Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge . Warlock: The Curlew

Ian Partridge

2009-08-31 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  4 Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano: I. Lord! Come away (Maestoso - Poco animato)
  3:39
• 2
  4 Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano: II. Who is this fair one? (Andante moderato - Poco animato)
  4:06
• 3
  4 Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano: III. Come Love, come Lord (Lento)
  4:01
• 4
  4 Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano: IV. Evening Hymn, "O gladsome Light" (Andante con moto)
  3:44
• 5
  Merciless Beauty, Three Rondels by Geoffrey Chaucer: I. Your eyën two (Andante con moto)
  2:17
• 6
  Merciless Beauty, Three Rondels by Geoffrey Chaucer: II. So hath your beauty (Lento moderato)
  2:40
• 7
  Merciless Beauty, Three Rondels by Geoffrey Chaucer: III. Since I from love (Allegro)
  1:26
• 8
  4 Poems by Fredegond Shove: No. 4, The Water Mill, "There is a mill, an ancient one" (Allegetto tranquillo)
  3:16
• 9
  4 Poems by Fredegond Shove: No. 3, The New Ghost, "And he cast it down on the green grass" (Tempo rubato)
  5:04
• 10
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 1, Infant Joy, "I have no name" (Andante con moto)
  1:19
• 11
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 2, A Poison Tree, "I was angry with my friend" (Lento ma moderato)
  2:35
• 12
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 3, The Piper, "Piping down the valleys wild" (Allegro moderato)
  1:53
• 13
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 4, London, "I wander thro' each charter'd street" (In free time)
  1:35
• 14
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 5, The Lamb, "Little Lamb, who made thee?" (Andante con moto)
  2:16
• 15
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 6, The Shepherd, "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" (Allegretto)
  0:50
• 16
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 7, Ah, Sunflower!, "Ah, sun-flower! weary of time" (Moderato)
  1:27
• 17
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 8, "Cruelty has a human heart" (Moderato)
  1:58
• 18
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 9, The Divine Image, "To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love" (Semplice)
  2:24
• 19
  Ten Blake Songs: No. 10, Eternity, "He who bends to himself a Joy" (Andante sostenuto)
  1:44
• 20
  On Wenlock Edge, on Texts by Alfred E. Housman: I. On Wenlock Edge (Allegro moderato)
  3:53
• 21
  On Wenlock Edge, on Texts by Alfred E. Housman: II. From far, from eve and morning (Andantino - Più mosso)
  2:06
• 22
  On Wenlock Edge, on Texts by Alfred E. Housman: III. Is my team ploughing? (Andante sostenuto ma non troppo lento)
  3:48
• 23
  On Wenlock Edge, on Texts by Alfred E. Housman: IV. Oh, when I was in love with you (Allegretto)
  0:44
• 24
  On Wenlock Edge, on Texts by Alfred E. Housman: V. Bredon Hill, "In summertime on Bredon" (Moderato tranquillo)
  7:29
• 25
  On Wenlock Edge, on Texts by Alfred E. Housman: VI. Clun, "In valleys of springs of rivers" (Andante tranquillo)
  3:34
• 1
  Capriol Suite for Strings: I. Basse-Danse. Allegro moderato
  1:37
• 2
  Capriol Suite for Strings: II. Pavane. Allegretto ma un poco lento
  1:60
• 3
  Capriol Suite for Strings: III. Tordion. Con moto
  0:54
• 4
  Capriol Suite for Strings: IV. Bransles. Presto
  2:00
• 5
  Capriol Suite for Strings: V. Pieds-en-l'air. Andante tranquillo
  2:35
• 6
  Capriol Suite for Strings: VI. Mattachins (Sword Dance). Allegro con brio
  0:57
• 7
  Serenade for Strings in D Major, "To Frederick Delius on his 60th Birthday" (Allegro moderato)
  9:08
• 8
  The Curlew, on Poems by William Butler Yeats: I. He reproves the curlew, "O, curlew, cry no more in the air"
  7:16
• 9
  The Curlew, on Poems by William Butler Yeats: II. The lover mourns for the loss of love, "Pale brows, still hands and dim hair"
  1:41
• 10
  The Curlew, on Poems by William Butler Yeats: III. The withering of the boughs, "I cried when the moon was murmuring"
  9:03
• 11
  The Curlew, on Poems by William Butler Yeats: IV. He hears the cry of the sedge, "I wander by the edge"
  4:23
• 12
  Bethlehem Down, Christmas Carol in D Minor: "When he is King we will give him"
  3:33
• 13
  Adam lay ybounden
  1:16
• 14
  I Saw a Fair Maiden
  4:28
• 15
  Balulalow: "O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit"
  1:46
• 16
  Where Riches is Everlastingly: "Into this world this day did come"
  2:55
• 17
  Three Dirges of Webster: No. 3, The Shrouding of the Duchess of Malfi, "Hark, now everything is still" (Very slow and sombre)
  4:15
• 18
  The Lady's Birthday: "Four and twenty drummers all in a row" (Briskly)
  2:45
• 19
  Pretty Ring Time: "It was a lover and his lass"
  1:20
• 20
  Autumn's Twilight: "The long September evening dies"
  2:39
• 21
  Captain Stratton's Fancy: "Oh, some are fond of red wine"
  1:37
• 22
  Yarmouth Fair: "As I rode down to Yarmouth fair"
  1:42