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The Power of Love: An English Songbook / Alice Coote, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-02-14

Works: James Lyman Molloy: Love's Old Sweet Song; Maude Valérie White: So We'll Go No More A-roving, for voice & piano; The Spring Has Come, for voice & piano; The Devout Lover, for voice & piano; Edwa...
Performers: Coote, Alice; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

Alice Coote, one of the most distinctive mezzo-sopranos of today, makes her recital debut on Hyperion with pianist Graham Johnson, a stalwart of the label...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (2010-12-15&2010-12-15&2010-)....continue...

Elgar in Sussex: Piano Quintet; Seven Songs; Three Movements for piano trio / Felicity Lott, soprano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-10-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 84; Songs, Op. 16; Pleading, Op. 48; Like to the Damask Rose; Is she not passing fair?, song for voice & piano; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42;...
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Middleton, Joseph [Piano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio; Schubert Ensemble of London

Elgar found his haven and inspiration in the countryside of Sussex, and the talented musicians featured on this disc celebrate the period which became one...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex....continue...

My Own Country: An English song collection / Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Hubert Parry: O Mistress Mine, for voice & piano (from English Lyrics, Set 2); My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird; Under the greenwood tree; Good Night; John Ireland: The trellis, for voice & piano (fr...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

My Own Country allows the highly respected Dame Felicity Lott to bring her delicacy and rich musical understanding to a collection of English songs inspired...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex, UK (05/14/2003-05/16/2003)....continue...

Shakespeare Inspired / Mezzo Michelle Breedt

1 CD / TwoPianists / 2011-05-31

Works: Edward Elgar: Pageant of Empire, songs (8) for voice (or chorus) & orchestra; Pleading, Op. 48; Thomas Arne: When Daisies pied and Violets blue, song; Mervyn Horder: When Daisies Pied, for voice & pi...
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Schumann, Nina

South African-born Michelle Breedt, best known for her stellar performances of Wagner in particular, her versatility from the opera to the concert is remarkably captured...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (11/22/2010-11/28/2010)....continue...

Her Song - Orchestral Songs and Arias / Susan Gritton, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-09-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Torch, Op. 60, no 1; The Wind at Dawn; Pleading, Op. 48; Like to the Damask Rose; The Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, no 1; Song Cycle, Op. 59; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; The Kingdom, ora...
Performers: Fleming, Cynthia; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Susan Gritton's solo recital with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins is focused on orchestral songs by Elgar and John Ireland. This enchanting and...continue...

Songs & Piano Music by Edward Elgar / Pitt, et al

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Like to the Damask Rose; Queen Mary's Song, for voice & piano; A Song of Autumn, song for voice & piano; The Poet's Life, song for voice & piano; The Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, no 1; Roun...
Performers: Bamping, Mark; Houghton, William; Norris, David Owen; Pitt, Amanda; Savidge, Peter; Whiffin, Edward; Wilde, Mark

To celebrate Sir Edward Elgar's 150th birthday, David Owen Norris and The Works perform Elgar's songs and piano solos on Elgar's own 1844 Broadwood piano,...continue...

Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano Vol 1 / Roocroft, Jarnot, Mees

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Self-Banished; Song Cycle, Op. 59; In moonlight; Pleading, Op. 48; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Sea Pictures, Op. 37; The Wind at Dawn; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 41; Dry those...
Performers: Jarnot, Konrad; Mees, Reinhild; Roocroft, Amanda

To mark last year’s 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), Channel Classics, in cooperation with the Amsterdam-based Twentieth-Century Song Foundation, has...continue...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Elegy for Strings, Op. ...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Ben-Tovim, Atarah; Borg, Kim; Bramma, Harry; Cahill, Teresa; Case, John Carol; Chapman, Michael; Cook, Brian R...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Groves, Charles, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Collingwood, Lawrance; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Robinson, Christopher; del Mar, Norman; Hal...
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

Following the releases of the Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert Collector's Edition Boxed sets, EMI Classics is now proud to present the Elgar Collector's Edition. To...continue...

If There Were Dreams to Sell / Varcoe, Hickox, London Sinf

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Roger Quilter: Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 6; George Butterworth: Love Blows as the Wind Blows, songs (4) for voice & string quartet (or orchestra); Songs (6) from "A ...
Performers: Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia