250 YEARS OF ENGLISH SONG

 

CD1

Richard Edwards When griping griefs

John Danyel Why canst thou not. Grief keep within

Anon. When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly

William Byrd Fair Britain Isle. Out of the Orient crystal skies

Anon. I smile to see how you devise

Richard Farrant Ah, alas, you salt-sea gods

Anon. (arr Francis Cutting) How should I your true love know

John Dowland If that a sinner’s sighs. Come away, sweet love. Go nightly cares

Francis Pilkington Now peep, bo-peep

Orlando Gibbons Ah dear heart

Thomas Campian Fire, Fire. Out of My soul’s depths

John Wilson In the merry month of May

Henry Lawes ‘Tis but a frowne. Wert thou yet fairer

John Hilton A Hymn to God the father

Henry Purcell A thousand several Ways. O Solitude. In Chloris

 

CD2

Henry Purcell This Poet Sings. With sick and famished eyes. Let the dreadful engines

John Eccles Belinda’s pretty pleasing form. The jolly breeze

George Monro My Goddess Celia

Richard Leveridge The Sailor’s farewell

Anon. The Maid’s twitcher

Henry Carey Flocks are sporting. A New Year’s Ode

Thomas Stokes The Stocking Cantata

Thomas Arne O Ravishing Delight

Thomas Chilcot On a day

Samuel Howard Why heaves my fond bosom

William Boyce Rural Beauty. Rail no more ye learned asses

Henry Burgess The Rose

Michael Arne The lass with the delicate air

Charles Dibdin The lass that loved a sailor

James Hook Noon. Langridge, Kraemer, Lewis

Stephen Storace The Lullaby

 

Catherine Mackintosh

Polly Waterfield

Ian Gammie

Trevor Jones

Jane Ryan

 

Total Playing Time: 2 hrs 33 mins

 

Lyrita 2cds SRCD2309