Songs of the British Isles

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

• Released on 28/03/2005 by Naxos
• Main artists: Kathleen Ferrier
• Genre: Classical

Digital booklet

Ma bonny lad (arr. W.G. Whittaker) (Traditional)

1 Ma bonny lad (arr. W.G. Whittaker)

Phyllis Spurr 00:01:50

Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer - William Gillies Whittaker, Composer

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The Keel Row (arr. W.G. Whittaker) (Traditional)

2 The Keel Row (arr. W.G. Whittaker)

Phyllis Spurr 00:01:44

Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer - William Gillies Whittaker, Composer

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Blow the wind southerly (arr. W.G. Whittaker) (Traditional)

3 Blow the wind southerly (arr. W.G. Whittaker)

00:02:24

Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Traditional, Composer - William Gillies Whittaker, Composer

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

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

Phyllis Spurr 00:01:13

Herbert Hughes, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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My boy Willie (arr. C. Sharp) (Traditional)

5 My boy Willie (arr. C. Sharp)

Phyllis Spurr 00:01:45

Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Sharpe, Composer

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

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

Phyllis Spurr 00:02:24

Herbert Hughes, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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The fidgety bairn (arr. H. Roberton) (Traditional)

7 The fidgety bairn (arr. H. Roberton)

John Newmark 00:02:48

Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - John Newmark, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Hugh S. Roberton, Composer

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

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

Phyllis Spurr 00:01:59

Herbert Hughes, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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Ca' the yowes (arr. M. Jacobson) (Traditional)

9 Ca' the yowes (arr. M. Jacobson)

John Newmark 00:03:24

Robert Burns, Lyricist - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - John Newmark, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Jacobson, Composer

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Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles" (Traditional)

10 O waly, waly (arr. B. Britten)

Phyllis Spurr 00:03:34

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Lyricist

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

11 Willow, willow (arr. P. Warlock)

Phyllis Spurr 00:03:30

Peter Warlock, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist

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The Stuttering Lovers (arr. H. Hughes for voice and piano) (Herbert Hughes)

12 The stuttering lovers (arr. H. Hughes)

Phyllis Spurr 00:01:45

Herbert Hughes, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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3 Songs, Op. 3 (text by A. Tennyson and P.B. Shelley) (Roger Quilter)

13 Now sleeps the crimson petal

Phyllis Spurr 00:02:31

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lyricist - Roger Quilter, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Alfred Tennyson, Lyricist - Phyllis Spurr, Performer

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7 Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12 (Roger Quilter)

14 The fair house of joy

Phyllis Spurr 00:02:37

Thomas Campion, Lyricist - Roger Quilter, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist

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To Julia, op. 8 (Roger Quilter)

15 To daisies

Phyllis Spurr 00:02:14

Roger Quilter, Composer - Robert Herrick, Lyricist - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer

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Over the mountains (Roger Quilter)

16 Over the mountains

Phyllis Spurr 00:02:13

Roger Quilter, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer

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Have you seen but the whyte lillie grow (arr. S. Grew) (Traditional)

17 Have you seen but the whyte lillie grow (arr. S. Grew)

Phyllis Spurr 00:02:25

Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer - S. Grew, Composer

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

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

Phyllis Spurr 00:03:10

Robert Burns, Lyricist - Roger Quilter, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (arr. R. Quilter) (Roger Quilter)

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

Phyllis Spurr 00:03:01

ben jonson, Lyricist - Roger Quilter, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. H. Hughes) (Herbert Hughes)

20 Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. H. Hughes)

Phyllis Spurr 00:03:08

Herbert Hughes, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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The lover's curse (arr. H. Hughes) (Herbert Hughes)

21 The lover's curse (arr. H. Hughes)

Phyllis Spurr 00:03:00

Herbert Hughes, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Phyllis Spurr, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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An Irish Idyll in 6 Miniatures, Op. 77 (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford)

22 The fairy lough

Frederick Stone 00:03:42

Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer - Moira O'Neill, Lyricist

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A soft day (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford)

23 A soft day

Frederick Stone 00:02:58

Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer - Traditional, Lyricist

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Love is a bable, Op. 152, No. 3 (Sir Charles Hubert Parry)

24 Love is a bable, Op. 152, No. 3

Frederick Stone 00:01:44

Hubert Parry, Composer - Robert Jones, Lyricist - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer

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The House of Life (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

25 Silent noon

Frederick Stone 00:04:56

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lyricist - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer

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Go not, happy day (Frank Bridge)

26 Go not, happy day

Frederick Stone 00:01:38

Frank Bridge, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer - Lord Alfred Tennyson, Lyricist

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Sleep (Peter Warlock)

27 Sleep

Frederick Stone 00:02:51

Peter Warlock, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - John Fletcher, Lyricist - Frederick Stone, Performer

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Pretty ring time (Peter Warlock)

28 Pretty ring-time

Frederick Stone 00:01:21

William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Peter Warlock, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer

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Come you not from Newcastle (arr. B. Britten) (Traditional)

29 Come you not from Newcastle (arr. B. Britten)

Frederick Stone 00:01:37

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer - Traditional, Composer

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Kitty my love (arr. H. Hughes) (Herbert Hughes)

30 Kitty my love (arr. H. Hughes)

Frederick Stone 00:01:21

Herbert Hughes, Composer - Kathleen Ferrier, Performer - Frederick Stone, Performer - Traditional, Composer

2005 Naxos

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
• Total length: 01:14:47
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artists: Kathleen Ferrier
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Naxos
• Genre: Classical
• Collection: Naxos Historical
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