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There is Sweet Music

20 English part-songs and folk-song arrangements

The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

There is Sweet Music

There is Sweet Music

20 English part-songs and folk-song arrangements

The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

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Featuring masterpieces by Benjamin Britten (Five Flower Songs), Vaughan Williams (Three Shakespeare Songs), Stanford, Delius and Elgar alongside folk-song arrangements by Bairstow, Chapman, Grainger, Holst, Moeran and Stanford, this collection highlights a golden age of the English part-song, now somewhat neglected but nonetheless offering many gem-like compositions worthy of re-investigation. "a flawless performance by a perfectly balanced group of singers? These performers hold you entranced" - Digital Audio

"I have rarely been so stunned by the opening track of a disc before ? the choir displays the most amazing discipline in their control of diction, dynamic grading and attack ? I eagerly await to hear more from this partnership" - Hi-Fi News Record of the Month

"A cleverly-chosen and beautifully performed album very well recorded ?" - Music and Musicians

"[recorded] with an expertise matching that of this talented group of singers ? The control exhibited by this choir is remarkable and the quality of the voices outstanding" - Gramophone

"These performances are a joy to listen to" - BBC Record Review

Contents and tracklist

Stanford: Part-songs (8), Op. 119
Work length4:00
No. 3, The Blue Bird
Track length4:00
Delius: 2 Unaccompanied Part-Songs, RT IV / 5
Work length4:33
No. 1, To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water I
Track length2:14
No. 2, To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water II
Track length2:19
Excerpt,Elgar: Four Part-songs Op. 53
Work length5:29
No. 1, There Is Sweet Music
Track length5:29
Elgar: 3 Part Songs, Op. 18
Work length4:24
No. 3, My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Track length4:24
Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Work length6:42
No. 1, Full Fathom Five
Track length3:17
No. 2, The Cloud-Capp'd Towers
Track length2:20
No. 3, Over Hill, Over Dale
Track length1:05
Moeran: The Sailor and Young Nancy (Arr. E.J. Moeran for Choir)
Work length3:03
Grainger: Brigg Fair (Arr. P. Grainger for Choir)
Work length2:57
Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry, BFMS 29 (Arr. P. Grainger for Choir)
Work length3:27
Edward T Chapman: The 3 Ravens
Work length4:52
The Three Ravens (Arr. E.T. Chapman for Choir)
Track length4:52
trad.: 12 Welsh Folk Songs, H. 183
Work length1:55
No. 9, My Sweetheart’s Like Venus (Arr. G. Holst for Choir)
Track length1:55
Bairstow: The Oak and the Ash (Arr. E. Bairstow for Choir)
Work length3:02
Stanford: Quick! We Have But a Second (Arr. C.V. Stanford for Choir)
Work length0:47
Britten: Five Flower Songs, Op. 47
Work length11:06
No. 1, To Daffodils
Track length1:38
No. 2, The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
Track length2:04
No. 3, Marsh Flowers
Track length2:30
No. 4, The Evening Primrose
Track length2:35
No. 5, Ballad of Green Broom
Track length2:19
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