On the Idle Hill of Summer

~ Release by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Quilter, Graham Peel; Sir Thomas Allen, Geoffrey Parsons (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Recorded from July 16-19, 1989 at St. Martin's East Woodhay, Berkshire

Annotation last modified on 2008-03-12 15:52 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Linden Lea - A Dorset Song
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Linden Lea
lyricist:
William Barnes (English writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1901)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:45
2The House of Life: I. Love-sight
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 1: Love-Sight
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:37
3The House of Life: II. Silent Noon
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:48
4The House of Life: III. Love’s Minstrels
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 3: Love's Minstrels
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:32
5The House of Life: IV. Heart’s Haven
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 4: Heart's Haven
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:21
6The House of Life: V. Death in Love
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 5: Death in Love
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:54
7The House of Life: VI. Love’s Last Gift
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 6: Love's Last Gift
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:00
8In Summertime on Bredon
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
In Summertime on Bredon
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Graham Peel (composer, 1877-1937) (in 1911)
Graham Peel3:42
9Bredon Hill and Other Songs: IV. On the Idle Hill of Summer
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Bredon Hill and Other Songs: IV. On the Idle Hill of Summer
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Bredon Hill and Other Songs
George Butterworth3:41
10Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: I. Loveliest of Trees
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: I. Loveliest of Trees
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth3:09
11Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: II. When I was One-and-Twenty
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: II. When I was One-and-Twenty
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth1:37
12Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: III. Look Not in My Eyes
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: III. Look not in my eyes
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth2:26
13Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: IV. Think no More, Lad
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: IV. Think no More, Lad
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth1:19
14Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: V. The Lads in their Hundreds
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: V. The Lads in their Hundreds
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth2:13
15Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: VI. Is my Team Ploughing?
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: VI. Is my Team Ploughing?
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth3:29
16Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3, no. 2
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3 no. 2
lyricist:
Lord Alfred Tennyson
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (from 1904 until 1905, in 1908)
is based on:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
part of:
3 Songs, op. 3
Roger Quilter2:13
17Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12: I. Weep You no More
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 1: Weep You No More
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Roger Quilter2:49
18Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12: II. My Life’s Delight
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 2: My Life's Delight
lyricist:
Thomas Campion (English composer, poet & physician, 1567–1620)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Roger Quilter1:52
19Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12: III. Damask Roses
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 3: Damask Roses
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Roger Quilter1:16
20Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12: IV. The Faithless Shepherdess
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 4: The Faithless Shepherdess
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Roger Quilter2:01
21Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12: V. Brown Is My Love
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 5: Brown Is My Love
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Roger Quilter1:33
22Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12: VI. By a Fountainside
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 6: By a Fountainside
lyricist:
Ben Jonson (English playwright & poet)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Roger Quilter3:50
23Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12: VII. Fair House of Joy
engineer:
Martin Haskell (sound engineer)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 7: Fair House of Joy
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
Roger Quilter2:25

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photography:Peter Vernon (photographer)
liner notes:Stephen Banfield
ASIN:UK: B000059QFH [info]