Britten: Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2 (English Song, Vol.

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 19, 2005
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRITTEN
    • PERFORMER
      Langridge/Allen/Bedford
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 19, 2005
    • UPC
      747313222223
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557222
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. Lord! I married me a wife

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    2. She's like the swallow

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    3. Lemady

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    4. Bonny at morn

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    5. Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    6. Dafydd y Garreg Wen

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    7. The False Knight upon the Road

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    8. Bird Scarer's Song

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Osian Ellis

    9. Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 5. The Holly and the Ivy (version for 4 voices and choir)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Singers

      Performer: Margaret Feaviour, Judith Harris, Vernon Kirk, Graham Titus

      Conductor: Simon Joly

    10. King Herod and the Cock

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Wenhaston Boys Choir

      Performer: David Owen Norris

      Conductor: Christopher Barnett

    11. The Twelve Apostles

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Wenhaston Boys Choir

      Performer: Philip Langridge, David Owen Norris

      Conductor: Christopher Barnett

    12. The Bitter Withy (fragment)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Wenhaston Boys Choir

      Performer: Philip Langridge, David Owen Norris

      Conductor: Christopher Barnett

    13. No. 4. Le roi s'en va-t'en chasses

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    14. No. 3. Fileuse

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    15. No. 7. Eho! Eho!

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    16. No. 5. La belle est un jardin d'amour

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    17. No. 8. Quand j'étais chez mon pere

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    18. No. 1. The Salley Gardens

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    19. No. 2. Little Sir William

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    20. No. 3. The Bonny Earl o' Moray

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    21. No. 4. O can ye sew cushions?

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    22. No. 7. Oliver Cromwell

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    23. No. 1. The Plough Boy

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    24. No. 6. O Waly, Waly

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    25. No. 7. Come you not from Newcastle?

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford

    26. Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 1, "British Isles": No. 1. The Salley Gardens (version for voice, bassoon, harp and strings)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Philip Langridge

      Conductor: Steuart Bedford


Benjamin Britten was throughout his life drawn to folk-song, possessing a special gift for wordsetting and vocal writing. This second disc of the complete folk song arrangements focuses on the orchestral versions and the volumes for guitar and harp.