Composer: Herbert Howells
Performers: Lynne Dawson (soprano), Catherine Pierard (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
Label: Chandos
Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London
1-5 September 1992
Tracklisting:
CD1
Unpublished Songs
1 An Old Man’ Lullaby
2 Here She Lies
3 O Garlands, Hanging by the Doors
Two South African Settings
4 1 Einsaamleid – Loneliness
5 2 Vrijheidsgees – Spirit of Freedom
6 Upon a Summer’s Day
7 By the Hearth-Stone
8 Blaweary
Three Folksongs
9 1 I Will Give my Love an Apple
10 2 The Brisk young Widow
11 3 Cendrillon
12 Sweet Content
A Garland for de la Mare
13 1 Wanderers
14 2 The Lady Caroline
15 3 Before Dawn
16 4 The Old Stone House
17 5 The Three Cherry Trees
18 6 The Old Soldier
19 7 The Song of the Secret
20 8 Some One
21 9 A Queer Story
22 10 The Old House
23 11 Andy Battle
Published Songs
Peacock Pie Op. 33
24 1 Tired Tim
25 2 Alas, Alack!
26 3 Mrs. MacQueen
27 4 The Dunce
28 5 Full Moon
29 6 Miss T.
CD2
Published Songs (continued)
Four French Chansons Op.29 14:29
1 1 Sainte Catherine – St. Catherine
2 2 C’est le grand duc du Maine – It’s the Grand Duke of Maine
3 3 Angèle au Couvent – Angela at the convent
4 4 Le petit Couturier – The little Tailor
In Green Ways Op.43
5 1 Under the Greenwood Tree
6 2 The Goat Paths
7 3 Merry Margaret
8 4 Wanderer’s Night Song
9 5 On the Merry First of May
10 Old Meg
Three Children’s Songs
11 1 Eight o’clock, the Postman’s Knock
12 2 The Days are Clear
13 3 Mother, shake the Cherry-Tree
Four Songs Op.22
14 1 There was a Maiden
15 2 A Madrigal
16 3 The Widow Bird
17 4 Girl’s Song
18 Lost Love
19 O, My Deir Hert
20 Come Sing and Dance
21 The Mugger’s Song
22 Little Boy Lost
23 The Restful Branches
24 Mally O’
25 Old Skinflint
26 King David
27 Gavotte
28 Flood
29 Goddess of Night