Songs of the British Isles

~ Release by Kathleen Ferrier (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1My bonny lad
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
1:50
2The Keel Row
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
1:44
3Blow the wind southerly
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
2:24
4I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
1:13
5My boy Willie
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
1:45
6I know where i'm going
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
2:24
7The fidgety bairn
piano:
John Newmark (Canadian pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
2:48
8I will walk with my love
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
1:59
9Ca' the yowes
piano:
John Newmark (Canadian pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
3:24
10O waly, waly
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: O Waly, Waly (Arr. Benjamin Britten)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: British Isles, for voice & piano
3:34
11Willow, willow
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
3:30
12The stuttering lovers
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
The stuttering lovers
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Herbert Hughes
arrangement of:
The stuttering lovers
1:45
13Now sleeps the crimson petal
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3 no. 2
lyricist:
Lord Alfred Tennyson
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (from 1904 until 1905, in 1908)
is based on:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
part of:
3 Songs, op. 3
2:31
14The fair house of joy
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12, no. 7: Fair House of Joy
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1908)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Production Music
part of:
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12
2:37
15To daisies
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
To Julia, op. 8 no. 3: To Daisies
lyricist:
Robert Herrick (English poet)
composer:
Roger Quilter (British composer) (in 1906)
part of:
To Julia, op. 8
2:14
16Over the mountains
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Over the Mountains (Roger Quilter arrangement)
arranger:
Roger Quilter (British composer)
part of:
Arnold Book of Old Songs
2:13
17Have you seen but the whyte lillie grow
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
2:25
18Ye bank and braes
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Ye Banks and Braes (Roger Quilter arrangement)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
arranger:
Roger Quilter (British composer)
arrangement of:
Ye Banks and Braes (traditional Scottish song)
part of:
Arnold Book of Old Songs
3:10
19Drink to me only
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (Roger Quilter arrangement)
lyricist:
Ben Johnson (English playwright & poet)
arranger:
Roger Quilter (British composer)
arrangement of:
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
part of:
Arnold Book of Old Songs
3:01
20Down by the Salley Gardens
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Down by the Salley Gardens
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats (in 1889)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Herbert Hughes (in 1909)
version of:
Down by the Salley Gardens (poem by W.B. Yeats)
version of:
The Moorlough Shore
3:08
21The lover's curse
piano:
Phyllis Spurr (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
3:00
22The fairy lough
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
An Irish Idyll, op. 77: No. 2. The Fairy Lough
lyricist:
Moira O'Neill
composer:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer) (in 1901)
part of:
An Irish Idyll, op. 77 (for voice and piano)
3:42
23A soft day
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
A Soft Day, op. 140 no. 3
lyricist:
Winifred Mary Letts
composer:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer)
2:58
24Love is a bable, op. 152, no. 3
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
English Lyrics: Set VI, III. "Love is a bable"
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer)
part of:
English Lyrics: Set VI
1:44
25Silent noon
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
4:56
26Go not, happy day
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Go Not, Happy Day
lyricist:
Lord Alfred Tennyson
composer:
Frank Bridge (composer) (in 1903)
part of:
Frank Bridge: A Thematic Catalogue, 1900–1941 (number: H. 34)
1:38
27Sleep
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
2:51
28Pretty ring-time
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Pretty Ring Time (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1925)
1:21
29Come you not from Newcastle
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: Come You Not From Newcastle? (arr. Britten)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: British Isles, for voice & piano
1:37
30Kitty my love
piano:
Frederick Stone (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recorded at:
Broadcasting House: Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Kitty my love, will you marry me? (folk song)
1:21