CD 1 69.45
A Sea Symphony for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (Walt Whitman)
I. A SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS
1 Behold, the sea itself 3.17
2 Today a rude brief recitative 5.06
3 Flaunt out, O sea, your separate flags of nations! 3.02
4 Token of all brave captains 4.37
5 A pennant universal 3.48

II. ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT, ALONE
6 On the beach at night, alone 3.50
7 A vast similitude interlocks all 7.54

8 III. SCHERZO: THE WAVES 8.17

IV. THE EXPLORERS
9 O vast Rondure, swimming in Space 4.06
10 Down from the gardens of Asia descending 7.24
11 O we can wait no longer 6.06
12 O thou transcendent 3.55
13 Greater than stars or suns 1.31
14 Sail forth 2.32
15 O my brave Soul! 4.16

Joan Rodgers soprano · William Shimell baritone
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Ian Tracey chorus master


(p) 1988 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 2 72.03
A London Symphony
1 I. Lento - Allegro risoluto (molto pesante) 13.42
2 II. Lento 10.50
(Roger Benedict viola)
3 III. Scherzo (Nocturne): Allegro vivace 7.35
4 IV. Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia (quasi lento) - Allegro - Maestoso alla marcia (alla I) - Epilogue (Andante sostenuto) 12.31

Symphony No. 8 in D minor
5 I. Fantasia: Variazioni senza tema 10.28
6 II. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia 4.07
7 III. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo 7.53
8 IV. Toccata: Moderato maestoso 4.45

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1993 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 3 66.52
A Pastoral Symphony
1 I. Molto moderato 9.40
(Malcolm Stewart violin · Roger Benedict viola · Anna Cooper cor anglais)
2 II. Lento moderato 8.28
(Nigel Black horn · Alan Stringer trumpet)
3 III. Moderato pesante 6.01
4 IV. Lento 10.58
(Alison Barlow soprano)

Symphony No. 4 in F minor
5 I. Allegro 8.07
6 II. Andante moderato 9.19
(Colin Chambers flute)
7 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 5.17
8 IV. Finale (Allegro molto) con epilogo fugato (Con anima) 8.49

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1992 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 4 57.04
Oboe Concerto in A minor
1 I. Rondo pastorale: Allegro moderato 6.42
2 II. Minuet and Musette: Allegro moderato 2.40
3 III. Finale (Scherzo): Presto - Lento - Presto 8.20

Symphony No. 5 in D major
4 I. Preludio: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo I 12.00
5 II. Scherzo: Presto misterioso 5.09
6 III. Romanza: Lento 11.33
7 IV. Passacaglia: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo primo - Tempo del Preludio 10.36


Jonathan Small oboe (1-3)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1987 (4-7) & 1991 (1-3) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 5 66.40
Symphony No. 6 in E minor
1 I. Allegro - 7.43
2 II. Moderato - 9.15
3 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - 6.14
4 IV. Epilogue: Moderato 10.26

Symphony No. 9 in E minor
5 I. Moderato maestoso 8.46
6 II. Andante sostenuto 7.27
(Ian Balmain flugelhorn)
7 III. Scherzo: Allegro pesante 5.26
8 IV. Andante tranquillo 11.19

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1994 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 6 76.21
1 Serenade to Music choral version (William Shakespeare) 12.53

Partita for double string orchestra
2 I. Prelude: Andante tranquillo 5.05
3 II. Scherzo ostinato: Presto 4.15
4 III. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall): Andante con moto 4.15
(Malcolm Stewart, Susan Henderson violins · Roger Benedict viola · Timothy Walden cello)
5 IV. Fantasia: Allegro 5.51

Sinfonia antartica
6 I. Prelude: Andante maestoso 10.10
7 II. Scherzo: Moderato 5.51
8 III. Landscape: Lento 12.13
9 IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto 6.10
10 V. Epilogue: Alla marcia moderato, non troppo allegro 9.34

Alison Hargan soprano · Ian Tracey organ (6-10)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir chorus master Ian Tracey (1, 6-10)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1991 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 7 64.29
The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite
1 I. Overture 10.06
2 II. Entr’acte 2.50
3 III. March Past of the Kitchen Utensils 3.24
4 IV. Entr’acte 4.08
5 V. Ballet and Final Tableau 6.12

Prelude and Fugue in C minor
6 Prelude 5.14
7 Fugue 4.51

Piano Concerto in C major
8 I. Toccata: Allegro moderato - 6.19
9 II. Romanza: Lento - 9.41
10 III. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con 4.42
11 finale alla tedesca 6.43

David Bell organ (6-7)
Piers Lane piano (8-11)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1-7)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra leader Malcolm Stewart (8-11)
Vernon Handley

(p) 1980/1995 (6-7), 1985 (1-5) & 1995 (8-11) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 8 70.22
Piano Concerto in C major arr. for two pianos by the composer and Joseph Cooper
1 I. Toccata: Allegro moderato - 6.04
2 II. Romanza: Lento - 9.17
3 III. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con 4.39
4 finale alla tedesca 5.46

Job: A Masque for Dancing
Scene I
5 Introduction - 5.29
6 Saraband of the Sons of God 3.45
7 Scene II: Satan’s Dance of Triumph 3.28
8 Scene III: Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives 4.00
9 Scene IV: Job’s Dream - 4.17
10 Scene V: Dance of the Three Messengers 4.41
11 Scene VI: Dance of Job’s Comforters - 4.50
Scene VII
12 Elihu’s Dance of Youth and Beauty - 3.47
13 Pavane of the Sons of the Morning 2.10
Scene VIII
14 Galliard of the Sons of the Morning - 2.21
15 Altar Dance - 2.47
16 Scene IX: Epilogue 2.42

Vitya Vronsky, Victor Babin pianos (1-4)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1-4)
London Symphony Orchestra (5-16)
Sir Adrian Boult

(p) 1969/1999 (1-4) & 1971/1988 (5-16) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 9 65.42
1 Serenade to Music 13.14
Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward sopranos
Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson contraltos
Ian Partridge, Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen tenors
Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble, Christopher Keyte basses

English Folk Songs - Suite orch. Gordon Jacob
2 I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) 2.54
3 II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy) 2.52
4 III. March (Folk Songs from Somerset) 2.59

5 Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 10.14
6 Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ arr. Ralph Greaves 4.34
7 In the Fen Country 13.51

8 The Lark Ascending - Romance for violin and orchestra 14.42
Hugh Bean violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra (1) · London Symphony Orchestra (2-4, 6)
New Philharmonia Orchestra (5, 7, 8)
Sir Adrian Boult

(p) 1967/1987 (8), 1968/1987 (5, 7), 1970/1987 (1) & 1971/1987 (2-4, 6) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 10 73.22
1 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 16.36
Gerald Jarvis, Robert Growcott violins · Cedric Morgan viola · Alan Turner cello
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Constantin Silvestri

2 Sea Songs - March 3.41

English Folk Songs - Suite
3 I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) 3.16
4 II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy) 4.18
5 III. March (Folk Songs from Somerset) 3.42
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Wing Commander Eric Banks MBE, FLCM, LRAM, ARCM, LGSM

6 Dawn Patrol (from the film Coastal Command) arr. Muir Mathieson 4.05
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves

Concerto grosso
7 I. Intrada: Largo 2.33
8 II. Burlesca ostinato: Allegro moderato 3.06
9 III. Sarabande: Lento 4.01
10 IV. Scherzo: Allegro, tempo di valse 2.47
11 V. March (A la marcia) and Reprise 5.01
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

12 Romance in D-flat major for harmonica with strings and piano MONO 6.41
Larry Adler harmonica · Eric Gritton piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Tuba Concerto in F minor MONO
13 I. Prelude: Allegro moderato 4.24
14 II. Romanza: Andante sostenuto 5.09
15 III. Finale: Rondo alla tedesca (Allegro) 3.19
Philip Catelinet tuba
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

(p) 1954/1991 (12), 1956/1998 (13-15), 1968/1997 (1), 1976/2001 (7-11), 1977/1990 (6) Parlophone Records Limited. (p) 1984 (3-5), 1986 (2) Brian Culverhouse Productions Ltd.


CD 11 77.51
1 Serenade to Music orchestral version 11.33
2 The Poisoned Kiss - Overture 6.53

Old King Cole - A Ballet for Orchestra
3 (Allegro moderato) 4.05
4 Pipe Dance 3.03
5 Bowl Dance 1.40
6 Morris Jig: ‘Go and ’list for a sailor’ 1.33
7 Folk Song: ‘A Bold Young Farmer’ 2.59
8 Folk Tune: ‘The Jolly Thresherman’ 4.08
9 Solo Jig 4.33

Five Mystical Songs (George Herbert)
10 I. Easter 5.03
11 II. I got me flowers 2.52
12 III. Love bade me welcome 5.50
13 IV. The Call 2.10
14 V. Antiphon 3.02

15 Prelude on an Old Carol Tune 4.53
16 The Running Set 6.12
17 Prelude: 49th Parallel 2.33
18 Sea Songs - March orchestral version 3.52

Bradley Creswick violin (1, 3-9)
Stephen Roberts baritone (10-14)
Sinfonia Chorus chorus master Alan Fearon (3-14)
Northern Sinfonia of England leader Bradley Creswick
Richard Hickox

(p) 1984 (1-9), 1985 (10-18) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 12 71.30
Variations for Orchestra orch. Gordon Jacob
1 Theme: Andante maestoso 0.41
2 Var. I: Poco tranquillo 0.41
3 Var. II: Tranquillo cantabile 0.44
4 Var. III: Allegro 0.16
5 Var. IV: Canon (Allegro) 0.31
6 Var. V: Moderato sostenuto 0.45
7 Var. VI: Tempo di valse 0.44
8 Var. VII: Arabesque (Andante sostenuto) 1.12
9 Var. VIII: Alla polacca 1.45
10 Var. IX: Adagio 2.10
11 Var. X: Fugato (Allegro moderato e risoluto) 0.55
12 Var. XI: Chorale 2.13

Two Hymn-Tune Preludes
13 Eventide (tune by W. H. Monk) 3.23
14 Dominus regit me (J. B. Dykes) 3.30

Concerto accademico (Concerto for violin and strings in D minor)
15 I. Allegro pesante 6.02
16 II. Adagio 6.43
17 III. Presto 3.45

Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes orch. Arnold Foster
18 II. Rhosymedre (J. D. Edwards) 4.09
19 III. Hyfrydol (R. H. Prichard) 2.06

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
20 I. Allegro moderato 9.36
21 II. Minuet and Trio: Tempo di minuetto 4.22
22 III. Romance: Andante sostenuto 7.16
23 IV. Finale: Rondo capriccioso (Allegro molto - Pochettino piu mosso) 7.27

Bradley Creswick violin (15-17)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1-12)
Northern Sinfonia of England (13-19)
Richard Hickox (1-19)
Britten Quartet (20-23)
Peter Manning, Keith Pascoe violins · Peter Lale viola · Andrew Shulman cello


(p) 1985 (13-14), 1988 (15-19), 1991 (20-23), 1992 (1-12) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 13 80.46
Violin Sonata in A minor
1 I. Fantasia: Allegro giusto 8.05
2 II. Scherzo: Allegro furioso, ma non troppo 5.00
3 III. Tema con variazioni 14.26

Phantasy Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello
4 I. Prelude: Lento ma non troppo 4.39
5 II. Scherzo: Prestissimo 3.38
6 III. Alla sarabanda: Lento 2.59
7 IV. Burlesca: Allegro moderato 4.15

Six Studies in English Folk Song for cello and piano
8 I. Adagio (Lovely on the Water) 1.56
9 II. Andante sostenuto (Spurn Point) 1.39
10 III. Larghetto (Van Diemen’s Land) 1.53
11 IV. Lento (She borrowed some of her mother’s gold) 1.42
12 V. Andante tranquillo (The Lady and the Dragoon) 1.21
13 VI. Allegro vivace (As I walked over London Bridge) 0.50

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor (For Jean on her Birthday)
14 I. Prelude: Allegro appassionato 4.26
15 II. Romance: Largo 9.13
16 III. Scherzo: Allegro 3.49
17 IV. Epilogue: Greetings from Joan to Jean (Andante sostenuto) 3.54

Music Group of London
Hugh Bean, Frances Mason violins · Christopher Wellington viola · Ian Jewel viola II
Eileen Croxford cello · David Parkhouse piano

18 Fantasia on Greensleeves arr. for viola & harp by Watson Forbes 4.39
19 Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra, Group 3: III. Galop arr. for viola & harp by Watson Forbes 2.16

Herbert Downes viola ? Osian Ellis harp ? Gerald Moore piano

(p) 1963/2022 (18-19), 1973/1994 (14-17), 1974/1994 (1-13) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 14 76.18
1 Toward the Unknown Region, song for chorus and orchestra (Whitman) 12.18

Dona nobis pacem, cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra (Scripture, Whitman & others)
2 I. ‘Agnus Dei’ (Lento) - 3.32
3 II. ‘Beat! beat! drums!’ (Allegro moderato) - 3.48
4 III. Reconciliation (Andantino) - 5.59
5 IV. Dirge for Two Veterans (Moderato alla marcia) - 11.10
6 V. ‘The Angel of Death has been abroad’ (L’istesso tempo) - 3.15
7 VI. ‘O man greatly beloved’ 8.36

8 Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm Tune 14.26

Sheila Armstrong soprano · John Carol Case baritone (2-7)
Peter Katin piano (8)
London Philharmonic Choir chorus master John Alldis (1-8)
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Adrian Boult (1-8)

9 Magnificat 13.11

Helen Watts contralto · Christopher Hyde-Smith flute
Ambrosian Singers women’s voices
Orchestra Nova of London · Meredith Davies

(p) 1970/1989 (8), 1971/1989 (9), 1974/1989 (1-7) Parlophone Records Limited



CD 15 77.25
An Oxford Elegy for speaker, small chorus and small orchestra (Matthew Arnold)
1 (Lento) 2.03
2 Go, for they call you, Shepherd 1.04
3 Here will I sit and wait 1.45
4 Screen’d is this nook 0.48
5 That sweet city 1.39
6 Come, let me read 1.05
7 Or in my boat I lie 0.48
8 And once, in winter 1.11
9 But what - I dream! 0.36
10 No, no, thou hast not felt 1.35
11 Runs it not here 0.43
12 Needs must I, with heavy heart 1.02
13 Soon will the high Midsummer pomps 1.29
14 He hearkens not! 0.54
15 Never more 0.57
16 Yes, thou art gone! 1.48
17 Despair I will not 1.16
18 Why faintest thou? 1.13
John Westbrook speaker · Jacques Orchestra

19 Whitsunday Hymn (Three Choral Hymns) (Miles Coverdale) 3.46
Robin Doveton tenor

Flos campi Suite for solo viola, small chorus and small orchestra
20 1. Sicut Lilium inter spinas (Lento) 2.47
21 2. Jam enim hiems transiit (Andante con moto) 3.26
22 3. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea (Lento - Allegro moderato) 3.08
23 4. En lectulum Salomonis (Moderato alla marcia) 1.43
24 5. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis! (Andante quasi lento) 3.06
25 6. Pone me ut signaculum (Moderato tranquillo) 5.40
Cecil Aronowitz viola · Jacques Orchestra

Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio for tenor and baritone soli, semi-chorus, distant chorus, chorus and orchestra (Bible, etc.)
26 I was in the spirit (Lento) 4.49
27 And I saw Heaven opened (Allegro) 2.21
28 And I saw an angel standing in the sun (Meno mosso) 1.31
29 Babylon the great is fallen (Lento) 4.15
30 Rejoice over her O Heavens (Allegro moderato) 3.13
31 And I saw a new heaven (Adagio) 4.58
32 Therefore are they before the throne of God (Poco meno largo) 1.09
33 And I saw a pure river 2.41
34 Holy, Holy, Holy (Andante sostenuto) 2.58
35 Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory (Poco animato) 3.17
Ian Partridge tenor · John Shirley-Quirk baritone
Bach Choir · London Symphony Orchestra

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks

(p) 1968/1999 (26-35), 1969/1999 (1-25) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 16 78.43
Five Tudor Portraits (John Skelton)
1 I. Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming 12.44
2 II. Intermezzo: My Pretty Bess 3.07
3 III. Burlesca: Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss 3.38
4 IV. Romanza: Jane Scroop (Her Lament for Philip Sparrow) 21.31
5 V. Scherzo: Jolly Rutterkin 4.26

6 Benedicite (Apocrypha & John Austin) 14.20
7 Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’ 11.24
8 Linden Lea (chorus version) 3.11
9 Wither's Rocking Hymn 4.18

Elizabeth Bainbridge contralto · John Carol Case baritone · Bach Choir · New Philharmonia Orchestra (1-5)
Heather Harper soprano · Bach Choir · London Symphony Orchestra (6)
Jacques Orchestra (7)
Sir David Willcocks (1-7)
Choir of the New College Oxford ? Edward Higginbottom (8)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge ? Stephen Cleobury (9)

(p) 1968/1987 (6), 1969/1987 (1-5), 1970/1987 (7), 2009 (9) Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ? 1997 Warner Music UK Limited (8)


CD 17 71.38
Fantasia on Christmas Carols version with strings and organ (trad. Eng.)
1 This is the truth sent from above - 4.46
2 Come all you worthy gentlemen - 2.16
3 On Christmas night all Christians sing - 1.38
4 God bless the ruler of this house 3.41

John Barrow baritone · Choir of Guildford Cathedral
String Orchestra · Gavin Williams organ
Barry Rose

Hodie - A Christmas Cantata
5 I. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell! (Vespers for Christmas Day) 3.45
6 II. Narration: Now the birth of Jesus Christ (Matthew & Luke) 4.31
7 III. Song: It was the winter wild (John Milton) 4.42
8 IV. Narration: And it came to pass in those days (Luke) 2.10
9 V. Choral: The blessed Son of God (Coverdale) 2.34
10 VI. Narration: And there were in the same country (Luke & Book of Common Prayer) 6.39
11 VII. Song: The Oxen (Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock) (Thomas Hardy) 3.11
12 VIII. Narration: And the shepherds returned (Luke) 1.09
13 IX. Pastoral: The shepherds sing (Herbert) 3.10
14 X. Narration: But Mary kept all these things (Luke) 0.36
15 XI. Lullaby: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang (16th cent.) 2.48
16 XII. Hymn: Bright portals of the sky (William Drummond) 3.41
17 XIII. Narration: Now when Jesus was born (Matthew) 3.10
18 XIV. The March of the Three Kings: From kingdoms of wisdom (Ursula Vaughan Williams) 7.46
19 XV. Choral: No sad thought his soul affright (anon. & Ursula Vaughan Williams) 2.59
20 XVI. Epilogue: In the beginning was the Word (John & Matthew; Milton) 6.19

Janet Baker mezzo-soprano · Richard Lewis tenor · John Shirley-Quirk baritone
Bach Choir · Choristers of Westminster Abbey master of the choristers Douglas Guest
London Symphony Orchestra · Sir Philip Ledger organ
Sir David Willcocks

(p) 1965/2000 (5-20), 1966/2000 (1-4) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 18 75.08
Fantasia on Christmas Carols version with full orchestra (trad. Eng.)
1 This is the truth sent from above - 4.33
2 Come all you worthy gentlemen - 2.10
3 On Christmas night all Christians sing - 1.29
4 God bless the ruler of this house 3.11
Stephen Roberts baritone
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Richard Hickox

5 Yorkshire Wassail Song (We’ve been awhile a-wandering) (trad. arr. RVW) 2.31
Bach Choir · Jacques Orchestra · Sir David Willcocks

In Windsor Forest
6 I. The Conspiracy 2.12
7 II. Drinking Song 3.06
8 III. Falstaff and the Fairies 4.59
(Helen Field soprano)
9 IV. Wedding Chorus 4.38
10 V. Epilogue 2.38
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
chorus master Geoffrey Hughes
Norman Del Mar

Songs of Travel (Robert Louis Stevenson)
1, 3 & 8 orch. by the composer, the remainder by Roy Douglas
11 I. The Vagabond 3.02
12 II. Let beauty awake 1.41
13 III. The Roadside Fire 2.20
14 IV. Youth and Love 3.17
15 V. In Dreams 2.36
16 VI. The infinite shining heavens 2.06
17 VII. Whither must I wander 3.49
18 VIII. Bright is the ring of words 1.55
19 IX. I have trod the upward and the downward slope 2.04

On Wenlock Edge (A. E. Housman)
20 I. On Wenlock Edge 3.48
21 II. From far, from eve and morning 2.00
22 III. Is my team ploughing 3.35
23 IV. Oh, when I was in love with you 0.44
24 V. Bredon Hill 7.09
25 VI. Clun 3.00

Thomas Allen baritone (11-19) · Robert Tear tenor (20-25)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle (11-25)

(p) 1967/1993 (5), 1981/1988 (6-10), 1984 (11-25), 1990 (1-4) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 19 79.34
1 O clap your hands (from Psalm 47) 3.11
Mass in G minor
2 Kyrie 3.57
3 Gloria 4.06
4 Credo 6.59
5 Sanctus - Osanna I - Benedictus - Osanna II 5.29
6 Agnus Dei 3.41
7 All people that on earth do dwell (The Old Hundredth) (words William Kethe - Louis Bourgeois arr. RVW) 5.33
8 O taste and see (Psalm 34 v.8) 1.45
9 Te Deum in G major 4.49
10 For all the saints (Sine nomine) (William Walsham How) 5.15
Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
11 I. Bryn Calfaria (tune by W. Owen) 4.01
12 II. Rhosymedre (Edwards) 5.04
13 III. Hyfrydol (Prichard) 1.45
14 The Truth from Above (trad. Eng. harm. RVW) 2.08
15 O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green) (Phillips Brooks - trad. Eng. harm. RVW; descant Thomas Armstrong; v.3 arr. Ledger) 3.29
16 Joseph and Mary (trad. Eng. arr. RVW) 3.23
(Charles Daniels tenor)
17 And all in the morning (trad. Eng. harm. RVW) 2.17
18 Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol) (W. Chatterton Dix - Prichard harm. RVW) 3.40
19 Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney) (trans. R. F. Littledale - v.4 arr. Williamson) 3.41
20 All people that on earth do dwell (The Old Hundredth) arr. RVW; version for brass ensemble and organ by Roy Douglas 4.56

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (1-6, 14-20)
Waynflete Singers (7) · Winchester Cathedral Choir (7-8) · Wandsworth School Choir (9) · York Minster Choir (10)
English Chamber Orchestra (1) · Bournemouth Sinfonietta (7)
Sir David Willcocks (1-6, 14, 17), Martin Neary (7-8), Russell Burgess (9), Philip Moore (10), Sir Philip Ledger (15, 16), Stephen Cleobury (18-20) conductor
John Eaton treble · Nigel Perrin alto · Robin Doveton tenor · David van Asch bass (2-6)
Ivan Sharpe treble (8)
James Lancelot (7-8), Timothy Farrell (9), John Scott Whiteley (10), Robert Joyce (11-13), Francis Grier (15), Thomas Trotter (16), Oliver Brett (18), Thomas Williamson (19), Benjamin Bayl (20) organ

(p) 1966/2008 (11-13), 1968/1992 (9), 1969/1989 (1-6), 1969/1991 (17), 1971/2004 (14), 1976/1997 (15), 1977/1992 (7-8), 1979/1987 (16), 1996 (10), 2001 (19-20), 2008 (18) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 20 69.44
Four Hymns
1 I. Lord! come away! (Jeremy Taylor) 3.38
2 II. Who is this fair one? (Isaac Watts) 4.06
3 III. Come Love, come Lord (Richard Crashaw) 4.00
4 IV. Evening Hymn (trans. Robert Bridges) 3.38

Merciless Beauty (attrib. Geoffrey Chaucer)
5 I. Your eyen two 2.16
6 II. So hath your beauty 2.39
7 III. Since I from Love 1.20
8 The Water Mill (Fredegond Shove) 3.16
9 The New Ghost (Shove) 4.59

Ten Blake Songs
10 I. Infant Joy 1.18
11 II. A Poison Tree 2.35
12 III. The Piper 1.52
13 IV. London 1.35
14 V. The Lamb 2.15
15 VI. The Shepherd 0.50
16 VII. Ah, Sun-flower! 1.27
17 VIII. Cruelty has a human heart 1.58
18 IX. The Divine Image 2.24
19 X. Eternity 1.38

On Wenlock Edge (Housman)
20 I. On Wenlock Edge 3.53
21 II. From far, from eve and morning 2.06
22 III. Is my team ploughing 3.47
23 IV. Oh, when I was in love with you 0.43
24 V. Bredon Hill 7.29
25 VI. Clun 3.31

Hugh Bean, Frances Mason violins (5-7, 20-25) · Christopher Wellington viola (1-4, 20-25) · Eileen Croxford cello (5-7, 20-25) · David Parkhouse (1-4, 20-25), Jennifer Partridge (8-9) piano · Janet Craxton oboe (10-19)
Music Group of London
Ian Partridge tenor

(p) 1971/1987 (10-25), 1971/1996 (8-9), 1974/1996 (1-7) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 21 55.10
The House of Life (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
1 I. Love-Sight 4.32
2 II. Silent Noon 5.02
3 III. Love’s Minstrels 5.33
4 IV. Heart’s Haven 4.43
5 V. Death in Love 4.28
6 VI. Love’s Last Gift 4.27

Songs of Travel (Stevenson)
7 I. The Vagabond 3.09
8 II. Let beauty awake 2.08
9 III. The Roadside Fire 2.37
10 IV. Youth and Love 3.50
11 V. In Dreams 3.00
12 VI. The infinite shining heavens 2.29
13 VII. Whither must I wander 4.23
14 VIII. Bright is the ring of words 2.17
15 IX. I have trod the upward and the downward slope 2.29

Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
David Willison piano

(p) 1974/2001 Brian Culverhouse Productions Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited


CD 22 75.43
1 Linden Lea (William Barnes) 2.53
2 Orpheus with his lute first setting (Shakespeare) 3.17
3 Hands, eyes and heart (Ursula Vaughan Williams) 1.26
4 Rest (Christina Rossetti) 3.00
5 The Call (Five Mystical Songs) 2.22
6 Linden Lea arr. Julius Harrison (Barnes) 3.08

FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS
Five English Folk Songs
7 I. The Dark-Eyed Sailor 2.15
8 II. The Spring Time of the Year 3.09
9 III. Just as the Tide was Flowing 2.16
10 IV. The Lover’s Ghost (Well met, my own true love) 4.09
11 V. Wassail Song 2.42

12 Bushes and Briars 2.52
13 Loch Lomond 3.42
14 John Dory 2.13
15 Greensleeves 3.19
16 Ward, the Pirate 2.40
17 Ca’ the Yowes 5.12
18 The Unquiet Grave 4.46
19 The Seeds of Love 2.37
20 Early in the Spring 1.52
21 The Turtle Dove 3.22
22 An Acre of Land 1.19
23 Bushes and Briars men’s voices 3.00
24 Wassail Song (Five English Folk Songs) arr. for men’s voices by Herbert Pierce 2.44
25 Bushes and Briars (voice and piano version) 2.56

26 Linden Lea (Barnes) 2.29

Janet Baker mezzo-soprano · Gerald Moore piano (1, 25)
David Daniels countertenor · Martin Katz piano (2-3)
Ian Bostridge tenor ? Julius Drake piano (26)
The King’s Singers (4)
Philip Martin treble (5)
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral · City of London Sinfonia · John Scott (5-6)
Ian Partridge tenor (8, 13, 17) · Geoffrey Shaw (19), Christopher Keyte (21) baritone · Susan Longfield soprano (22)
London Madrigal Singers · Christopher Bishop (7-22)
Baccholian Singers of London (23-24)

(p) 1967/1994 (1), 1970/1995 (7-22), 1973/2013 (25), 1978/1995 (23-24), 1987 (4), 1996 (5-6), 1999 (26), 2000 (2-3) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 23 68.55
FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS
East Anglia
1 The Captain’s Apprentice 3.42
2 As I walked out 1.29
3 Bushes and Briars 3.28
4 Geordie 3.47
5 On Board a Ninety-Eight 2.54

Wessex
6 The Ploughman 1.37
7 The Brewer 0.25
8 Rolling in the Dew 2.07

Carols
9 The Truth Sent from Above 2.16
10 Joseph and Mary 2.54
11 The Saviour’s Love 2.19

France
12 Reveillez-vous, Piccars 2.08
13 Chanson de quete 1.20
14 Ballade de Jesus Christ 3.39

Newfoundland
15 She’s like the swallow 2.31
16 The Morning Dew 1.43
17 The Maiden’s Lament 1.53
18 The Cuckoo 1.42

Voice & violin (†violin & piano)
19 The Lawyer 1.59
20 Searching for Lambs 3.30
21 How cold the wind doth blow (or The Unquiet Grave)† 6.10

Robert Tear tenor
Sir Philip Ledger piano · Hugh Bean violin

***

22 A Song of Thanksgiving (Bible, Shakespeare, Kipling) MONO 15.04
Betty Dolemore soprano · Robert Speaight speaker · Harry Gabb organ
Luton Choral Society with a section of the Luton Girls’ Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Adrian Boult

(p) 1978/2008 (1-21), 1990 (22) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 24 68.50
Epithalamion for baritone, chorus, piano, solo flute and string orchestra (Edmund Spenser)
1 I. Prologue (chorus) 3.07
2 II. Wake now (baritone, chorus) 2.39
3 III. The Calling of the Bride (chorus) 2.26
4 IV. The Minstrels (chorus) 1.39
5 V. Procession of the Bride (chorus) 2.23
6 VI. The Temple Gates (chorus) 3.41
7 VII. The Bell Ringers (chorus) 1.45
8 VIII. The Lover’s Song (baritone, chorus) 5.54
(Rusen Gunes viola)
9 IX. The Minstrel’s Song (baritone, chorus) 3.25
10 X. Song of the Winged Loves (chorus) 1.03
(David Nolan violin)
11 XI. Prayer to Juno (baritone, chorus) 4.12

Stephen Roberts baritone · Howard Shelley piano · Jonathan Snowden flute
Bach Choir chorus master Douglas Janes
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir David Willcocks

Riders to the Sea
Opera in one act · Libretto by J. M. Synge
12 Where is she? (Nora, Cathleen, Maurya) 6.17
13 Where is the bit of new rope (Bartley, Cathleen, Nora, Maurya) 7.00
14 Wait, Nora (Cathleen, Nora, Maurya) 3.39
15 You didn’t give him his bit of bread? (Cathleen, Maurya, Nora) 5.40
16 Bartley will be lost now (Maurya, Women, Nora, Cathleen, A Woman) 4.15
17 They are all gone now (Maurya, Women, Nora, Cathleen) 9.32

Nora Norma Burrowes
Cathleen Margaret Price
Maurya Helen Watts
Bartley Benjamin Luxon
A Woman Pauline Stevens
Valerie Hill soprano · Gloria Jennings contralto · Ambrosian Singers women’s voices
Orchestra Nova of London · Meredith Davies

(p) 1971/1993 (12-17), 1987 (1-11) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 25 57.19
Hugh the Drover
or Love in the Stocks
A Romantic Ballad Opera in two acts · Words by Harold Child
ACT I
1 (Allegro vivacissimo) - Buy, buy, buy (Cheap-Jack) 4.38
2 Cold blows the wind on Cotsall (Showman) 4.14
3 As I was a-walking (Ballad Seller) 4.27
4 Show me a richer man (John) 2.44
5 Here come the Morris men (Chorus) 2.34
6 Life must be full of care (Aunt Jane) 4.15
7 Sweet little linnet that longs to be free (Hugh) 3.05
8 Horse-hoofs, horse-hoofs, thunder down the valleys (Hugh) 6.12
9 In the night-time I have seen you riding (Mary) 4.23
10 Mary! Mary! (Constable) 3.28
11 Oh! The devil and Bonyparty (Showman) 3.06
12 Yes, I! (Hugh) 6.23
13 Are you ready? Go! (Showman) 3.19
14 The drover’s won! (Showman) 1.49
15 I tell you there’s a price on this man’s head (Constable) 2.38

Hugh the Drover Robert Tear
Mary (the Constable’s daughter) Sheila Armstrong
John the Butcher Michael Rippon
The Constable Robert Lloyd
Aunt Jane (the Constable’s sister) Helen Watts
A Cheap-Jack Leslie Fyson
A Shell-Fish Seller Oliver Broome
A Primrose Seller Sally Burgess
A Showman Terence Sharpe
A Ballad Seller David Johnston
Susan Lynda Richardson
Nancy Shirley Minty
William Neil Jenkins
Robert Bruce Ogston
The Turnkey John Fryatt
A Fool Steve Davies
An Innkeeper David Read
A Sergeant Henry Newman

Ambrosian Opera Chorus chorus master John McCarthy
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral choir master Barry Rose
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Charles Groves

(p) 1979/1994 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 26 48.39
Hugh the Drover
or Love in the Stocks
A Romantic Ballad Opera in two acts · Words by Harold Child
ACT II
1 (Lento moderato) - Past four o’clock (Ballad Seller) 3.47
2 Gaily I go to die (Hugh) 4.20
3 Hugh! … Mary! (Mary, Hugh) 8.51
4 Sweet little home (Mary) 3.28
5 Where’s she gone to? (Constable) 2.07
6 Here, queen uncrowned (Mary) 6.17
7 A trollop from the stocks (John) 4.39
8 Dropped from the ranks on a winter’s night (Sergeant) 2.57
9 March away, John! (Chorus) 2.52
10 O foolish girl, O radiant soul! (Hugh) 3.17
11 Oh! the sky shall be our roof (Hugh, Mary) 5.59

Hugh the Drover Robert Tear
Mary (the Constable’s daughter) Sheila Armstrong
John the Butcher Michael Rippon
The Constable Robert Lloyd
Aunt Jane (the Constable’s sister) Helen Watts
A Cheap-Jack Leslie Fyson
A Shell-Fish Seller Oliver Broome
A Primrose Seller Sally Burgess
A Showman Terence Sharpe
A Ballad Seller David Johnston
Susan Lynda Richardson
Nancy Shirley Minty
William Neil Jenkins
Robert Bruce Ogston
The Turnkey John Fryatt
A Fool Steve Davies
An Innkeeper David Read
A Sergeant Henry Newman

Ambrosian Opera Chorus chorus master John McCarthy
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral choir master Barry Rose
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Charles Groves

(p) 1979/1994 Parlophone Records Limited

CD 1 69.45
A Sea Symphony for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (Walt Whitman)
I. A SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS
1 Behold, the sea itself 3.17
2 Today a rude brief recitative 5.06
3 Flaunt out, O sea, your separate flags of nations! 3.02
4 Token of all brave captains 4.37
5 A pennant universal 3.48

II. ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT, ALONE
6 On the beach at night, alone 3.50
7 A vast similitude interlocks all 7.54

8 III. SCHERZO: THE WAVES 8.17

IV. THE EXPLORERS
9 O vast Rondure, swimming in Space 4.06
10 Down from the gardens of Asia descending 7.24
11 O we can wait no longer 6.06
12 O thou transcendent 3.55
13 Greater than stars or suns 1.31
14 Sail forth 2.32
15 O my brave Soul! 4.16

Joan Rodgers soprano · William Shimell baritone
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Ian Tracey chorus master


(p) 1988 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 2 72.03
A London Symphony
1 I. Lento - Allegro risoluto (molto pesante) 13.42
2 II. Lento 10.50
(Roger Benedict viola)
3 III. Scherzo (Nocturne): Allegro vivace 7.35
4 IV. Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia (quasi lento) - Allegro - Maestoso alla marcia (alla I) - Epilogue (Andante sostenuto) 12.31

Symphony No. 8 in D minor
5 I. Fantasia: Variazioni senza tema 10.28
6 II. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia 4.07
7 III. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo 7.53
8 IV. Toccata: Moderato maestoso 4.45

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1993 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 3 66.52
A Pastoral Symphony
1 I. Molto moderato 9.40
(Malcolm Stewart violin · Roger Benedict viola · Anna Cooper cor anglais)
2 II. Lento moderato 8.28
(Nigel Black horn · Alan Stringer trumpet)
3 III. Moderato pesante 6.01
4 IV. Lento 10.58
(Alison Barlow soprano)

Symphony No. 4 in F minor
5 I. Allegro 8.07
6 II. Andante moderato 9.19
(Colin Chambers flute)
7 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 5.17
8 IV. Finale (Allegro molto) con epilogo fugato (Con anima) 8.49

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1992 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 4 57.04
Oboe Concerto in A minor
1 I. Rondo pastorale: Allegro moderato 6.42
2 II. Minuet and Musette: Allegro moderato 2.40
3 III. Finale (Scherzo): Presto - Lento - Presto 8.20

Symphony No. 5 in D major
4 I. Preludio: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo I 12.00
5 II. Scherzo: Presto misterioso 5.09
6 III. Romanza: Lento 11.33
7 IV. Passacaglia: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo primo - Tempo del Preludio 10.36


Jonathan Small oboe (1-3)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1987 (4-7) & 1991 (1-3) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 5 66.40
Symphony No. 6 in E minor
1 I. Allegro - 7.43
2 II. Moderato - 9.15
3 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - 6.14
4 IV. Epilogue: Moderato 10.26

Symphony No. 9 in E minor
5 I. Moderato maestoso 8.46
6 II. Andante sostenuto 7.27
(Ian Balmain flugelhorn)
7 III. Scherzo: Allegro pesante 5.26
8 IV. Andante tranquillo 11.19

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1994 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 6 76.21
1 Serenade to Music choral version (William Shakespeare) 12.53

Partita for double string orchestra
2 I. Prelude: Andante tranquillo 5.05
3 II. Scherzo ostinato: Presto 4.15
4 III. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall): Andante con moto 4.15
(Malcolm Stewart, Susan Henderson violins · Roger Benedict viola · Timothy Walden cello)
5 IV. Fantasia: Allegro 5.51

Sinfonia antartica
6 I. Prelude: Andante maestoso 10.10
7 II. Scherzo: Moderato 5.51
8 III. Landscape: Lento 12.13
9 IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto 6.10
10 V. Epilogue: Alla marcia moderato, non troppo allegro 9.34

Alison Hargan soprano · Ian Tracey organ (6-10)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir chorus master Ian Tracey (1, 6-10)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

(p) 1991 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 7 64.29
The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite
1 I. Overture 10.06
2 II. Entr’acte 2.50
3 III. March Past of the Kitchen Utensils 3.24
4 IV. Entr’acte 4.08
5 V. Ballet and Final Tableau 6.12

Prelude and Fugue in C minor
6 Prelude 5.14
7 Fugue 4.51

Piano Concerto in C major
8 I. Toccata: Allegro moderato - 6.19
9 II. Romanza: Lento - 9.41
10 III. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con 4.42
11 finale alla tedesca 6.43

David Bell organ (6-7)
Piers Lane piano (8-11)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1-7)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra leader Malcolm Stewart (8-11)
Vernon Handley

(p) 1980/1995 (6-7), 1985 (1-5) & 1995 (8-11) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 8 70.22
Piano Concerto in C major arr. for two pianos by the composer and Joseph Cooper
1 I. Toccata: Allegro moderato - 6.04
2 II. Romanza: Lento - 9.17
3 III. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con 4.39
4 finale alla tedesca 5.46

Job: A Masque for Dancing
Scene I
5 Introduction - 5.29
6 Saraband of the Sons of God 3.45
7 Scene II: Satan’s Dance of Triumph 3.28
8 Scene III: Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives 4.00
9 Scene IV: Job’s Dream - 4.17
10 Scene V: Dance of the Three Messengers 4.41
11 Scene VI: Dance of Job’s Comforters - 4.50
Scene VII
12 Elihu’s Dance of Youth and Beauty - 3.47
13 Pavane of the Sons of the Morning 2.10
Scene VIII
14 Galliard of the Sons of the Morning - 2.21
15 Altar Dance - 2.47
16 Scene IX: Epilogue 2.42

Vitya Vronsky, Victor Babin pianos (1-4)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1-4)
London Symphony Orchestra (5-16)
Sir Adrian Boult

(p) 1969/1999 (1-4) & 1971/1988 (5-16) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 9 65.42
1 Serenade to Music 13.14
Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward sopranos
Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson contraltos
Ian Partridge, Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen tenors
Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble, Christopher Keyte basses

English Folk Songs - Suite orch. Gordon Jacob
2 I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) 2.54
3 II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy) 2.52
4 III. March (Folk Songs from Somerset) 2.59

5 Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 10.14
6 Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ arr. Ralph Greaves 4.34
7 In the Fen Country 13.51

8 The Lark Ascending - Romance for violin and orchestra 14.42
Hugh Bean violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra (1) · London Symphony Orchestra (2-4, 6)
New Philharmonia Orchestra (5, 7, 8)
Sir Adrian Boult

(p) 1967/1987 (8), 1968/1987 (5, 7), 1970/1987 (1) & 1971/1987 (2-4, 6) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 10 73.22
1 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 16.36
Gerald Jarvis, Robert Growcott violins · Cedric Morgan viola · Alan Turner cello
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Constantin Silvestri

2 Sea Songs - March 3.41

English Folk Songs - Suite
3 I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) 3.16
4 II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy) 4.18
5 III. March (Folk Songs from Somerset) 3.42
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Wing Commander Eric Banks MBE, FLCM, LRAM, ARCM, LGSM

6 Dawn Patrol (from the film Coastal Command) arr. Muir Mathieson 4.05
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves

Concerto grosso
7 I. Intrada: Largo 2.33
8 II. Burlesca ostinato: Allegro moderato 3.06
9 III. Sarabande: Lento 4.01
10 IV. Scherzo: Allegro, tempo di valse 2.47
11 V. March (A la marcia) and Reprise 5.01
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

12 Romance in D-flat major for harmonica with strings and piano MONO 6.41
Larry Adler harmonica · Eric Gritton piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Tuba Concerto in F minor MONO
13 I. Prelude: Allegro moderato 4.24
14 II. Romanza: Andante sostenuto 5.09
15 III. Finale: Rondo alla tedesca (Allegro) 3.19
Philip Catelinet tuba
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

(p) 1954/1991 (12), 1956/1998 (13-15), 1968/1997 (1), 1976/2001 (7-11), 1977/1990 (6) Parlophone Records Limited. (p) 1984 (3-5), 1986 (2) Brian Culverhouse Productions Ltd.


CD 11 77.51
1 Serenade to Music orchestral version 11.33
2 The Poisoned Kiss - Overture 6.53

Old King Cole - A Ballet for Orchestra
3 (Allegro moderato) 4.05
4 Pipe Dance 3.03
5 Bowl Dance 1.40
6 Morris Jig: ‘Go and ’list for a sailor’ 1.33
7 Folk Song: ‘A Bold Young Farmer’ 2.59
8 Folk Tune: ‘The Jolly Thresherman’ 4.08
9 Solo Jig 4.33

Five Mystical Songs (George Herbert)
10 I. Easter 5.03
11 II. I got me flowers 2.52
12 III. Love bade me welcome 5.50
13 IV. The Call 2.10
14 V. Antiphon 3.02

15 Prelude on an Old Carol Tune 4.53
16 The Running Set 6.12
17 Prelude: 49th Parallel 2.33
18 Sea Songs - March orchestral version 3.52

Bradley Creswick violin (1, 3-9)
Stephen Roberts baritone (10-14)
Sinfonia Chorus chorus master Alan Fearon (3-14)
Northern Sinfonia of England leader Bradley Creswick
Richard Hickox

(p) 1984 (1-9), 1985 (10-18) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 12 71.30
Variations for Orchestra orch. Gordon Jacob
1 Theme: Andante maestoso 0.41
2 Var. I: Poco tranquillo 0.41
3 Var. II: Tranquillo cantabile 0.44
4 Var. III: Allegro 0.16
5 Var. IV: Canon (Allegro) 0.31
6 Var. V: Moderato sostenuto 0.45
7 Var. VI: Tempo di valse 0.44
8 Var. VII: Arabesque (Andante sostenuto) 1.12
9 Var. VIII: Alla polacca 1.45
10 Var. IX: Adagio 2.10
11 Var. X: Fugato (Allegro moderato e risoluto) 0.55
12 Var. XI: Chorale 2.13

Two Hymn-Tune Preludes
13 Eventide (tune by W. H. Monk) 3.23
14 Dominus regit me (J. B. Dykes) 3.30

Concerto accademico (Concerto for violin and strings in D minor)
15 I. Allegro pesante 6.02
16 II. Adagio 6.43
17 III. Presto 3.45

Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes orch. Arnold Foster
18 II. Rhosymedre (J. D. Edwards) 4.09
19 III. Hyfrydol (R. H. Prichard) 2.06

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
20 I. Allegro moderato 9.36
21 II. Minuet and Trio: Tempo di minuetto 4.22
22 III. Romance: Andante sostenuto 7.16
23 IV. Finale: Rondo capriccioso (Allegro molto - Pochettino piu mosso) 7.27

Bradley Creswick violin (15-17)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1-12)
Northern Sinfonia of England (13-19)
Richard Hickox (1-19)
Britten Quartet (20-23)
Peter Manning, Keith Pascoe violins · Peter Lale viola · Andrew Shulman cello


(p) 1985 (13-14), 1988 (15-19), 1991 (20-23), 1992 (1-12) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 13 80.46
Violin Sonata in A minor
1 I. Fantasia: Allegro giusto 8.05
2 II. Scherzo: Allegro furioso, ma non troppo 5.00
3 III. Tema con variazioni 14.26

Phantasy Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello
4 I. Prelude: Lento ma non troppo 4.39
5 II. Scherzo: Prestissimo 3.38
6 III. Alla sarabanda: Lento 2.59
7 IV. Burlesca: Allegro moderato 4.15

Six Studies in English Folk Song for cello and piano
8 I. Adagio (Lovely on the Water) 1.56
9 II. Andante sostenuto (Spurn Point) 1.39
10 III. Larghetto (Van Diemen’s Land) 1.53
11 IV. Lento (She borrowed some of her mother’s gold) 1.42
12 V. Andante tranquillo (The Lady and the Dragoon) 1.21
13 VI. Allegro vivace (As I walked over London Bridge) 0.50

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor (For Jean on her Birthday)
14 I. Prelude: Allegro appassionato 4.26
15 II. Romance: Largo 9.13
16 III. Scherzo: Allegro 3.49
17 IV. Epilogue: Greetings from Joan to Jean (Andante sostenuto) 3.54

Music Group of London
Hugh Bean, Frances Mason violins · Christopher Wellington viola · Ian Jewel viola II
Eileen Croxford cello · David Parkhouse piano

18 Fantasia on Greensleeves arr. for viola & harp by Watson Forbes 4.39
19 Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra, Group 3: III. Galop arr. for viola & harp by Watson Forbes 2.16

Herbert Downes viola ? Osian Ellis harp ? Gerald Moore piano

(p) 1963/2022 (18-19), 1973/1994 (14-17), 1974/1994 (1-13) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 14 76.18
1 Toward the Unknown Region, song for chorus and orchestra (Whitman) 12.18

Dona nobis pacem, cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra (Scripture, Whitman & others)
2 I. ‘Agnus Dei’ (Lento) - 3.32
3 II. ‘Beat! beat! drums!’ (Allegro moderato) - 3.48
4 III. Reconciliation (Andantino) - 5.59
5 IV. Dirge for Two Veterans (Moderato alla marcia) - 11.10
6 V. ‘The Angel of Death has been abroad’ (L’istesso tempo) - 3.15
7 VI. ‘O man greatly beloved’ 8.36

8 Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm Tune 14.26

Sheila Armstrong soprano · John Carol Case baritone (2-7)
Peter Katin piano (8)
London Philharmonic Choir chorus master John Alldis (1-8)
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Adrian Boult (1-8)

9 Magnificat 13.11

Helen Watts contralto · Christopher Hyde-Smith flute
Ambrosian Singers women’s voices
Orchestra Nova of London · Meredith Davies

(p) 1970/1989 (8), 1971/1989 (9), 1974/1989 (1-7) Parlophone Records Limited



CD 15 77.25
An Oxford Elegy for speaker, small chorus and small orchestra (Matthew Arnold)
1 (Lento) 2.03
2 Go, for they call you, Shepherd 1.04
3 Here will I sit and wait 1.45
4 Screen’d is this nook 0.48
5 That sweet city 1.39
6 Come, let me read 1.05
7 Or in my boat I lie 0.48
8 And once, in winter 1.11
9 But what - I dream! 0.36
10 No, no, thou hast not felt 1.35
11 Runs it not here 0.43
12 Needs must I, with heavy heart 1.02
13 Soon will the high Midsummer pomps 1.29
14 He hearkens not! 0.54
15 Never more 0.57
16 Yes, thou art gone! 1.48
17 Despair I will not 1.16
18 Why faintest thou? 1.13
John Westbrook speaker · Jacques Orchestra

19 Whitsunday Hymn (Three Choral Hymns) (Miles Coverdale) 3.46
Robin Doveton tenor

Flos campi Suite for solo viola, small chorus and small orchestra
20 1. Sicut Lilium inter spinas (Lento) 2.47
21 2. Jam enim hiems transiit (Andante con moto) 3.26
22 3. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea (Lento - Allegro moderato) 3.08
23 4. En lectulum Salomonis (Moderato alla marcia) 1.43
24 5. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis! (Andante quasi lento) 3.06
25 6. Pone me ut signaculum (Moderato tranquillo) 5.40
Cecil Aronowitz viola · Jacques Orchestra

Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio for tenor and baritone soli, semi-chorus, distant chorus, chorus and orchestra (Bible, etc.)
26 I was in the spirit (Lento) 4.49
27 And I saw Heaven opened (Allegro) 2.21
28 And I saw an angel standing in the sun (Meno mosso) 1.31
29 Babylon the great is fallen (Lento) 4.15
30 Rejoice over her O Heavens (Allegro moderato) 3.13
31 And I saw a new heaven (Adagio) 4.58
32 Therefore are they before the throne of God (Poco meno largo) 1.09
33 And I saw a pure river 2.41
34 Holy, Holy, Holy (Andante sostenuto) 2.58
35 Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory (Poco animato) 3.17
Ian Partridge tenor · John Shirley-Quirk baritone
Bach Choir · London Symphony Orchestra

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks

(p) 1968/1999 (26-35), 1969/1999 (1-25) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 16 78.43
Five Tudor Portraits (John Skelton)
1 I. Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming 12.44
2 II. Intermezzo: My Pretty Bess 3.07
3 III. Burlesca: Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss 3.38
4 IV. Romanza: Jane Scroop (Her Lament for Philip Sparrow) 21.31
5 V. Scherzo: Jolly Rutterkin 4.26

6 Benedicite (Apocrypha & John Austin) 14.20
7 Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’ 11.24
8 Linden Lea (chorus version) 3.11
9 Wither's Rocking Hymn 4.18

Elizabeth Bainbridge contralto · John Carol Case baritone · Bach Choir · New Philharmonia Orchestra (1-5)
Heather Harper soprano · Bach Choir · London Symphony Orchestra (6)
Jacques Orchestra (7)
Sir David Willcocks (1-7)
Choir of the New College Oxford ? Edward Higginbottom (8)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge ? Stephen Cleobury (9)

(p) 1968/1987 (6), 1969/1987 (1-5), 1970/1987 (7), 2009 (9) Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ? 1997 Warner Music UK Limited (8)


CD 17 71.38
Fantasia on Christmas Carols version with strings and organ (trad. Eng.)
1 This is the truth sent from above - 4.46
2 Come all you worthy gentlemen - 2.16
3 On Christmas night all Christians sing - 1.38
4 God bless the ruler of this house 3.41

John Barrow baritone · Choir of Guildford Cathedral
String Orchestra · Gavin Williams organ
Barry Rose

Hodie - A Christmas Cantata
5 I. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell! (Vespers for Christmas Day) 3.45
6 II. Narration: Now the birth of Jesus Christ (Matthew & Luke) 4.31
7 III. Song: It was the winter wild (John Milton) 4.42
8 IV. Narration: And it came to pass in those days (Luke) 2.10
9 V. Choral: The blessed Son of God (Coverdale) 2.34
10 VI. Narration: And there were in the same country (Luke & Book of Common Prayer) 6.39
11 VII. Song: The Oxen (Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock) (Thomas Hardy) 3.11
12 VIII. Narration: And the shepherds returned (Luke) 1.09
13 IX. Pastoral: The shepherds sing (Herbert) 3.10
14 X. Narration: But Mary kept all these things (Luke) 0.36
15 XI. Lullaby: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang (16th cent.) 2.48
16 XII. Hymn: Bright portals of the sky (William Drummond) 3.41
17 XIII. Narration: Now when Jesus was born (Matthew) 3.10
18 XIV. The March of the Three Kings: From kingdoms of wisdom (Ursula Vaughan Williams) 7.46
19 XV. Choral: No sad thought his soul affright (anon. & Ursula Vaughan Williams) 2.59
20 XVI. Epilogue: In the beginning was the Word (John & Matthew; Milton) 6.19

Janet Baker mezzo-soprano · Richard Lewis tenor · John Shirley-Quirk baritone
Bach Choir · Choristers of Westminster Abbey master of the choristers Douglas Guest
London Symphony Orchestra · Sir Philip Ledger organ
Sir David Willcocks

(p) 1965/2000 (5-20), 1966/2000 (1-4) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 18 75.08
Fantasia on Christmas Carols version with full orchestra (trad. Eng.)
1 This is the truth sent from above - 4.33
2 Come all you worthy gentlemen - 2.10
3 On Christmas night all Christians sing - 1.29
4 God bless the ruler of this house 3.11
Stephen Roberts baritone
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Richard Hickox

5 Yorkshire Wassail Song (We’ve been awhile a-wandering) (trad. arr. RVW) 2.31
Bach Choir · Jacques Orchestra · Sir David Willcocks

In Windsor Forest
6 I. The Conspiracy 2.12
7 II. Drinking Song 3.06
8 III. Falstaff and the Fairies 4.59
(Helen Field soprano)
9 IV. Wedding Chorus 4.38
10 V. Epilogue 2.38
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
chorus master Geoffrey Hughes
Norman Del Mar

Songs of Travel (Robert Louis Stevenson)
1, 3 & 8 orch. by the composer, the remainder by Roy Douglas
11 I. The Vagabond 3.02
12 II. Let beauty awake 1.41
13 III. The Roadside Fire 2.20
14 IV. Youth and Love 3.17
15 V. In Dreams 2.36
16 VI. The infinite shining heavens 2.06
17 VII. Whither must I wander 3.49
18 VIII. Bright is the ring of words 1.55
19 IX. I have trod the upward and the downward slope 2.04

On Wenlock Edge (A. E. Housman)
20 I. On Wenlock Edge 3.48
21 II. From far, from eve and morning 2.00
22 III. Is my team ploughing 3.35
23 IV. Oh, when I was in love with you 0.44
24 V. Bredon Hill 7.09
25 VI. Clun 3.00

Thomas Allen baritone (11-19) · Robert Tear tenor (20-25)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle (11-25)

(p) 1967/1993 (5), 1981/1988 (6-10), 1984 (11-25), 1990 (1-4) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 19 79.34
1 O clap your hands (from Psalm 47) 3.11
Mass in G minor
2 Kyrie 3.57
3 Gloria 4.06
4 Credo 6.59
5 Sanctus - Osanna I - Benedictus - Osanna II 5.29
6 Agnus Dei 3.41
7 All people that on earth do dwell (The Old Hundredth) (words William Kethe - Louis Bourgeois arr. RVW) 5.33
8 O taste and see (Psalm 34 v.8) 1.45
9 Te Deum in G major 4.49
10 For all the saints (Sine nomine) (William Walsham How) 5.15
Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
11 I. Bryn Calfaria (tune by W. Owen) 4.01
12 II. Rhosymedre (Edwards) 5.04
13 III. Hyfrydol (Prichard) 1.45
14 The Truth from Above (trad. Eng. harm. RVW) 2.08
15 O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green) (Phillips Brooks - trad. Eng. harm. RVW; descant Thomas Armstrong; v.3 arr. Ledger) 3.29
16 Joseph and Mary (trad. Eng. arr. RVW) 3.23
(Charles Daniels tenor)
17 And all in the morning (trad. Eng. harm. RVW) 2.17
18 Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol) (W. Chatterton Dix - Prichard harm. RVW) 3.40
19 Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney) (trans. R. F. Littledale - v.4 arr. Williamson) 3.41
20 All people that on earth do dwell (The Old Hundredth) arr. RVW; version for brass ensemble and organ by Roy Douglas 4.56

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (1-6, 14-20)
Waynflete Singers (7) · Winchester Cathedral Choir (7-8) · Wandsworth School Choir (9) · York Minster Choir (10)
English Chamber Orchestra (1) · Bournemouth Sinfonietta (7)
Sir David Willcocks (1-6, 14, 17), Martin Neary (7-8), Russell Burgess (9), Philip Moore (10), Sir Philip Ledger (15, 16), Stephen Cleobury (18-20) conductor
John Eaton treble · Nigel Perrin alto · Robin Doveton tenor · David van Asch bass (2-6)
Ivan Sharpe treble (8)
James Lancelot (7-8), Timothy Farrell (9), John Scott Whiteley (10), Robert Joyce (11-13), Francis Grier (15), Thomas Trotter (16), Oliver Brett (18), Thomas Williamson (19), Benjamin Bayl (20) organ

(p) 1966/2008 (11-13), 1968/1992 (9), 1969/1989 (1-6), 1969/1991 (17), 1971/2004 (14), 1976/1997 (15), 1977/1992 (7-8), 1979/1987 (16), 1996 (10), 2001 (19-20), 2008 (18) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 20 69.44
Four Hymns
1 I. Lord! come away! (Jeremy Taylor) 3.38
2 II. Who is this fair one? (Isaac Watts) 4.06
3 III. Come Love, come Lord (Richard Crashaw) 4.00
4 IV. Evening Hymn (trans. Robert Bridges) 3.38

Merciless Beauty (attrib. Geoffrey Chaucer)
5 I. Your eyen two 2.16
6 II. So hath your beauty 2.39
7 III. Since I from Love 1.20
8 The Water Mill (Fredegond Shove) 3.16
9 The New Ghost (Shove) 4.59

Ten Blake Songs
10 I. Infant Joy 1.18
11 II. A Poison Tree 2.35
12 III. The Piper 1.52
13 IV. London 1.35
14 V. The Lamb 2.15
15 VI. The Shepherd 0.50
16 VII. Ah, Sun-flower! 1.27
17 VIII. Cruelty has a human heart 1.58
18 IX. The Divine Image 2.24
19 X. Eternity 1.38

On Wenlock Edge (Housman)
20 I. On Wenlock Edge 3.53
21 II. From far, from eve and morning 2.06
22 III. Is my team ploughing 3.47
23 IV. Oh, when I was in love with you 0.43
24 V. Bredon Hill 7.29
25 VI. Clun 3.31

Hugh Bean, Frances Mason violins (5-7, 20-25) · Christopher Wellington viola (1-4, 20-25) · Eileen Croxford cello (5-7, 20-25) · David Parkhouse (1-4, 20-25), Jennifer Partridge (8-9) piano · Janet Craxton oboe (10-19)
Music Group of London
Ian Partridge tenor

(p) 1971/1987 (10-25), 1971/1996 (8-9), 1974/1996 (1-7) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 21 55.10
The House of Life (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
1 I. Love-Sight 4.32
2 II. Silent Noon 5.02
3 III. Love’s Minstrels 5.33
4 IV. Heart’s Haven 4.43
5 V. Death in Love 4.28
6 VI. Love’s Last Gift 4.27

Songs of Travel (Stevenson)
7 I. The Vagabond 3.09
8 II. Let beauty awake 2.08
9 III. The Roadside Fire 2.37
10 IV. Youth and Love 3.50
11 V. In Dreams 3.00
12 VI. The infinite shining heavens 2.29
13 VII. Whither must I wander 4.23
14 VIII. Bright is the ring of words 2.17
15 IX. I have trod the upward and the downward slope 2.29

Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
David Willison piano

(p) 1974/2001 Brian Culverhouse Productions Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited


CD 22 75.43
1 Linden Lea (William Barnes) 2.53
2 Orpheus with his lute first setting (Shakespeare) 3.17
3 Hands, eyes and heart (Ursula Vaughan Williams) 1.26
4 Rest (Christina Rossetti) 3.00
5 The Call (Five Mystical Songs) 2.22
6 Linden Lea arr. Julius Harrison (Barnes) 3.08

FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS
Five English Folk Songs
7 I. The Dark-Eyed Sailor 2.15
8 II. The Spring Time of the Year 3.09
9 III. Just as the Tide was Flowing 2.16
10 IV. The Lover’s Ghost (Well met, my own true love) 4.09
11 V. Wassail Song 2.42

12 Bushes and Briars 2.52
13 Loch Lomond 3.42
14 John Dory 2.13
15 Greensleeves 3.19
16 Ward, the Pirate 2.40
17 Ca’ the Yowes 5.12
18 The Unquiet Grave 4.46
19 The Seeds of Love 2.37
20 Early in the Spring 1.52
21 The Turtle Dove 3.22
22 An Acre of Land 1.19
23 Bushes and Briars men’s voices 3.00
24 Wassail Song (Five English Folk Songs) arr. for men’s voices by Herbert Pierce 2.44
25 Bushes and Briars (voice and piano version) 2.56

26 Linden Lea (Barnes) 2.29

Janet Baker mezzo-soprano · Gerald Moore piano (1, 25)
David Daniels countertenor · Martin Katz piano (2-3)
Ian Bostridge tenor ? Julius Drake piano (26)
The King’s Singers (4)
Philip Martin treble (5)
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral · City of London Sinfonia · John Scott (5-6)
Ian Partridge tenor (8, 13, 17) · Geoffrey Shaw (19), Christopher Keyte (21) baritone · Susan Longfield soprano (22)
London Madrigal Singers · Christopher Bishop (7-22)
Baccholian Singers of London (23-24)

(p) 1967/1994 (1), 1970/1995 (7-22), 1973/2013 (25), 1978/1995 (23-24), 1987 (4), 1996 (5-6), 1999 (26), 2000 (2-3) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 23 68.55
FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS
East Anglia
1 The Captain’s Apprentice 3.42
2 As I walked out 1.29
3 Bushes and Briars 3.28
4 Geordie 3.47
5 On Board a Ninety-Eight 2.54

Wessex
6 The Ploughman 1.37
7 The Brewer 0.25
8 Rolling in the Dew 2.07

Carols
9 The Truth Sent from Above 2.16
10 Joseph and Mary 2.54
11 The Saviour’s Love 2.19

France
12 Reveillez-vous, Piccars 2.08
13 Chanson de quete 1.20
14 Ballade de Jesus Christ 3.39

Newfoundland
15 She’s like the swallow 2.31
16 The Morning Dew 1.43
17 The Maiden’s Lament 1.53
18 The Cuckoo 1.42

Voice & violin (†violin & piano)
19 The Lawyer 1.59
20 Searching for Lambs 3.30
21 How cold the wind doth blow (or The Unquiet Grave)† 6.10

Robert Tear tenor
Sir Philip Ledger piano · Hugh Bean violin

***

22 A Song of Thanksgiving (Bible, Shakespeare, Kipling) MONO 15.04
Betty Dolemore soprano · Robert Speaight speaker · Harry Gabb organ
Luton Choral Society with a section of the Luton Girls’ Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Adrian Boult

(p) 1978/2008 (1-21), 1990 (22) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 24 68.50
Epithalamion for baritone, chorus, piano, solo flute and string orchestra (Edmund Spenser)
1 I. Prologue (chorus) 3.07
2 II. Wake now (baritone, chorus) 2.39
3 III. The Calling of the Bride (chorus) 2.26
4 IV. The Minstrels (chorus) 1.39
5 V. Procession of the Bride (chorus) 2.23
6 VI. The Temple Gates (chorus) 3.41
7 VII. The Bell Ringers (chorus) 1.45
8 VIII. The Lover’s Song (baritone, chorus) 5.54
(Rusen Gunes viola)
9 IX. The Minstrel’s Song (baritone, chorus) 3.25
10 X. Song of the Winged Loves (chorus) 1.03
(David Nolan violin)
11 XI. Prayer to Juno (baritone, chorus) 4.12

Stephen Roberts baritone · Howard Shelley piano · Jonathan Snowden flute
Bach Choir chorus master Douglas Janes
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir David Willcocks

Riders to the Sea
Opera in one act · Libretto by J. M. Synge
12 Where is she? (Nora, Cathleen, Maurya) 6.17
13 Where is the bit of new rope (Bartley, Cathleen, Nora, Maurya) 7.00
14 Wait, Nora (Cathleen, Nora, Maurya) 3.39
15 You didn’t give him his bit of bread? (Cathleen, Maurya, Nora) 5.40
16 Bartley will be lost now (Maurya, Women, Nora, Cathleen, A Woman) 4.15
17 They are all gone now (Maurya, Women, Nora, Cathleen) 9.32

Nora Norma Burrowes
Cathleen Margaret Price
Maurya Helen Watts
Bartley Benjamin Luxon
A Woman Pauline Stevens
Valerie Hill soprano · Gloria Jennings contralto · Ambrosian Singers women’s voices
Orchestra Nova of London · Meredith Davies

(p) 1971/1993 (12-17), 1987 (1-11) Parlophone Records Limited


CD 25 57.19
Hugh the Drover
or Love in the Stocks
A Romantic Ballad Opera in two acts · Words by Harold Child
ACT I
1 (Allegro vivacissimo) - Buy, buy, buy (Cheap-Jack) 4.38
2 Cold blows the wind on Cotsall (Showman) 4.14
3 As I was a-walking (Ballad Seller) 4.27
4 Show me a richer man (John) 2.44
5 Here come the Morris men (Chorus) 2.34
6 Life must be full of care (Aunt Jane) 4.15
7 Sweet little linnet that longs to be free (Hugh) 3.05
8 Horse-hoofs, horse-hoofs, thunder down the valleys (Hugh) 6.12
9 In the night-time I have seen you riding (Mary) 4.23
10 Mary! Mary! (Constable) 3.28
11 Oh! The devil and Bonyparty (Showman) 3.06
12 Yes, I! (Hugh) 6.23
13 Are you ready? Go! (Showman) 3.19
14 The drover’s won! (Showman) 1.49
15 I tell you there’s a price on this man’s head (Constable) 2.38

Hugh the Drover Robert Tear
Mary (the Constable’s daughter) Sheila Armstrong
John the Butcher Michael Rippon
The Constable Robert Lloyd
Aunt Jane (the Constable’s sister) Helen Watts
A Cheap-Jack Leslie Fyson
A Shell-Fish Seller Oliver Broome
A Primrose Seller Sally Burgess
A Showman Terence Sharpe
A Ballad Seller David Johnston
Susan Lynda Richardson
Nancy Shirley Minty
William Neil Jenkins
Robert Bruce Ogston
The Turnkey John Fryatt
A Fool Steve Davies
An Innkeeper David Read
A Sergeant Henry Newman

Ambrosian Opera Chorus chorus master John McCarthy
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral choir master Barry Rose
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Charles Groves

(p) 1979/1994 Parlophone Records Limited


CD 26 48.39
Hugh the Drover
or Love in the Stocks
A Romantic Ballad Opera in two acts · Words by Harold Child
ACT II
1 (Lento moderato) - Past four o’clock (Ballad Seller) 3.47
2 Gaily I go to die (Hugh) 4.20
3 Hugh! … Mary! (Mary, Hugh) 8.51
4 Sweet little home (Mary) 3.28
5 Where’s she gone to? (Constable) 2.07
6 Here, queen uncrowned (Mary) 6.17
7 A trollop from the stocks (John) 4.39
8 Dropped from the ranks on a winter’s night (Sergeant) 2.57
9 March away, John! (Chorus) 2.52
10 O foolish girl, O radiant soul! (Hugh) 3.17
11 Oh! the sky shall be our roof (Hugh, Mary) 5.59

Hugh the Drover Robert Tear
Mary (the Constable’s daughter) Sheila Armstrong
John the Butcher Michael Rippon
The Constable Robert Lloyd
Aunt Jane (the Constable’s sister) Helen Watts
A Cheap-Jack Leslie Fyson
A Shell-Fish Seller Oliver Broome
A Primrose Seller Sally Burgess
A Showman Terence Sharpe
A Ballad Seller David Johnston
Susan Lynda Richardson
Nancy Shirley Minty
William Neil Jenkins
Robert Bruce Ogston
The Turnkey John Fryatt
A Fool Steve Davies
An Innkeeper David Read
A Sergeant Henry Newman

Ambrosian Opera Chorus chorus master John McCarthy
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral choir master Barry Rose
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Charles Groves

(p) 1979/1994 Parlophone Records Limited