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Songs of the British Isles

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr / John Newmark / Frederick Stone (piano)

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$12.50

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This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

trad.: Ma bonny lad (arr. W.G. Whittaker)

Work length1:49
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 February 1949

trad.: The Keel Row (arr. W.G. Whittaker)

Work length1:44
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 February 1949

trad.: Blow the Wind Southerly

Work length2:24
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 10 February 1949

trad.: I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (arr. H. Hughes)

Work length1:13
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 December 1951

trad.: My boy Willie (arr. C. Sharp)

Work length1:45
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 December 1951

trad.: I know where I'm going (arr. H. Hughes)

Work length2:24
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 11 December 1951

trad.: The fidgety bairn (arr. H. Roberton)

Work length2:47
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
  • Recorded: 17 July 1950

trad.: I will walk with my love (arr. H. Hughes)

Work length1:59
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 December 1951

trad.: Ca' the yowes (arr. M. Jacobson)

Work length3:23
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
  • Recorded: 17 July 1950

trad.: O waly, waly (arr. B. Britten)

Work length3:33
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 December 1951

Warlock: Willow, willow (arr. P. Warlock)

Work length3:30
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 11 February 1949

trad.: The stuttering lovers (arr. H. Hughes)

Work length1:45
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 December 1951

Excerpt, Quilter: Songs (3), Op. 3

Work length2:30
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 December 1951

Now sleeps the crimson petal

Track length2:30
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Excerpt, Quilter: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12

Work length2:36
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 11 December 1951

The fair house of joy

Track length2:36
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Quilter: To Julia, Op.8

Work length2:14
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 11 December 1951

To daisies

Track length2:14
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Quilter: Over the Mountains

Work length2:13
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 12 December 1951

trad.: Have you seen but the whyte lillie grow

Work length2:24
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 10 February 1949

Quilter: Ye banks and braes (arr. R. Quilter)

Work length3:10
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 12 December 1951

Quilter: Drink to me only (arr. R. Quilter)

Work length3:00
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 12 December 1951

trad.: Down by the Salley Gardens

Work length3:08
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 11 February 1949

trad.: The lover's curse (arr. H. Hughes)

Work length2:59
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
  • Recorded: 11 February 1949

Stanford: An Irish Idyll

Work length3:41
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

The fairy lough

Track length3:41
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Stanford: A soft day

Work length2:57
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

Parry: Love is a bable

Work length1:43
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon

Work length4:55
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day

Work length1:37
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

Warlock: Sleep

Work length2:51
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

Warlock: Pretty Ring Time

Work length1:20
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

trad.: Come you not from Newcastle (arr. B. Britten)

Work length1:36
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952

trad.: Kitty my love (arr. H. Hughes)

Work length1:20
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
  • Recorded: 5 June 1952
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