The Very Best of English Song

01	Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	02:54
	Writer: William Barnes / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
02	Ireland: Songs Sacred and Profane: No. 4, The Salley Gardens	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	02:13
	Composers: John Ireland
03	English Lyrics Set II: 1. O mistress mine (2003 Remaster)	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	01:31
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Hubert Parry
04	Quilter: 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1, Love's Philosophy, "The fountains mingle with the river" (Very quick and passionate)	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	01:30
	Writer: Percy Bysshe Shelley / Composers: Roger Quilter
05	Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	02:13
	Writer: Alfred Tennyson / Composers: Roger Quilter
06	In summertime on Bredon (piano accompaniment)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	03:43
	Writer: A. E. Housman / Composers: Graham Peel
07	Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees (2001 Remaster)	Anthony Rolfe Johnson	The Very Best of English Song	02:51
	Writer: A. E. Housman / Composers: George Butterworth
08	Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)	Anthony Rolfe Johnson	The Very Best of English Song	02:35
	Writer: W. B. Yeats / Composers: Ivor Gurney
09	Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)	Anthony Rolfe Johnson	The Very Best of English Song	02:10
	Writer: Wilfrid Gibson / Composers: Ivor Gurney
10	My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)	Anthony Rolfe Johnson	The Very Best of English Song	02:33
	Writer: Hilaire Belloc / Composers: Peter Warlock
11	Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)	Anthony Rolfe Johnson	The Very Best of English Song	02:30
	Writer: Traditional / Composers: Peter Warlock
12	Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)	Anthony Rolfe Johnson	The Very Best of English Song	01:16
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Peter Warlock
13	Vaughan Williams: 10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The Lamb	Ian Partridge	The Very Best of English Song	02:17
	Writer: William Blake / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
14	Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs: No. 6, The Shepherd, "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" (Allegretto)	Ian Partridge	The Very Best of English Song	00:56
	Writer: William Blake / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
15	Vaughan Williams: The House of Life: No. 2, Silent Noon	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	04:18
	Writer: Dante Gabriel Rossetti / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
16	Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	03:01
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Roger Quilter
17	Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	01:16
	Writer: Robert Bridges / Composers: Gerald Finzi
18	Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum	Jonathan Lemalu	The Very Best of English Song	01:59
	Writer: Thomas Hardy / Composers: Gerald Finzi
19	Ireland: Sea Fever	Jonathan Lemalu	The Very Best of English Song	02:11
	Composers: John Ireland
20	Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)	Jonathan Lemalu	The Very Best of English Song	02:23
	Writer: John Masefield / Composers: Frederick Keel
21	Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum - Tempo di marcia moderato (version with piano) (2003 Remaster)	Robert Lloyd	The Very Best of English Song	02:43
	Writer: Henry Newbolt / Composers: Charles Villiers Stanford
22	Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace (version with piano) (2003 Remaster)	Robert Lloyd	The Very Best of English Song	03:25
	Writer: Henry Newbolt / Composers: Charles Villiers Stanford
23	Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)	Frederick Harvey	The Very Best of English Song	03:01
	Writer: Laurence Hope / Composers: Amy Woodforde-Finden
24	Bless this House	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	03:15
	Writer: Helen Taylor / Composers: May Brahe
25	Warlock: Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	01:49
	Composers: Peter Warlock
26	Dibdin: Tom Bowling	André Previn	The Very Best of English Song	04:19
	Composers: Charles Dibdin
27	Home! Sweet Home!	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	03:35
	Writer: John Howard Payne / Composers: Henry Bishop
28	Balfe: Come Into The Garden, Maud	André Previn	The Very Best of English Song	04:13
	Composers: Michael William Balfe
29	Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	02:24
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
30	Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	01:50
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
31	Walton: Façade: XIX. Popular Song	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	02:02
	Composers: William Walton
01	Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) (1995 Remastered Version)	Alfred Deller	The Very Best of English Song	02:13
	Composers: Traditional English
02	Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) [As you like it]	Alfred Deller	The Very Best of English Song	03:09
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Thomas Morley
03	Two songs - O mistress mine (arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) [Twelfth Night]	Alfred Deller	The Very Best of English Song	01:39
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Thomas Morley
04	The Willow Song (Othello) (1995 Remastered Version)	Alfred Deller	The Very Best of English Song	04:16
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Anonymous
05	Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)	Alfred Deller	The Very Best of English Song	01:14
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Robert Johnson
06	Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version)	Alfred Deller	The Very Best of English Song	02:12
	Writer: William Shakespeare / Composers: Robert Johnson II
07	Byrd: Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs: No. 32, Lulla, Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby	Michael Chance	The Very Best of English Song	05:59
	Composers: William Byrd
08	Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)	Michael Chance	The Very Best of English Song	04:08
	Composers: William Byrd
09	The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!	Emma Kirkby	The Very Best of English Song	03:04
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: John Dowland
10	Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)	Emma Kirkby	The Very Best of English Song	02:32
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: John Dowland
11	The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)	Emma Kirkby	The Very Best of English Song	02:48
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: John Dowland
12	Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)	Emma Kirkby	The Very Best of English Song	02:50
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: John Dowland
13	Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)	Charles Daniels	The Very Best of English Song	02:36
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: John Dowland
14	Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)	Charles Daniels	The Very Best of English Song	02:11
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: John Dowland
15	Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)	Charles Daniels	The Very Best of English Song	03:49
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: John Dowland
16	Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"	Nancy Argenta	The Very Best of English Song	02:37
	Composers: Henry Purcell
17	Purcell: Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"	Nancy Argenta	The Very Best of English Song	03:55
	Composers: Henry Purcell
18	Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)	Nancy Argenta	The Very Best of English Song	02:01
	Composers: Henry Purcell
19	Purcell: If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379	Nancy Argenta	The Very Best of English Song	02:05
	Composers: Henry Purcell
20	Purcell: Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193	Nancy Argenta	The Very Best of English Song	05:24
	Composers: Henry Purcell
21	Warlock: Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"	Owen Brannigan	The Very Best of English Song	01:40
	Writer: Hal Collins / Composers: Peter Warlock
22	The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)	Owen Brannigan	The Very Best of English Song	03:37
	Writer: Rudyard Kipling / Composers: Charles Mortimer
23	Down Below (2003 Remaster)	Ian Wallace	The Very Best of English Song	02:44
	Writer: Sydney Carter / Composers: Sydney Carter
24	A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) (2003 Remaster)	Ian Wallace	The Very Best of English Song	02:36
	Writer: Michael Flanders / Composers: Donald Swann
25	The Wart Hog (2003 Remaster)	Ian Wallace	The Very Best of English Song	03:48
	Writer: Michael Flanders / Composers: Donald Swann
26	The Hippopotamus Song (Introduced by Michael Flanders) (1991 Remaster)	Michael Flanders	The Very Best of English Song	04:04
	Writer: Michael Flanders / Composers: Donald Swann
01	Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 1, Sea Slumber-Song	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	05:02
	Composers: Edward Elgar
02	Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 2, In Haven. Capri	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	02:06
	Composers: Edward Elgar
03	Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 3, A Sabbath Morning at Sea	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	06:20
	Composers: Edward Elgar
04	Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 4, Where Corals Lie	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	04:11
	Composers: Edward Elgar
05	Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 5, The Swimmer	Janet Baker	The Very Best of English Song	06:09
	Composers: Edward Elgar
06	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 1, The Vagabond (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	03:02
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
07	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 2, Let Beauty Awake (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	01:41
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
08	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 3, The Roadside Fire (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	02:20
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
09	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 4, Youth and Love (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	03:17
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
10	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 5, In Dreams (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	02:36
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
11	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	02:06
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
12	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 7, Whither Must I Wander? (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	03:49
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
13	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	01:55
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
14	Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope (Version with Orchestra)	Sir Thomas Allen	The Very Best of English Song	02:10
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
15	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 1, Prologue	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	01:24
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
16	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 2, Pastoral	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	03:44
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
17	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 3, Nocturne	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	03:28
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
18	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 4, Elegy	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	04:30
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
19	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 5, Dirge	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	03:25
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
20	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 6, Hymn	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	02:02
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
21	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 7, Sonnet	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	04:44
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
22	Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 8, Epilogue	Sir Neville Marriner	The Very Best of English Song	01:38
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
23	Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 3, The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Orchestral Version)	Neil Mackie	The Very Best of English Song	02:40
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
24	Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 7, Oliver Cromwell (Orchestral Version)	Neil Mackie	The Very Best of English Song	00:47
	Composers: Benjamin Britten
01	Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 1, Easter	John Shirley-Quirk	The Very Best of English Song	05:12
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
02	Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 2, I Got Me Flowers	John Shirley-Quirk	The Very Best of English Song	02:53
	Writer: George Herbert / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
03	Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 3, Love Bade Me Welcome	John Shirley-Quirk	The Very Best of English Song	05:26
	Writer: George Herbert / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
04	Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 4, The Call	John Shirley-Quirk	The Very Best of English Song	02:08
	Writer: George Herbert / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
05	Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs: No. 5, Antiphon	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	The Very Best of English Song	03:19
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
06	Dies natalis, Op. 8: 1. Intrada (1990 Remaster)	Wilfred Brown	The Very Best of English Song	05:06
	Composers: Gerald Finzi
07	Dies natalis, Op. 8: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) (1990 Remaster)	Wilfred Brown	The Very Best of English Song	06:30
	Composers: Gerald Finzi
08	Dies natalis, Op. 8 : 3. The Rapture (Danza) (1990 Remaster)	Wilfred Brown	The Very Best of English Song	03:33
	Composers: Gerald Finzi
09	Dies natalis, Op. 8: 4. Wonder (Arioso) (1990 Remaster)	Wilfred Brown	The Very Best of English Song	04:21
	Composers: Gerald Finzi
10	Dies natalis, Op. 8: 5. The Salutation (Aria) (1990 Remaster)	Wilfred Brown	The Very Best of English Song	04:17
	Composers: Gerald Finzi
11	Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 1, Drake's Drum	Norman Del Mar	The Very Best of English Song	03:21
	Composers: Charles Villiers Stanford
12	Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 2, Outward Bound	Norman Del Mar	The Very Best of English Song	03:09
	Composers: Charles Villiers Stanford
13	Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 3, Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain	Norman Del Mar	The Very Best of English Song	01:45
	Composers: Charles Villiers Stanford
14	Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 4, Homeward Bound	Norman Del Mar	The Very Best of English Song	06:52
	Composers: Charles Villiers Stanford
15	Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 5, The Old Superb	Norman Del Mar	The Very Best of English Song	03:11
	Composers: Charles Villiers Stanford
16	Elgar: 2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 1, The Torch	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	02:27
	Composers: Sir Edward Elgar
17	Elgar: 2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 2, The River	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	03:46
	Composers: Sir Edward Elgar
18	Love blows as the wind blows: In the year that's come and gone (1993 Remaster)	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	03:19
	Writer: W. E. Henley / Composers: George Butterworth
19	Love blows as the wind blows: Life in her creaking shoes (1993 Remaster)	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	02:03
	Writer: W. E. Henley / Composers: George Butterworth
20	Love blows as the wind blows: Coming up from Richmond (1993 Remaster)	Robert Tear	The Very Best of English Song	04:40
	Writer: W. E. Henley / Composers: George Butterworth
01	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 1, Fanfare	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	01:53
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
02	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 2, Villes	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	02:20
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
03	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3a, Phrase	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	00:55
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
04	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3b, Antique	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	02:04
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
05	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 4, Royauté	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	01:34
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
06	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 5, Marine	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	00:57
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
07	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 6, Interlude	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	02:43
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
08	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 7, Being Beauteous	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	03:54
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
09	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 8, Parade	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	02:34
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
10	Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 9, Départ	John Mark Ainsley	The Very Best of English Song	02:48
	Composers: Arthur Rimbaud - Benjamin Britten
11	Sea Drift: Once Paumanok -	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	03:49
	Composers: Frederick Delius
12	Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! -	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	01:30
	Composers: Frederick Delius
13	Sea Drift: Till of a sudden -	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	02:37
	Composers: Frederick Delius
14	Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow!	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	01:57
	Composers: Frederick Delius
15	Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know -	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	04:05
	Composers: Frederick Delius
16	Sea Drift: O rising stars! -	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	01:36
	Composers: Frederick Delius
17	Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols -	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	06:25
	Composers: Frederick Delius
18	Sea Drift: O past! O happy life	John Noble	The Very Best of English Song	03:06
	Composers: Frederick Delius
19	Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 1, On Wenlock Edge (Version with Orchestra)	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	03:51
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
20	Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 2, From Far, from Eve and Morning (Version with Orchestra)	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	02:04
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
21	Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing (Version with Orchestra)	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	03:47
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
22	Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 4, Oh When I Was in Love with You (Version with Orchestra)	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	00:44
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
23	Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 5, Bredon Hill (Version with Orchestra)	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	07:37
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
24	Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 6, Clun (Version with Orchestra)	Ian Bostridge	The Very Best of English Song	03:22
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
25	In summertime on Bredon (orchestral accompaniment)	Frederick Harvey	The Very Best of English Song	03:09
	Writer: A. E. Housman / Composers: Graham Peel
26	Devonshire Cream and Cider	Frederick Harvey	The Very Best of English Song	03:54
	Writer: Theodore Curzon / Composers: Wilfrid Sanderson

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Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea

Janet Baker

02:54

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Ireland: Songs Sacred and Profane: No. 4, The Salley Gardens

Janet Baker

The Very Best of English Song

02:13

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English Lyrics Set II: 1. O mistress mine (2003 Remaster)