Lynne Dawson, Malcolm Martineau - On This Island: English Song from Stanford to Britten (2001)

Tracklist

01. 3 Belloc Songs: III. My Own Country
02. 3 Belloc Songs: II. The Night
03. 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12: No. 7, Fair House of Joy
04. 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12: No. 2, My Life's Delight
05. Armida's Garden
06. My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird
07. La belle dame sans merci
08. 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4, Sleep
09. King David
10. The House of Life: No. 2, Silent Noon
11. Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b No. 2
12. Since We Loved, Op. 13b No. 7
13. As I Lay in the Early Sun, Op. 13b No. 3
14. Lillygay: I. The Distracted Maid
15. Lillygay: II. Johnnie wi' the Tye
16. Lillygay: III. The Shoemaker
17. Lillygay: IV. Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
18. The Lark in the Clear Air
19. Through Bushes and Through Briars
20. The Hardy Norse-Woman, Op. 365
21. The Compleat Virtuoso, Op. 366
22. The Aquiline Snub, Op. 375
23. Limmerich ohne Worte, Op. 372
24. On This Island, Op. 11: I. Let the Florid Music Praise!
25. On This Island, Op. 11: II. Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast
26. On This Island, Op. 11: III. Seascape "For Kit Welford"
27. On This Island, Op. 11: IV. Nocturne
28. On This Island, Op. 11: V. As It Is, Plenty

Lynne Dawson is one of Britain's best-loved and most popular singers, especially since her appearance at the televised funeral of Princess Diana. She has taken part in innumerable recordings on many labels, including Hyperion, but has not so far had a disc dedicated solely to her. So here is her first solo CD on which she sings her own selection of English songs with her chosen pianist Malcolm Martineau. As the repertoire list shows, the programme is a widely varied one, with composers from Parry to Britten (whose cycle provides the disc with its title), and it includes several rarely heard songs as well as many well-known ones. Read Drofnatsky's name backwards and you will discover the real identity of the composer of these Edward Lear limerick settings.

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