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English Song

Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) & Benjamin Britten (piano)

English Song

English Song

Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) & Benjamin Britten (piano)

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Peter Pears’ voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin Britten in performances of English song. Repertoire includes works by Ford, Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Campion, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Moeran, Warlock, Holst, Berkeley, Oldham and Britten.

Contents and tracklist

Ford, T: Fair, Sweet, Cruel
Work length1:57
When Laura Smiles
Work length1:36
Dowland: I saw my Lady weepe
Work length4:06
Morley: It was a lover and his lass
Work length2:22
Dowland: Awake, sweet love
Work length2:36
Philip Rossester: What Then Is Love But Mourning
Work length2:47
Morley: Mistress Mine, Well May You Fare
Work length1:17
Dowland: Fine knacks for ladies
Work length2:35
Rosseter: Sweet come again
Work length3:45
Morley: Thirsis and Milla
Work length2:28
Dowland: Sorrow, stay
Work length3:48
Ford, T: Come Phyllis come
Work length1:35
Morley: I saw my lady weeping
Work length2:58
Pilkington: Rest sweet Nimphs
Work length4:29
Morley: What of My Mistress Now
Work length1:34
Thomas Campian: Come Let Us Sound With Melody
Work length1:53
Misere, My Maker
Work length3:29
Rosseter: What is a day?
Work length1:51
Thomas Campian: Fair If You Expect Admiring
Work length1:20
Thoams Campian: Shall I Come Sweet Love?
Work length2:58
Dowland: If my complaints could passions move
Work length4:28
Dowland: What if I never speed?
Work length1:33
Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day
Work length1:21
Butterworth, G: Is My Team Ploughing?
Work length3:45
Ireland: I Have Twelve Oxon
Work length1:44
Moeran: In youth is pleasure
Work length2:24
Warlock: Yarmouth Fair
Work length1:37
Holst: Persephone
Work length1:08
Berkeley, L: How Love Came In
Work length1:17
Britten: Let the Florid Music Praise!
Work length3:39
Oldham, A: Herd Boy's Song
Work length1:16
Oldham, A: Fishing
Work length0:42
Oldham, A: Pedlar of Spells
Work length0:58
Bridge: Love went a-riding
Work length1:38

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