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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...

My True Love Hath My Heart - English Songs, Howells, Britten Ireland, et al. / Sarah Connolly, ms

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Folksongs (7), Volume 3; How sweet the answer, folksong for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 4); Corpus Christi Carol, for voice or unison chorus & organ; Early one morning, for voic...
Performers: Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Martineau, Malcolm

Connolly received excellent reviews for her recital performance of 'English Songs' on April 11, 2011 at Alice Tully Hall, NYC. The NY Times wrote: 'Ms...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (02/01/2011-02/02/2011)....continue...

The English Song Series 19 - Gurney: All night under the moon, etc / Susan Bickley, Iain Burnside

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-08-25

Works: Ivor Gurney: On the downs; Ha'nacker Mill; The bonnie Earl of Murray; The Cherry trees; By a Bierside; Elizabethan Songs (5); Seven Sappho Songs; All night under the moon; Latmian Shepherd; I will go...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Described by his teacher, Stanford, as "the one who most fulfilled the accepted ideas of genius", the poet and composer Ivor Gurney composed more than...continue...

Gurney: Seven Meadows / Paul Agnew, Julius Drake

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-08-01

Works: Ivor Gurney: Epitaph in old mode; You Are My Sky, for voice & piano; All night under the moon; The Folly of Being Comforted, for voice & piano; By a Bierside; Severn Meadows for voice & piano; In Fla...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Drake, Julius [Piano]

"Gurney really should be better known. Good English-language songs are not often heard, but listening to Gurney will make you wonder why. He was a...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