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  • Release Date: 03/22/2005
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 112,148
  • Label: NAXOS
  • UPC: 747313255924

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English Song

Disc 1
1LISTENA Soft Day, for voice & p / Charles Villiers Sta
2LISTENA Sheaf of Songs from Lei / Charles Villiers Sta
3LISTENCherry Ripe (arr. of aria / Liza Lehmann
4LISTENMustard and Cress / Liza Lehmann
5LISTENThe Lily of a day, for vo / Liza Lehmann
6LISTENHenry King, for voice & p / Liza Lehmann
7LISTENFain would I change that / Arthur Somervell
8LISTENIn Summertime on Bredon / Arthur Somervell
9LISTENThe lads in their hundred / Arthur Somervell
10LISTENJames Lee's Wife: Among t / Arthur Somervell
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Disc 2
1LISTENThe Grenadier / Eric Coates
2LISTENThe Young Lover, for voic / Eric Coates
3LISTENBetty and Johnny, for voi / Eric Coates
4LISTENRise up and reach the sta / Eric Coates
5LISTENThe Bells, for voice & pi / Cecil Armstrong Gibb
6LISTENAnn's Cradle Song, for vo / Cecil Armstrong Gibb
7LISTENAs I Lay in the Early Sun / Cecil Armstrong Gibb
8LISTENThe Cherry Tree, for voic / Cecil Armstrong Gibb
9LISTENDusk, for voice & piano / Cecil Armstrong Gibb
10LISTENPeter Warlock's Fancy / Peter Warlock
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Editorial Reviews

This two-disc set entitled An Anthology of English Song is just what it says it is: a very generous collection of 53 selections drawn from 13 separate discs of songs by English composers from Stanford to Britten. Some were first issued in the '90s on the late Collins label. Some were first issued in the 2000s on the vibrant Naxos label. But all are superbly sung by the cream of English art song singers. The performances here are each superlative in their own ways and some of them compare with the best ever made. Simon Keenlyside's clarion interpretation of Vaughan Williams' "The Call" thrills the heart. Philip Langridge's magical interpretation of Holst's "Now in these fairylands" touches the imagination. Bernadette Greevey's witty interpretation of Bax's "Oh dear, what can the matter be" tickles the funny bone. And Felicity Lott's haunting interpretation of Walton's "Beatriz's Songs" lingers long in the memory. While some of the repertoire is fairly recherché -- Liza Lehmann, Arthur Somervell, and Cecil Armstrong Gibbs are names known only to the most dedicated fans of the genre -- the collection as a whole will delight those who love English art songs. Whether recorded in the '90s by Collins or the 2000s by Naxos, the sound is consistently smooth and clean. James Leonard, All Music Guide

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