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Christopher Maltman (Performer), Neal Davies (Performer), Nik Hancock-Child (Performer), Simon Keenlyside (Performer), Ivan McCready (Performer), Arnold Bax (Composer), Lennox Berkeley (Composer), Lord Berners (Composer), Benjamin Britten (Composer), Eric Coates (Composer), Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (Composer), Gustav Holst (Composer), Liza Lehmann (Composer), Roger Quilter (Composer), Arthur Somervell (Composer), Charles Villiers Stanford (Composer), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer), William [composer] Walton (Composer), Peter Warlock (Composer), Duke Quartet (Performer)
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Disc: 1
1. Now in these fairylands
2. Margrete's Cradle Song
3. The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty)
4. Theodore, or the Pirate King
5. A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty)
Disc: 2
1. Wapping Old Stairs
2. Long Steel Grass
3. Tango - Pasodoble
4. Now the leaves are falling fast
5. The Choirmaster's Burial

On this CD:
  1. A Soft Day, for voice & piano
    Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
    with Hugh Tinney, Bernadette Greevey

  2. A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, No. 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6
    Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
    with Hugh Tinney, Bernadette Greevey

  3. Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn)
    Composed by Liza Lehmann
    with Janice Watson, Steuart Bedford

  4. Mustard and Cress
    Composed by Liza Lehmann
    with Neal Davies, Steuart Bedford

  5. The Lily of a day, for voice & piano
    Composed by Liza Lehmann
    with Janice Watson, Steuart Bedford

  6. Henry King, for voice & piano (from Four Cationary Tales and a Moral)
    Composed by Liza Lehmann
    with Neal Davies, Steuart Bedford

  7. Fain would I change that note, for voice & piano
    Composed by Arthur Somervell
    with Patricia Rozario, Graham Johnson

  8. In Summertime on Bredon
    Composed by Arthur Somervell
    with Christopher Maltman, Graham Johnson

  9. The lads in their hundreds
    Composed by Arthur Somervell
    with Christopher Maltman, Graham Johnson

  10. James Lee's Wife: Among the rocks
    Composed by Arthur Somervell
    with Duke Quartet, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Graham Johnson

  11. It Was a Lover and His Lass, partsong for female chorus
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    with Simon Keenlyside, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

  12. The Water Mill, song for voice & piano (Poems by Fredegond Shove No. 4)
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    with Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

  13. On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra) (On Wenlock Edge No. 1)
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    with Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

  14. The Call ("Come, my way"), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (or organ) (Mystical Songs No. 4)
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    with Simon Keenlyside, Graham Johnson

  15. Silent Noon ("Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass"), song for voice & piano (The House of Life No. 2)
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    with Simon Keenlyside, Graham Johnson

  16. Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 48, H. 174 Now in these fairylands
    Composed by Gustav Holst
    with Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

  17. The Dream-City, for soprano & orchestra, H. 174 (arr. by C. Matthews from "12 Songs")
    Composed by Gustav Holst
    with Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

  18. Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 4. H. 14 Margrete's Cradle Song
    Composed by Gustav Holst
    with Steuart Bedford, Susan Gritton

  19. The Heart Worships, song for voice & piano, H. 95
    Composed by Gustav Holst
    with Steuart Bedford, Christopher Maltman

  20. Take, o take those lips away, song for voice & piano, Op. 23/4
    Composed by Roger Quilter
    with Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

  21. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal for voice & piano, Op. 3/2
    Composed by Roger Quilter
    with Lisa Milne, Graham Johnson

  22. Love calls through the summer night, for 2 voices & piano (from Love at the Inn)
    Composed by Roger Quilter
    with Lisa Milne, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson

  23. I will go with my father a-plowing, Op. 22/1
    Composed by Roger Quilter
    with Lisa Milne, Ivan McCready, Graham Johnson

  24. Three Songs (Three Sea-Shanties), for voice & piano The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty)
    Composed by Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners
    with Ian Partridge, Len Vorster

  25. Three Songs (Three Sea-Shanties), for voice & piano Theodore, or the Pirate King
    Composed by Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners
    with Ian Partridge, Len Vorster

  26. Three Songs (Three Sea-Shanties), for voice & piano A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty)
    Composed by Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners
    with Ian Partridge, Len Vorster

  27. O dear! What can the matter be?, for voice & piano
    Composed by Arnold Bax
    with Hugh Tinney, Bernadette Greevey

  28. The Grenadier
    Composed by Eric Coates
    with Richard Edgar-Wilson, Eugene Asti

  29. The Young Lover, for voice & piano
    Composed by Eric Coates
    with Richard Edgar-Wilson, Eugene Asti

  30. Betty and Johnny, for voice & piano
    Composed by Eric Coates
    with Richard Edgar-Wilson, Eugene Asti

  31. Rise up and reach the stars, for voice & piano
    Composed by Eric Coates
    with Richard Edgar-Wilson, Eugene Asti

  32. The Bells, for voice & piano, Op. 14/2
    Composed by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    with Nik Hancock-Child, Rosemary Hancock-Child

  33. Ann's Cradle Song, for voice & piano, Op. 20/1
    Composed by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    with Nik Hancock-Child, Rosemary Hancock-Child

  34. As I Lay in the Early Sun, for voice & piano
    Composed by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    with Nik Hancock-Child, Rosemary Hancock-Child

  35. The Cherry Tree, for voice & piano
    Composed by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    with Nik Hancock-Child, Rosemary Hancock-Child

  36. Dusk, for voice & piano
    Composed by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    with Nik Hancock-Child, Rosemary Hancock-Child

  37. Peter Warlock's Fancy
    Composed by Peter Warlock
    with John Constable, Christopher Maltman

  38. Frostbound Wood, for voice & piano
    Composed by Peter Warlock
    with John Constable, Christopher Maltman

  39. Chopcherry, for voice & string quartet
    Composed by Peter Warlock
    with John Constable, Adrian Thompson

  40. A Sad Song, for voice & piano
    Composed by Peter Warlock
    with John Constable, Adrian Thompson

  41. Rutterkin
    Composed by Peter Warlock
    with John Constable, Adrian Thompson

  42. Bethlehem Down
    Composed by Peter Warlock
    with John Constable, Christopher Maltman

  43. A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, song cycle for soprano & piano or orchestra Wapping Old Stairs
    Composed by William Walton
    with Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

  44. Façade, for reciter & ensemble Long Steel Grass
    Composed by William Walton
    with Martyn Hill, Graham Johnson

  45. Façade, for reciter & ensemble Tango - Pasodoble
    Composed by William Walton
    with Martyn Hill, Graham Johnson

  46. Popular Song, song for voice & piano (from "Façade")
    Composed by William Walton
    with Martyn Hill, Graham Johnson

  47. Beatriz's Song, for voice and guitar or strings (from radio music for "Christopher Columbus")
    Composed by William Walton
    with Martyn Hill, Graham Johnson

  48. Lay your sleeping head my love, for high voice & piano, Op. 14/2b
    Composed by Sir Lennox Berkeley
    with Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

  49. Early one morning, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5)
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    with Felicity Lott, Steuart Bedford

  50. The Foggy, Foggy Dew, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 3)
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    with Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

  51. On this Island, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 11 Now the leaves are falling fast
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    with Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

  52. Tell me the Truth about Love, for voice & piano (Cabaret Songs)
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    with Della Jones, Steuart Bedford

  53. Winter Words, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 52 The Choirmaster's Burial
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    with Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford


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5.0 out of 5 stars Songs, February 13, 2008
This CD is excellent for both listening and inspiration.I am an accompanist and my soloist and I find thse CD's very useful in our own interpretation.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A century of British art songs to delight those who love them, June 26, 2006
These 53 songs have been collected by Naxos from their extensive acquisitions from Collins Classics, and perhaps other British sources now out of business. There's a steady cottage industry, year after year, producing the typical English art song, which is usually based on folk songs, but even in more modern idioms is profuondly conservative and nostaligic. Half these songs, not to mention half the composers, are totally unknown to American audiences, but the familiar names of Vaughan Williams and Britten represent high quality, and the lesser lights, such as Warlock and Quilter, are mainstays in this repertoire.

I'd challenge all but the most addicted listener to make it through more than ten songs at a sitting, and many of these pieces are tepid, offering comfort rather than inspiration. The singers are among the best, but Graham Johnson and Steuart Beford, who do most of the accompaniments, are lackluster. I know that won't be a popular comment, yet if you compare any of these songs with rendiitons done by Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, and most recently Bryn Terfel and Ian Bostridge, you immediately notice how much more intensity and drama is pesent than this colleciton reveals.
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