We'll Gather Lilacs: Songs of Ivor Novello

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B00005J6T8
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,071 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Tracks: 1. We'll Gather Lilacs -- Webster Booth 3:28 2. Keep the Home Fires Burning -- John McCormack 3:11 3. Thoughts of You -- Gracie Fields 2:56 4. Bless You -- Derek Oldham 2:41 5. And Her Mother Came Too -- Jack Buchanan 2:48 6. Fold Your Wings -- Webster Booth 2:54 7. Glamorous Night -- Mary Ellis 4:43 8. Shine Through My Dreams -- Trefor Jones 3:24 9. When the Gypsy Played -- Mary Ellis 4:59 10. Shanty Town -- Elisabeth Welch 4:39 11. Music in May -- Dorothy Dickson 2:55 12. Rose of England -- Edgar Elmes 3:27 13. Waltz of My Heart -- Mary Ellis 3:23 14. The Wings of Sleep -- Oliver Gilbert 3:21 15. I Can Give You the Starlight -- Mary Ellis 3:36 16. My Dearest Dear -- Mary Ellis 3:45 17. The Leap Year Waltz -- Charles Prentice 3:16 18. Dark Music -- Elisabeth Welch 3:23 19. Love Is My Reason -- Richard Tauber 2:57 20. We'll Gather Lilacs -- Richard Tauber 3:27 21. King's Rhapsody : Some Day My Heart Will Awake/Take Your Girl -- Vanessa Lee 4:03 22. The Violin Began to Play -- Vanessa Lee 4:09

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars LOVELY, FULL INTRO TO NOVELLO'S MUSIC, June 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: We'll Gather Lilacs: Songs of Ivor Novello (Audio CD)

As a novice to the works of Novello, this work is a great introduction to his lush, full, soaringly lyrical and romantic music. The only drawbacks: the cd is mono (the most recent cut is from 1945, but the artists are the originals and one can only imagine the full power of modern orchestration and technical aspects), and there is the slightest hint of distortion -- scratch, fade, from the originals. These are, in my opinion, minor and do not deter from the ultimate enjoyment of the pieces. I was particularly taken with an almost strange sense of 'old' music with decided aspects of the 'new.' That is, one can hear a line from Novello to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Soundheim. At least to my ear! The rousing, almost emotional cut "Rose of England," is worth the price of the cd alone! Someone, somewhere is going to make a mint reviving Ivor Novello. Romantic, uplifting, lyrically astute, and musically simply soaring!