The Very Best of English Song – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten & John Dowland

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Linden Lea

Janet Baker, Gerald Moore & Ralph Vaughan Williams

2:55

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

Janet Baker & Gerald Moore

2:14

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

Janet Baker & Gerald Moore

1:32

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3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1, Love's Philosophy, "The fountains mingle with the river" (Very quick and passionate)

Janet Baker & Gerald Moore

1:31

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Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2

Thomas Allen & Geoffrey Parsons

2:14

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In summertime on Bredon (piano accompaniment)

Thomas Allen & Geoffrey Parsons

3:44

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Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees (2001 Remaster)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

2:52

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Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

2:36

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Black Stitchel (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

2:11

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My Own Country (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

2:34

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Passing By (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

2:31

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Pretty Ring Time (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

1:17

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10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The Lamb

Ian Partridge, Janet Craxton & Ralph Vaughan Williams

2:18

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Ten Blake Songs: No. 6, The Shepherd, "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" (Allegretto)

Ian Partridge & Ralph Vaughan Williams

0:57

15

The House of Life: No. 2, Silent Noon

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake & Ralph Vaughan Williams

4:19

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Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1

Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake

3:02

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Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7

Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake

1:17

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Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15: No. 6, Rollicum-Rorum

Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles

2:00

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Sea Fever

Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles

2:12

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Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2)

Jonathan Lemalu & Roger Vignoles

2:24

21

Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum - Tempo di marcia moderato (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]

Robert Lloyd & Nina Walker

2:44

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Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace (version with piano) [2003 Remaster]

Robert Lloyd & Nina Walker

3:26

23

Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)

Frederick Harvey & Jack Byfield

3:02

24

Bless this House

Janet Baker & Sir Philip Ledger

3:16

25

Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"

Janet Baker & Sir Philip Ledger

1:50

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Tom Bowling (feat. Robert Tear)

André Previn

4:19

27

Home! Sweet Home!

Robert Tear & André Previn

3:36

28

Come Into The Garden, Maud (feat. Robert Tear)

André Previn

4:10

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Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Robert Tear & Sir Philip Ledger

2:25

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Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy

Robert Tear & Sir Philip Ledger

1:51

31

Façade: XIX. Popular Song (feat. Michael Flanders)

Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:03

32

Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

2:14

33

Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) [As you like it]

Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

3:10

34

Two songs - O mistress mine (arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) [Twelfth Night]

Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

1:40

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The Willow Song (Othello) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

4:17

36

Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

1:15

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Full fathom five (The Tempest) [1995 Remastered Version]

Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

2:13

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Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs: No. 32, Lulla, Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby

Michael Chance & Fretwork

6:00

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Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses) (feat. Christopher Wilson)

Michael Chance

4:09

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The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay!

Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley & John Dowland

3:05

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Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)

Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley & John Dowland

2:33

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The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes)

Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley & John Dowland

2:49

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Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley & John Dowland

2:51

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Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Charles Daniels, David Miller & John Dowland

2:37

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Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)

Charles Daniels, David Miller & John Dowland

2:12

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Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)

Charles Daniels, David Miller & John Dowland

3:50

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King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North & Henry Purcell

2:38

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Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"

Nancy Argenta, John Toll & Henry Purcell

3:56

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The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson & Henry Purcell

2:02

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If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 (feat. John Toll & Richard Boothby)

Nancy Argenta & Henry Purcell

2:06

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Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson & Henry Purcell

5:25

52

Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"

Owen Brannigan & Ernest Lush

1:41

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The Smuggler's Song (2003 Remastered Version)

Owen Brannigan & Gerald Moore

3:38

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Down Below (2003 Remaster)

Ian Wallace

2:45

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A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) [2003 Remaster]

Ian Wallace

2:37

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The Wart Hog (2003 Remaster)

Ian Wallace

3:49

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The Hippopotamus Song (Introduced by Michael Flanders) [1991 Remaster]

Michael Flanders

4:05