The English Songbook

~ Release by Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1La Belle Dame Sans Merci
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
La belle dame sans merci (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
John Keats (English Romantic poet)
composer:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer)
is based on:
La Belle Dame sans merci
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford6:29
2Sleep
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Five Elizabethan Songs, No. 4: Sleep (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
John Fletcher (16th/17th century English writer)
composer:
Ivor Gurney (until 1920, in 1912)
part of:
Five Elizabethan Songs
Ivor Gurney3:04
3I will go with my father a-ploughing
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
I will go with my father a-ploughing (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (Joseph Campbell, Irish poet)
composer:
Ivor Gurney
Ivor Gurney2:28
4The Cloths of Heaven
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
The Wind Among the Reeds, op. 30: No. 3. The Cloths of Heaven (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats
composer:
Thomas Dunhill
part of:
The Wind Among the Reeds, op. 30
Thomas Dunhill2:22
5To Gratiana Dancing and Singing
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
To Gratiana Dancing and Singing (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Richard Lovelace
composer:
William Denis Browne
William Denis Browne3:49
6To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Richard Lovelace
composer:
Sir Arthur Somervell (composer)
Arthur Somervell1:29
7Twilight Fancies
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Seven Songs from the Norwegian: No. 3. Evening Voices (Twilight Fancies) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer) (from 1889 until 1890)
part of:
Seven Songs from the Norwegian, RT v/9
Frederick Delius3:50
8Orpheus with his lute
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Orpheus With His Lute (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Edward German (English composer)
Edward German2:24
9Jillian of Berry
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Jillian of Berry (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1926)
Peter Warlock0:35
10Cradle Song
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Cradle Song (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
John Phillips (16th-century English poet)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1927-08)
Peter Warlock3:49
11The Dance Continued
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
A Young Man's Exhortation: 10. The Dance Continued (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Thomas Hardy (poet)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer)
part of:
A Young Man’s Exhortation, op. 14
Gerald Finzi34:02
12Linden Lea
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Linden Lea (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
William Barnes (English writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1901)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:30
13Silent Noon
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:19
14My Love's an Arbutus
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
My Love's an Arbutus (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Alfred Perceval Graves
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer) (in 1882)
[unknown]2:20
15The Death of Queen Jane
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
The Death of Queen Jane (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Karine Polwart
[anonymous]2:52
16No Longer Mourn for Me
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
English Lyrics: Set II, III. "No longer mourn for me" (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer)
part of:
English Lyrics: Set II
Sir Hubert Parry3:20
17Since We Loved
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Oh Fair to See, op. 13b: no. 7. Since we loved (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer)
part of:
Oh Fair to See, op. 13b
Gerald Finzi1:13
18The Salley Gardens
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: The Salley Gardens (Arr. Benjamin Britten) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats (in 1889)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1943)
arrangement of:
The Sally Gardens (catch-all for arrangements)
version of:
Down by the Salley Gardens
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: British Isles, for voice & piano
[unknown]2:34
19Rest, sweet Nymphs
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Rest Sweet Nymphs (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer)
Peter Warlock2:12
20Come Away, Death
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Come Away Death, op. 6 no. 1 (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1905)
part of:
Three Shakespeare Songs, op. 6
Roger Quilter3:03
21Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3 no. 2 (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
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 Quilter2:01
22Bold William Taylor
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Bold William Taylor (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger3:40
23Brigg Fair
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
orchestra:
Polyphony (choir) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
conductor:
Stephen Layton (English conductor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
Brigg Fair (Percy Grainger choral arrangement) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
arrangement of:
Brigg Fair
Percy Grainger2:38
24The Little Turtle Dove
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
recording of:
The Turtle Dove (aka Fare Thee Well / Ten Thousand Miles) (from 1999-02 until 1999-03)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 422)
[anonymous]2:08

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ASIN:UK: B00002CF0T [info]