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3/5/2012

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  1. # Track Artist Length
  2. 1 Linden Lea - A Dorset song [1994 - Remaster] 2:54
  3. 2 Songs Sacred and Profane: 4. The Salley Gardens 2:14
  4. 3 English Lyrics Set II: 1. O mistress mine 1:32
  5. 4 Three Songs Op. 3: 1. Love's Philosophy 1:24
  6. 5 Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2 2:13
  7. 7 Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees 2:51
  8. 8 Down by the Salley Gardens [2001 Digital Remaster] 2:34
  9. 9 Black Stitchel [2001 Digital Remaster] 2:10
  10. 10 My Own Country [2001 Digital Remaster] 2:34
  11. 11 Passing By [2001 Digital Remaster] 2:30
  12. 12 Pretty Ring Time [2001 Digital Remaster] 1:11
  13. 13 10 Blake Songs: No. 5, The Lamb 2:17
  14. 14 Ten Blake Songs: 6. The Shepherd [oboe tacet] 0:50
  15. 15 Silent Noon (No. 2 of The House of Life) 4:19
  16. 16 Come away, death, Op. 6 No. 1 3:1
  17. 17 Since we loved, Op. 13 No. 7 1:16
  18. 18 Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum 2:0
  19. 19 Sea Fever 2:7
  20. 20 Trade Winds (Salt-Water Ballads No. 2) 2:17
  21. 21 Songs of the Sea Op. 91: I. Drake's Drum - Tempo di marcia moderato (version with piano [2003 Remaster]) 2:43
  22. 22 Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace (version with piano [2003 Remaster]) 3:25
  23. 23 Four Indian Love Lyrics: 3. Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song) 2:54
  24. 24 Bless this House 3:16
  25. 25 Balulalow (wds Wedderburn brothers after Luther) 1:46
  26. 26 Tom Bowling 4:19
  27. 27 Home! Sweet Home! 3:35
  28. 28 Come Into The Garden, Maud 4:13
  29. 29 Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew 2:24
  30. 30 Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy 1:50
  31. 31 Façade - An entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell: 19. Popular Song (2000 Remaster) 2:2
  32. 1 Greensleeves (solo lute verse at end cut) (1995 Remastered Version) 2:13
  33. 2 Two songs: It was a lover and his lasse (The First Booke of Ayres or Little Short Songs) (As you like it) 3:11
  34. 3 Two songs: O mistress mine (attrib. Morley; arr. from The First Booke of Consort Lessons) (Twelfth Night) 1:39
  35. 4 The Willow Song (Othello) [1995 Digital Remaster] 4:16
  36. 5 Where the bee sucks (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version) 1:14
  37. 6 Full fathom five (The Tempest) (1995 Remastered Version) 2:12
  38. 7 Lullaby, my sweet little baby [last verse cut] 5:59
  39. 8 Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses) 4:4
  40. 9 The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, stay! 3:4
  41. 10 Can she excuse my wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres) 2:31
  42. 11 The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, sweet love (The First Booke of Songes) 2:47
  43. 12 Woeful heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) 2:46
  44. 13 Shall I sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) 2:37
  45. 14 Me, me and none but me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires) 2:11
  46. 15 Flow, my tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres) 3:49
  47. 16 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle" 2:37
  48. 17 Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While" 3:55
  49. 18 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla) 2:1
  50. 19 If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379 2:2
  51. 20 Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193 5:24
  52. 21 Yarmouth Fair [1994 Digital Remaster] 1:40
  53. 22 The Smuggler's Song [2003 - Remaster] 3:33
  54. 23 Down Below (2003 Remaster) 2:44
  55. 24 A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) [2003 - Remaster] 2:34
  56. 25 The Wart Hog (2003 Remaster) 3:48
  57. 26 The Hippopotamus Song [introduced by Michael Flanders] [1991 Digital Remaster] 4:2
  58. 1 Sea Pictures, Op.37: I. Sea Slumber-Song 5:4
  59. 2 Sea Pictures, Op.37: II. In Haven (Capri) 2:6
  60. 3 Sea Pictures, Op.37: III. Sabbath Morning at Sea 6:19
  61. 4 Sea Pictures, Op.37: IV. Where Corals Lie 4:11
  62. 5 Sea Pictures, Op.37: V. The Swimmer 6:8
  63. 6 Songs of Travel: No. 1, The Vagabond (Version with Orchestra) 3:2
  64. 7 Songs of Travel: No. 2, Let Beauty Awake (Version with Orchestra) 1:41
  65. 8 Songs of Travel: No. 3, The Roadside Fire (Version with Orchestra) 2:20
  66. 9 Songs of Travel: No. 4, Youth and Love (Version with Orchestra) 3:17
  67. 10 Songs of Travel: No. 5, In Dreams (Version with Orchestra) 2:36
  68. 11 Songs of Travel: No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens (Version with Orchestra) 2:6
  69. 12 Songs of Travel: No. 7, Whither Must I Wander? (Version with Orchestra) 3:49
  70. 13 Songs of Travel: No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words (Version with Orchestra) 1:55
  71. 14 Songs of Travel: No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope (Version with Orchestra) 2:10
  72. 15 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: Prologue (horn solo) 1:25
  73. 16 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton) 3:44
  74. 17 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) 3:28
  75. 18 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake) 4:30
  76. 19 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century) 3:26
  77. 20 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson) 2:2
  78. 21 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats) [horn tacet] 4:45
  79. 22 Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: Epilogue (horn solo) 1:34
  80. 23 Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: The Bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune) 2:40
  81. 24 Folk Song Arrangements [with orch.]: Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk) 0:46
  82. 1 5 Mystical Songs: No. 1, Easter 5:12
  83. 2 5 Mystical Songs: No. 2, I Got Me Flowers 2:53
  84. 3 5 Mystical Songs: No. 3, Love Bade Me Welcome 5:26
  85. 4 5 Mystical Songs: No. 4, The Call 2:8
  86. 5 5 Mystical Songs: No. 5, Antiphon 3:19
  87. 6 Dies natalis, Op.8: 1. Intrada 5:7
  88. 7 Dies natalis, Op.8: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) 6:30
  89. 8 Dies natalis, Op.8: 3. The Rapture (Danza) 3:34
  90. 9 Dies natalis, Op.8: 4. Wonder (Arioso) 4:19
  91. 10 Dies natalis, Op.8: 5. The Salutation (Aria) 4:14
  92. 12 Songs of the Sea Op. 91: II. Outward Bound (Andante espressivo) 3:9
  93. 14 Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: No. 4, Homeward Bound 6:52
  94. 14 Songs of the Sea Op. 91: IV. Homeward Bound (Andante tranquillo) 6:52
  95. 16 The Torch Op. 60 No. 1 [1993 Digital Remaster] 2:26
  96. 17 The River Op. 60 No. 2 [1993 Digital Remaster] 3:40
  97. 18 Love blows as the wind blows: In the year that's come and gone 3:18
  98. 19 Love blows as the wind blows: Life in her creaking shoes 2:3
  99. 20 Love blows as the wind blows: Coming up from Richmond 4:39
  100. 1 Les Illuminations Op. 18: I. Fanfare 1:54
  101. 2 Les Illuminations Op. 18: II. Villes 2:19
  102. 3 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIa. Phrase 0:55
  103. 4 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIb. Antique 2:4
  104. 5 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IV. Royauté 1:34
  105. 6 Les Illuminations Op. 18: V. Marine 0:57
  106. 7 Les Illuminations Op. 18: VI. Interlude 2:43
  107. 8 Les Illuminations Op. 18: VII. Being Beauteous 3:54
  108. 9 Les Illuminations Op. 18: VIII. Parade 2:34
  109. 10 Les Illuminations Op. 18: IX. Départ 2:45
  110. 11 Sea Drift: Once Paumanok 3:49
  111. 12 Sea Drift: Shine! shine! shine! 1:31
  112. 13 Sea Drift: Till of a sudden 2:38
  113. 14 Sea Drift: Blow! blow! blow! 1:57
  114. 15 Sea Drift: Yes my brother I know 4:5
  115. 16 Sea Drift: O rising stars! 1:36
  116. 17 Sea Drift: O reckless despairing carols 6:26
  117. 18 Sea Drift: O past! O happy life 3:2
  118. 19 On Wenlock Edge: No. 1, On Wenlock Edge (Version with Orchestra) 3:51
  119. 20 On Wenlock Edge: No. 2, From Far, from Eve and Morning (Version with Orchestra) 2:4
  120. 21 On Wenlock Edge: No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing (Version with Orchestra) 3:47
  121. 22 On Wenlock Edge: No. 4, Oh When I Was in Love with You (Version with Orchestra) 0:44
  122. 23 On Wenlock Edge: No. 5, Bredon Hill (Version with Orchestra) 7:37
  123. 24 On Wenlock Edge: No. 6, Clun (Version with Orchestra) 3:22
  124. 25 In summertime on Bredon (orchestral accompaniment) 3:9
  125. 26 Devonshire Cream and Cider [with orch.] 3:55
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