| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Contents |
Lincolnshire poacher (2:05) ; Foggy, foggy dew (2:32) ; Sweet Polly Oliver (2:30) ; Early one morning (2:59) ; Last rose of summer (4:00) (Peter Pears, tenor ; Benjamin Britten, piano) -- Blow the wind southerly (2:26) ; Keel row (1:44) ; Drink to me only (3:02) ; Down by the Salley Gardens (3:14) (Kathleen Ferrier, contralto ; Phyllis Spurr, piano) -- Up from Somerset (3:14) ; Nearer my God to thee (4:36) ; Break to news to Mother (5:24) (Benjamin Luxon, baritone ; David Willison, piano) -- In an old-fashioned town (2:52) ; Bless this house (2:59) ; Somewhere a voice is calling (2:55) ; Home sweet home (4:03) (Felicity Palmer, soprano ; John Constable, piano) -- Linden Lea (2:52) ; Water mill (3:23) ; Silent noon (3:34) Robert Tear, vocal ; Philip Ledger, piano) -- Lass of Richmond Hill (2:41) (Robert Tear, tenor ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Field ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor) |
| Performer |
Felicity Palmer, soprano ; Kathleen Ferrier, contralto ; Peter Pears, Robert Tear, tenors ; Benjamin Luxon, baritone ; Robert Tear, vocalists ; Benjamin Britten, Phyllis Spurr, David Willison, John Constable, Philip Ledger, piano ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor |
| Subject |
Folk songs, English.
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Ballads, English.
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Ballads, English.
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Folk songs, English.
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Palmer, Felicity, singer.
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Ferrier, Kathleen, 1912-1953, singer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, singer.
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Tear, Robert, singer.
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Luxon, Benjamin, singer.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, instrumentalist.
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Spurr, Phyllis, instrumentalist.
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Willison, David, instrumentalist.
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Constable, John, 1934- instrumentalist.
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Ledger, Philip, instrumentalist.
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Marriner, Neville, conductor.
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Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, instrumentalist.
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