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LLOYD, ROBERT
The Very Best of English Song
5 Compact Disc
5 Mar 2012
Ordercode: 6805132
Composer: Various
Other participants: Ian Biostridge * Dame Janet Baker * Sir Thomas Allen * Emma Kirkby * Alfred Deller * Robert Taer * a.o.
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | Linden Lea - A Dorset song (1994 - Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore |
| 02 | 4. The Salley Gardens: Songs Sacred and Profane (2003 Digital Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore |
| 03 | 1. O mistress mine: English Lyrics Set II (2003 Digital Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore |
| 04 | 1. Love's Philosophy: Three Songs Op. 3 (1994 Digital Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore |
| 05 | Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2 - Sir Thomas Allen/Geoffrey Parsons |
| 06 | In summertime on Bredon - Sir Thomas Allen/Geoffrey Parsons |
| 07 | I. Loveliest of trees: Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (2001 Digital Remaster) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson/David Willison |
| 08 | Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Digital Remaster) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson/David Willison |
| 09 | Black Stitchel (2001 Digital Remaster) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson/David Willison |
| 10 | My Own Country (2001 Digital Remaster) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson/David Willison |
| 11 | Passing By (2001 Digital Remaster) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson/David Willison |
| 12 | Pretty Ring Time (2001 Digital Remaster) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson/David Willison |
| 13 | 5. The Lamb: Ten Blake Songs - Ian Partridge/Janet Craxton |
| 14 | 6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet]: Ten Blake Songs - Ian Partridge |
| 15 | Silent Noon (No. 2 of The House of Life) - Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake |
| 16 | Come away, death, Op.6 No. 1 - Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake |
| 17 | Since we loved, Op.13 No. 7 - Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake |
| 18 | 6. Rollicum-Rorum: Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15 - Jonathan Lemalu/Roger Vignoles |
| 19 | Sea Fever - Jonathan Lemalu/Roger Vignoles |
| 20 | Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2) - Jonathan Lemalu/Roger Vignoles |
| 21 | I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato): Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Digital Remaster) - Robert Lloyd/Nina Walker |
| 22 | V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace): Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (version with piano) (2003 Digital Remaster) - Robert Lloyd/Nina Walker |
| 23 | 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song): Four Indian Love Lyrics - Frederick Harvey/Jack Byfield |
| 24 | Bless this House - Dame Janet Baker/Sir Philip Ledger |
| 25 | Balulalow (wds Wedderburn brothers after Luther) (1994 Digital Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/Sir Philip Ledger |
| 26 | Tom Bowling - Robert Tear/André Previn |
| 27 | Home! Sweet Home! - Robert Tear/André Previn |
| 28 | Come into the garden, Maud (1993 Digital Remaster) - Robert Tear/André Previn |
| 29 | The Foggy, Foggy Dew (2000 Digital Remaster): Folk Song Arrangement - Robert Tear/Sir Philip Ledger |
| 30 | The Plough Boy (2000 Digital Remaster): Folk Song Arrangement - Robert Tear/Sir Philip Ledger |
| 31 | 19. Popular Song: Façade - An entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell (2000 Digital Remaster) - Fenella Fielding/Michael Flanders/Academy of St Ma |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | Greensleeves [solo lute verse at end cut] (1995 Digital Remaster) - Alfred Deller/Desmond Dupré |
| 02 | It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) (As you like it): Two songs - Alfred Deller/Desmond Dupré |
| 03 | O mistress mine (attrib. Morley; arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) (Twelfth Night): Two songs - Alfred Deller/Desmond Dupré |
| 04 | The Willow Song (Othello) (1995 Digital Remaster) - Alfred Deller/Desmond Dupré |
| 05 | Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Digital Remaster) - Alfred Deller/Desmond Dupré |
| 06 | Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Digital Remaster) - Alfred Deller/Desmond Dupré |
| 07 | Lullaby, my sweet little baby [last verse cut] - Michael Chance/Fretwork |
| 08 | Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses) - Michael Chance/Christopher Wilson |
| 09 | Sorrow, stay!: The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres - Dame Emma Kirkby/Anthony Rooley |
| 10 | Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres) - Dame Emma Kirkby/Anthony Rooley |
| 11 | Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes): The First Booke of Songes or Ayres - Dame Emma Kirkby/Anthony Rooley |
| 12 | Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) - Dame Emma Kirkby/Anthony Rooley |
| 13 | Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) - Charles Daniels/David Miller |
| 14 | Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires) - Charles Daniels/David Miller |
| 15 | Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) - Charles Daniels/David Miller |
| 16 | Fairest isle: King Arthur, Z.628 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North |
| 17 | Music for a while: Oedipus, Z.583 - Nancy Argenta/John Toll |
| 18 | I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630 - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson |
| 19 | If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379 - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/John Toll |
| 20 | Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193 - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson |
| 21 | Yarmouth Fair (1994 Digital Remaster) - Owen Brannigan/Ernest Lush |
| 22 | The Smuggler's Song (2003 Digital Remaster) - Owen Brannigan/Gerald Moore |
| 23 | Down Below (2003 Digital Remaster) - Ian Wallace/Donald Swann |
| 24 | A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) (2003 Digital Remaster) - Ian Wallace/Donald Swann |
| 25 | The Wart Hog (2003 Digital Remaster) - Ian Wallace/Donald Swann |
| 26 | The Hippopotamus Song [introduced by Michael Flanders] (1991 Digital Remaster) - Michael Flanders/Donald Swann |
| Disc 3 | |
| 01 | I. Sea Slumber-Song: Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 - Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Joh |
| 02 | II. In Haven (Capri): Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 - Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Joh |
| 03 | III. Sabbath Morning at Sea: Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 - Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Joh |
| 04 | IV. Where Corals Lie: Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 - Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Joh |
| 05 | V. The Swimmer: Sea Pictures, Op.37 (1997 - Remaster) - Dame Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Joh |
| 06 | 1. The Vagabond: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 07 | 2. Let beauty awake: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 08 | 3. The Roadside Fire: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 09 | 4. Youth and Love: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 10 | 5. In Dreams: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 11 | 6. The infinite shining heavens: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 12 | 7. Whither must I wander: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 13 | 8. Bright is the ring of words: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 14 | 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope: Songs of Travel - Sir Thomas Allen/Sir Simon Rattle |
| 15 | Prologue (horn solo): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 16 | 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 17 | 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 18 | 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 19 | 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 20 | 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 21 | 6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats) [horn tacet]: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 3 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 22 | Epilogue (horn solo): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Robert Tear/Alan Civil/Northern Sinfonia Orchestra |
| 23 | The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune): Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.] - Neil Mackie/Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Tunnel |
| 24 | Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk): Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.] - Neil Mackie/Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Tunnel |
| Disc 4 | |
| 01 | 1. Easter: Five Mystical Songs (1989 - Remaster) - John Shirley-Quirk/Choir of King's College, Cambri |
| 02 | 2. I got me flowers: Five Mystical Songs (1989 - Remaster) - John Shirley-Quirk/Choir of King's College, Cambri |
| 03 | 3. Love bade me welcome: Five Mystical Songs (1989 - Remaster) - John Shirley-Quirk/Choir of King's College, Cambri |
| 04 | 4. The Call [baritone only]: Five Mystical Songs (1989 - Remaster) - John Shirley-Quirk/English Chamber Orchestra/Sir D |
| 05 | 5. Antiphon [chorus only]: Five Mystical Songs (1989 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/English Chamber |
| 06 | 1. Intrada -: Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Digital Remaster) - Wilfred Brown/English Chamber Orchestra/Christophe |
| 07 | 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato): Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Digital Remaster) - Wilfred Brown/English Chamber Orchestra/Christophe |
| 08 | 3. The Rapture (Danza): Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Digital Remaster) - Wilfred Brown/English Chamber Orchestra/Christophe |
| 09 | 4. Wonder (Arioso): Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Digital Remaster) - Wilfred Brown/English Chamber Orchestra/Christophe |
| 10 | 5. The Salutation (Aria): Dies natalis, Op.8 (1990 Digital Remaster) - Wilfred Brown/English Chamber Orchestra/Christophe |
| 11 | I. Drake's Drum (Tempo di marcia moderato): Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Digital Remaster) - Benjamin Luxon/Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Geoffre |
| 12 | II. Outward Bound (Andante espressivo): Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Digital Remaster) - Benjamin Luxon/Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Geoffre |
| 13 | III. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain (Allegro con fuoco): Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Digital Remaster) - Benjamin Luxon/Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Geoffre |
| 14 | IV. Homeward Bound (Andante tranquillo): Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Digital Remaster) - Benjamin Luxon/Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Geoffre |
| 15 | V. The Old Superb (Allegro vivace): Songs of the Sea Op. 91 (1983 Digital Remaster) - Benjamin Luxon/Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Geoffre |
| 16 | The Torch Op. 60 No. 1 (1993 Digital Remaster) - Robert Tear/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ |
| 17 | The River Op. 60 No. 2 (1993 Digital Remaster) - Robert Tear/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ |
| 18 | In the year that's come and gone -: Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Digital Remaster) - Robert Tear/Vernon Handley |
| 19 | Life in her creaking shoes -: Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Digital Remaster) - Robert Tear/Vernon Handley |
| 20 | Coming up from Richmond: Love blows as the wind blows (1993 Digital Remaster) - Robert Tear/Vernon Handley |
| Disc 5 | |
| 01 | I. Fanfare: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 02 | II. Villes: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 03 | IIIa. Phrase: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 04 | IIIb. Antique: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 05 | IV. Royauté: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 06 | V. Marine: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 07 | VI. Interlude: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 08 | VII. Being Beauteous: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 09 | VIII. Parade: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 10 | IX. Départ: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Pauline Lowbury |
| 11 | Once Paumanok -: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 12 | Shine! shine! shine! -: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 13 | Till of a sudden -: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 14 | Blow! blow! blow!: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 15 | Yes my brother I know -: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 16 | O rising stars! -: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 17 | O reckless despairing carols -: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 18 | O past! O happy life: Sea Drift - John Noble/Edmund Walters/Liverpool Philharmonic C |
| 19 | I. On Wenlock Edge: On Wenlock Edge - Ian Bostridge/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernar |
| 20 | II. From far, from eve and morning: On Wenlock Edge - Ian Bostridge/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernar |
| 21 | III. Is my team ploughing?: On Wenlock Edge - Ian Bostridge/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernar |
| 22 | IV. Oh, when I was in love with you: On Wenlock Edge - Ian Bostridge/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernar |
| 23 | V. Bredon Hill: On Wenlock Edge - Ian Bostridge/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernar |
| 24 | VI. Clun: On Wenlock Edge - Ian Bostridge/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernar |
| 25 | In summertime on Bredon [with orch.] - Frederick Harvey/Philharmonia Orchestra/George Wel |
| 26 | Devonshire Cream and Cider [with orch.] - Frederick Harvey/Philharmonia Orchestra/George Wel |