croxford, Eileen; Davis, Anthony [Piano/Composer]; Hammersley, Robert; Harvey, Frederick; Ledger, P...
Conductors: ; Dilkes, Neville; Wilcocks, Sir David
Ensemble: ; English Sinfonia; London Music Group

Among his many distinctions over a long career, Ian Partridge contributed to the catalog two recordings of music for tenor and small ensemble to which...continue...

Peter Warlock: Collected 78rpm Recordings

2 CD / Divine Art / 2009-10-01

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite; Serenade for string orchestra; The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Captain Stratton's Fancy, for voice & piano; Good ale, for voice & piano; Flow not fas...
Performers: Armstrong, John; Cope, Cecil [Baritone Vocal]; Dawson, Peter; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Goss, John; Griffen, Eric [Piano]; Henderson, Roy; Jones, Parry; Magaloff, Nikita; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Natzke, ...
Conductors: Bernard, Anthony; Barbirolli, John; Lambert, Constant; ; Woodgate, Leslie
Ensemble: ; Trio Pasquier

One of England's great songwriters, Philip Heseltine, better known as Peter Warlock was once described as one of the most colorful talents in English 20th-century...continue...

The English Songbook / Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: La Belle Dame Sans Merci, ballad for voice & piano; Songs (50) of Old Ireland, for voice & piano, "My love's an arbutus"; Ivor Gurney: Elizabethan Songs (5) for voice & pia...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Drake, Julius [Piano]

"These 24 songs are, according to Bostridge, among 'the greatest and best-loved in the English tradition' and add up to a recital of infinite lyrical...continue...

The Christmas Collection

3 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Burrows, Peter; Carwood, Andrew; Clarke, Fiona; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hodges, Christopher; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Gramophone Magazine
Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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Warlock: The Curlew, Songs / Andrew Kennedy, Pavao Quartet

1 CD / Landor / 2007-01-09

Works: Peter Warlock: In an Arbour Green, for voice & piano; Autumn Twilight; Late Summer, for voice & piano; Pretty ring time; A Sad Song, for voice & piano (Peterisms, Set 1, no 2); Mr. Belloc's Fancy, fo...
Performers: Lepper, Simon; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

The debut recital disc of BBC Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize-winning tenor Andrew Kennedy. The disc showcases the work of Peter Warlock, one...continue...

All in the April Evening /Temple, Philharmonic Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-12-12

Works: Hugh S. Roberton: All in the April evening, partsong; The Banks o'Doon; Eriskay love lilt; Dream Angus; The Wee Cooper o' Fife; Drink to me only with thine eyes, English partsong for men's voices; Al...
Performers: Davies, Robert; Dobell, Mark; Lang, Bryony; Mobbs, Charlotte
Conductors: Brewer, Michael

"Bright, youthful choir timbre, affectionate yet staunch renditions, and superior sound from the Hyperion engineers. Recommend you buy on sight. Repeat, buy on sight." -American...continue...

Warlock: Capriol Suite, etc / Pople, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-10-10

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite, for full orchestra; The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Six English Tunes, suite for orchestra; Serenade for string orchestra; Six Italian Dances, for or...
Performers: Alty, Alison; Beckett, Edward; Gibbs, Robert; Hill, Martyn; Smith, Amanda; Stevens, Peter; Szucs, Ferenc
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

Peter Warlock, pseudonym of Philip Heseltine, was born in London in 1894 and became a friend and protégé of Frederick Delieus. He published books and...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Hodie / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey, Robin; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Lockhart, William; MacKenzi...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

"Outstanding, irrespective of the season." -Gramophone...continue...

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
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Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

The English Song Series 4 - Warlock: The Curlew, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Peter Warlock: The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Lillygay, song cycle for voice & piano; Peter Warlock's Fancy; Peterisms, Set 1, song cycle for voice & piano; My Gostly Fader, for ...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Philippa; Maltman, Christopher; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]

The program of this release, previously available on the Collins Classics label, reflects the wide variety of vocal style and moods of Warlock's music and...continue...

Noël! - A Selection of Carols and Anthems / Hill, Johnston

1 CD / Priory / 2001-11-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Peter Warlock: Balulalow; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Arthur Sullivan: Noel (or It came upon the midnight clear), hymn fo...
Performers: Bach Choir; Johnston, Robert; Watts, Jane [Organ]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bach Choir; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble); Winchester Cathedral Choir

Personnel: Robert Johnston (tenor); Roy Bilham, Robert Farley, John Wallace (trumpet); Simon Gunton, Michael Lloyd (trombone); Jane Watts (organ); Robert Ball (percussion).

Recording informa...continue...

Moeran: Songs of Springtime, etc; Warlock / Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-10-24

Works: E.J. Moeran: Songs of Springtime, for chorus; Phyllida and Corydon; Peter Warlock: A Cornish Carol; I Saw a Fair Maiden; Benedicamus Domino; The Full Heart; The Rich Cavalcade; Corpus Christi; All th...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Crookes, Anna; Wagstaff, Lindsay; Wheatley, Rachel

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Peter Warlock of the evergreen CapriolSuite and the boisterous songs seems a world away from the introverted and intense artist of...continue...

Britten the Performer 15 - Schubert, Britten, Wolf: Lieder

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2000-01-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Atys, D 585; Abendstern, D 806; Auflösung ("Verbirg dich, Sonne"), song for voice & piano, D. 807; Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Nähe des Geliebten ("Ich denke dein"), song fo...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

"As Graham Johnson remarks in his notes, the rare combination of Britten and Fischer-Dieskau in Schubert is musically electric, with each artist daring the other...continue...

Warlock: The Curlew, Capriol, Serenade, etc / Nash Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-11-01

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite; Sleep, song for voice & string quartet; A Sad Song, for voice & piano (Peterisms, Set 1, no 2); The Fairest May, for voice & string quartet; My Lady is a Pretty One, for...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Chase, Roger; Davies, Philippa; Kampen, Christopher van; Phillips, Leo; Wexler, Elizabeth
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

'Much of the best of Warlock is here. As usual, Hyperion's presentation is first-rate' (Gramophone)

'Breathtakingly played and sung' (The Observer)

'Superbly evocative' (BBC Music...continue...

Twenty-Four Aspects of an Amourous Nature / Jeffes, Woodcock

1 CD / Symposium / 1995-06-01

Works: John Ireland: The Salley Gardens, for voice & piano (from "Songs Sacred and Profane"); The sacred flame, for voice & piano; Frank Bridge: Isobel, for voice & piano, H. 102; Love went a-riding, for vo...
Performers: Jeffes, Peter; Woodcock, David