George Butterworth
Born: 12th July 1885, Paddington, London, UK
Died: 5th August 1916, Pozières, Somme, France
Nationality: English
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the fighting at Pozières in the First World War, and died during the Battle of the Somme.
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Further Reading: Butterworth, G
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In Spain (and elsewhere) with the RLPO
31st Oct 2025
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic present two contrasting albums - Spain viewed through rose-tinted French glasses, and some rarely-heard masterpieces of pastoral English Romanticism.
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Ian Bostridge on Requiem: The Pity of War
14th Jan 2019
The tenor talks to Katherine about his recent recording of songs by Mahler, George Butterworth, Rudi Stephan and Kurt Weill with Antonio Pappano, released at the end of October on Warner Classics.
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All Works: Butterworth, G
- A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody (35)
- A Shropshire Lad - six songs (26)
- Bredon Hill 'In summertime on Bredon' (2)
- Bredon Hill and other songs (10)
- Eleven Folk Songs from Sussex (5)
- English Idyll No. 1 (1)
- English Idyll No. 2 (2)
- Fantasia for Orchestra (2)
- Haste On, My Joys! (1)
- I Fear Thy Kisses (2)
- I Will Make You Brooches (2)
- Is My Team Ploughing? (3)
- Look not in my eyes (1)
- Love Blows As The Wind Blows (10)
- Loveliest of Trees (5)
- On the idle hill of summer (3)
- Requiescat (5)
- Suite for String Quartette (3)
- The Banks of Green Willow (32)
- The lads in their hundreds (4)
- Two English Idylls (13)
- When I was one-and-twenty (2)
- When the lad for longing sighs (2)
- With rue my heart is laden (2)
Recent Best Sellers: Butterworth, G
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
original 1913 version London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2016, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; Holst: Egdon Heath, St. Paul's Suite
Andrew Manze (violin), Cormac Henry, Helena Mackie, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st October 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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A Shropshire Lad | English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams (baritone), Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Voice & Orchestra
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Coming soon. Vaughan Williams, Butterworth & Moeran
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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New Releases: Butterworth, G
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New. Lost England
Kent Sinfonia, Marion Whitehead & Malcolm Riley, Sophie Mansell (vocalist), Grace Bayley, Poppy Green, Harriet Heber, Tiggy Tooze, Malcolm Riley
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New. English Song Anthology
Viola Tunnard, John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martin Isepp, Eric Parkin (piano)
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