Vocal Works

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Tracklist

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1Two Songs by Thomas Hardy : 1. The Childrfen and Sir Nameless
2:51
2Two Songs by Thomas Hardy : 2. If it's ever spring again
3:06
3Beware! - Three Early Songs : 1. Beware! (Longfellow, from the German)
1:02
4Beware! - Three Early Songs : 2. O that I had ne'er been married (Burns)
1:23
5Beware! - Three Early Songs : 3. Epitaph: The Clerk (Asquith)
0:52
6Not even summer yet (Burns)
2:05
7Two songs by W.H. Auden : To lie flat on the back
2:33
8Two songs by W.H. Auden : Night covers up the rigid land
2:45
9The Oxen
3:11
10Three rhymes by William Soutar : Dawlie's Devotion
0:48
11Three rhymes by William Soutar : Tradition
0:57
12Three rhymes by William Soutar : The Gully
0:57
13Tit for Tat : 1. A Song Echantment
2:29
14Tit for Tat : 3. Silver
1:53
15Tit for Tat : 5. Tit for Tat
2:19
16Two Ballads for voices and piano : 1. Mother Comfort
3:42
17Two Ballads for voices and piano : 2. Underneath the Abject Willow
2:10
18Folksong arrangements : Sweet Polly Oliver
solo piano:
Philip Ledger
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: Sweet Polly Oliver (Britten arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
arrangement of:
Sweet Polly Oliver
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: British Isles, for voice & piano
1:56
19Folksong arrangements : The Minstrel Boy
solo piano:
Philip Ledger
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 4, "Moore's Irish Melodies": No. 4. The Minstrel Boy
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
arrangement of:
The Minstrel Boy
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume IV: Moore's Irish Melodies, for voice & piano
2:28
20Folksong arrangements : The Brisk Young Widow
solo piano:
Philip Ledger
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume V: The Brisk Young Widow
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
2:15
21Folksong arrangements : Ca' the Yowes
solo piano:
Philip Ledger
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume V: Ca' the Yowes
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
3:53
22Folksong arrangements : The Lincolnshire Poacher
solo piano:
Philip Ledger
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume V: The Lincolnshire Poacher (arr. Britten)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
arrangement of:
The Lincolnshire Poacher (catch-all for arrangements)
1:58
23Folksong arrangements : O can ye sew cushions?
solo piano:
Philip Ledger
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: O Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Britten arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: British Isles, for voice & piano
2:24
24Folksong arrangements : The trees they grow so high
solo piano:
Philip Ledger
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: The Trees They Grow So High (Britten arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
arrangement of:
The Trees They Grow So High (Original folksong)
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: British Isles, for voice & piano
3:18
25Folk songs : Early one morning
33:32
26Folk songs : How sweet the answer
32:13
27Folk songs : Voici le printemps
32:00
28Folk songs : The last rose of Summer
34:31
29Folk songs : Dear Harp of my Country!
32:33
30Folk songs : Oft in the stilly night
32:49
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