Gift Of Music > Traditional, English

Spirit of England - A Musical Landscape / Elgar, Coates, Handel, Holst, Perry et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2013-03-26

Works: Irish Traditional: Greensleeves Jig; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; In Town T...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Williams, Guy;
Ensemble: ; Massed Bands of the Guards Division

From Greensleeves to Jerusalem this selection of music in celebration of England's green and pleasant land will evoke fond memories of summer holidays, end-of-term assemblies...continue...

Hush a Bye: Music for Children - gentle lullabies and quiet music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: English Traditional: Hush a Bye Baby; Traditional: Sleep My Baby; Mervyn Burtch: Sleep, my gentle child; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Anonymou...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Gentle lullabies and quiet music combine to form this special program of music to invite sleep. Unlike most calming programs, this release relies on real...continue...
Includes work(s) by Anonymous....continue...

English Country Dances / Broadside Band

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: Giles Farnaby: The L. Zouches Maske (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book); Anonymous: Pavan; Earl of Essex Measure "Measure"; Quadran Pavin; La Coranto; Thoinot Arbeau: Basse Danse; Branle des sabots; Pinagay;...
Conductors: Barlow, Jeremy
Ensemble: Broadside Band

Cheery English dances from the 16th and 17th centuries in vibrant arrangements by The Broadside Band. From the Long Dance to the Country Dance, the...continue...

Ring a Ring O'Roses

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: John Playford: Work(s); Division for trebles; English Traditional: Ring around the Rosie, children's song (a.k.a. "Ring a ring o' roses"); All in a garden green, folk song; The Duke of York; Golden S...
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Ensemble: Musica Donum Dei

This album brings together familiar nursery rhymes and folk tunes that we learn as children. It is a telling tribute to the durability of these...continue...

Music from a Tudor Court

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Robin, P 70; Thomas Robinson: Plaine Song; A Toy; Fantasy; Twenty waies; John Danyel: A Fancy, for 2 lutes; Francis Pilkington: Echo & Fancy; Anony...
Performers: Sayce, Lynda; Spring, Matthew

Delicate lute duets which conjure images of a courtly scene. This collection of Tudor music for two lutes includes works by the important and famous...continue...

A Pageant Of Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Anonymous: Arrival of the Lord and Lady, ductia for ensemble; Jester's Dance, estampie for ensemble; Entry of the Spanish Musicians, ductia for ensemble; The Spanish Lady Sings, for voice & ensemble;...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Rowlands-Pritchard, John

A Medieval Christmas

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2008-08-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); Riu, riu, chiu!, carol (Spanish); There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Coventry Carol (2); Nowel; Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English); Synge We to Thys M...
Performers: Sospiri

Only the smallest amount of medieval music survives: musicians and composers were largely anonymous and their work often went unrecorded. But thankfully a handful of...continue...
Personnel: Nicholas Perry, William Lyons (hurdy-gurdy, pipes, shawm, recorder)....continue...

Music for London / Band of the Welsh Guards, Harlow Chorus et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2008-01-01

Works: Arnold Steck: Birdcage Walk, march for band; Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; I was glad; Harry Castling: Let's All Go Down The Strand; Hubert Gregg: Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner; Andrew Lloyd Webber: T...
Performers: Souter, Martin; Stowe, Sara; White, Justin [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hannan, Peter; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Lane, Andrew
Ensemble: Band of the Army Air Corps; Band of the Welsh Guards

Brass bands, cathedral choirs and theatre music are all typical musical sounds of London, whether you are watching the Changing of the Guard, visiting Westminster...continue...
Personnel: Justin White (vocals); Martin Souter (piano)....continue...

Night Owl

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Carnival of the animals...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Bennett, Elinor; Bohle, Walter; Flachot, Reine; Gregory, James; Hill, Sarah; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Kuntsch, Matthias; Chang, Yun-Sung

Late night classics. At the end of a long day, and on into the night, this lovely album of relaxing music will help banish those...continue...

Changing the Guard - Great Military Band Music / Bands of Her Majesty's Armed Forces

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous, English: The British Grenadiers; English Traditional: Early One Morning, folk song; R.A. Ridings: Fanfare for a Royal Occasion, for band; William Walton: Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"...
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Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards; Band of the Royal Air Force

Great military band music. `They're changing the guard at Buckingham Palace' and this is what they might play: a superb mix of marching tunes and...continue...
Includes 2001 theme (north) / superman theme (williams) by various composers....continue...

Sanctus - Music for Quiet Contemplation

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-09-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Facta est cum angelo; Puer natus est nobis, introit; Angelus ad pastores, antiphon (Mode 7); Alleluia. Dies sanctificatus; Sanctus; Agnus Dei; Quem vidistis pastores, responsory in m...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]

Music for quiet contemplation Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery...continue...

Music for a Great Garden - Byrd, Mozart, et al / Stowe, Souter, et al

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-01-01

Works: William Byrd: All in a garden green, MB 56; Will you walk the woods so wylde; Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; English Traditional: The Rowan Tree; Greensleeves, folk song; Hildegard von Bingen: ...
Performers: Bennett, Elinor; Hill, Sarah; Stowe, Sara

Garden themes from our musical heritage. An album of fragrant songs and instrumental pieces from centuries of musical tradition. Titles include 'Greensleeves', 'Where the Bee...continue...

Ring A Ring O'Roses / Musica Donum Dei

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-08-01

Works: English Traditional: Lillibulero / Parsons Farewell / Chirping of the Lark / Cuckolds All Awry / Picking of the Sticks /; Ring around the Rosie, children's song (a.k.a. "Ring a ring o' roses"); All i...
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Ensemble: Musica Donum Dei

Songs and dances for children. Traditional songs and dances for children to complement our very successful nursery rhyme album, 'Jack and Jill and all their...continue...

Music For My Lady

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-02-01

Works: Scottish Traditional: O Lustie May; The Laydie Louthian's Lilte (Robert Edward's Book); The Last Time I Came O'er the Moor; Canaries; François Campion: Pieces for guitar in D major (from Nouvell...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Birt, Heather; McCoy, Stewart; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Songs of love from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, performed with the gentle accompaniment of the lute. Violin solos and harpsichord and viol consort music...continue...

All Things Bright & Beautiful - A collection of favourite hymns / Sarah Tenant-Flowers, The Victoria Singers

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven; Now Thank We All Our God; Eternal Father, Strong To Save; Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us; The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended; Holy, Holy, Holy; O P...
Performers: Atherton, Diane; Ayres, Paul; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Parker, Helen; Rayfield, Benjamin

A collection of favourite hymns. Favourite English hymns from Sunday school days, taken from Victorian hymn books. A traditional choice of hymns including many which...continue...

Songs for William Shakespeare / Sara Stowe

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2000-01-01

Works: Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; Full fathom five; Hark, hark! the lark; Anonymous, English: Kemp's Gigue; The Poor Soul Sat Sighing, song (a.k.a. "The Willow Songs"); Bergamasca; Sellengers Roun...
Performers: Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

The finest songs from Shakespeare's plays, from Johnson's arrangement of 'Where the bee sucks' in 'The Tempest' to Morley's famous version of Feste's song, 'O...continue...