Three Shakespeare songs op. 6 / Roger Quilter ; words by William Shakespeare (5:46) -- Love blows as the wind blows / George Butterworth ; words by William Ernest Henley (8:14) -- Twilight op. 59 no. 6 (2:40) (words by Gilbert Parker) ; Pleading op. 48 no. 1 (2:30) (words by Arthur Salmon) / Sir Edward Elgar -- Let us garlands bring : five Shakespeare songs op. 18 / Gerald Finzi (10:27) ; words by Shakespeare -- Six songs from "A Shropshire lad" / George Butterworth ; words by A.E. Housman (11:36) -- Three songs from "The house of life" [Love-sight ; Silent noon ; Heart's haven] / Ralph Vaughan Williams ; words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12:32) -- If there were dreams to sell (3:05) ; Hope the hornblower (1:28) / John Ireland ; words by Frederick Bye.
Note
Songs and song cycles, in part originally with piano or string quartet acc.; the Finzi songs with string orchestra.
Event (note)
Recorded Mar. 13-14 and May 22, 1989, at St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Varcoe, Stephen. voc
Title
If there were dreams to sell [electronic resource] : English orchestral songs = Englische Orchesterlieder = Chansons anglaises avec orchestre.