White Cliffs of Dover: Wartime Favorites

Isobel Buchanan (Artist), English Chamber Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: White Line
• ASIN: B0000030XX
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #424,263 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Calling All Workers

2. There'll Always Be an England

3. The White Cliffs of Dover

4. We'll Meet Again

5. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

6. When I Grow Too Old to Dream

7. Would You Please Oblige Us With a Bren Gun

8. It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

9. I'll Be Seeing You

10. The Dambusters

11. Knightsbridge

12. Love Is the Sweetest Thing

13. All the Things You Are

14. Always

15. So in Love

16. Long Ago and Far Away

17. Every Time We Say Goodbye

18. I Only Have Eyes for You

19. Prelude & Fugue

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is a treasure for history and music buffs alike., July 3, 1999

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Kevin Beuret ([e-mail]) (Howe, Indiana, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White Cliffs of Dover: Wartime Favorites (Audio CD)

There's no doubt about it--"The White Cliffs of Dover" will either leave you cold, or it will enthrall you. The reason? The tracks consist almost entirely of music popular in England during the Second World War, and the closer you are to that era, either through having lived through it or, as in this reviewer's case, having studied a great deal about it, the more likely you are to be fascinated and even deeply moved by it.

The music is varied and endlessly interesting, ranging from the touchingly naive "There'll Always Be an England" to Eric Coates's incongruously cheerful "Dambusters March" to the exquisite "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," which receives a ravishing interpretation from Scots soprano Isobel Buchanan, backed by the English Chamber Orchestra.

In short: If you love World War II history and the popular music of that time, you will certainly love this collection. If you think history is boring and disdain musicsl sentiment, look elsewhere. This CD isn't for you.