War's Embers: English Songs of World War 1

Martyn Hill, Michael George, Stephen Varcoe

• Released on 01/03/1988 by Hyperion
• Main artists: Martyn Hill Stephen Varcoe George Michael
• Genre: Classical

1 Requiem da camera: III. Only a Man Harrowing Clods

Clifford Benson 00:04:11

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hardy, Author - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

2 In Flanders

Clifford Benson 00:02:49

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frederick William Harvey, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

3 Ha'nacker Mill

Clifford Benson 00:02:38

Hilaire Belloc, Author - Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

4 Black Stitchel

Clifford Benson 00:02:23

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Wilfrid Gibson, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

5 By a Bierside

Clifford Benson 00:04:12

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - John Masefield, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

6 Blaweary

Clifford Benson 00:01:33

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Wilfrid Gibson, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

7 The Twa Corbies

Clifford Benson 00:04:59

Anonymous, Author - Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

8 The Fiddler of Dooney

Clifford Benson 00:01:59

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - William Butler Yeats, Author - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

9 Goodnight to the Meadow

Clifford Benson 00:01:23

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Doyle, Author - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Graves, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

10 Severn Meadows

Clifford Benson 00:01:46

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Gurney, ComposerLyricist - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

11 Vagabond Songs, Op. 10: No. 1, The Wanderer's Song

Clifford Benson 00:02:58

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Symons, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Farrar, Composer

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12 Vagabond Songs, Op. 10: No. 2, Silent Noon

Clifford Benson 00:03:51

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Author - Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Farrar, Composer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

13 Vagabond Songs, Op. 10: No. 3, The Roadside Fire

Clifford Benson 00:02:01

Robert Louis Stevenson, Author - Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Farrar, Composer

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14 Hawk and Buckle

Clifford Benson 00:01:13

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Doyle, Author - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Graves, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

15 The Ship

Clifford Benson 00:02:30

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Collings Squire, Author

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16 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 1, Orpheus

Clifford Benson 00:02:38

William Shakespeare , Author - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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17 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 2, Tears

Clifford Benson 00:03:34

Anonymous, Author - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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18 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 3, Under the Greenwood Tree

Clifford Benson 00:01:40

William Shakespeare , Author - Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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19 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4, Sleep

Clifford Benson 00:03:29

Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Fletcher, Author

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20 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 5, Spring

Clifford Benson 00:02:26

Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Nashe, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

DISC 2

1 Arabia

Clifford Benson 00:05:25

Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter de la Mare, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Denis Browne, Composer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

2 The Boat Is Chafing

George Michael 00:01:22

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Davidson, Author

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3 Cathleen ni Houlihan

George Michael 00:02:56

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - William Butler Yeats, Author - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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4 Edward, Edward

Clifford Benson 00:06:05

Anonymous, Author - Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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5 The Night of Trafalgar

George Michael 00:02:22

Thomas Hardy, Author - Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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6 Even Such Is Time

Clifford Benson 00:02:49

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Walter Raleigh, Author

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7 Thou Didst Delight My Eyes

Clifford Benson 00:03:29

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Robert Bridges, Author - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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8 Most Holy Night

George Michael 00:03:46

Hilaire Belloc, Author - Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

9 Diaphenia

Clifford Benson 00:02:09

Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Constable, Author - William Denis Browne, Composer

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10 Brittany, Op. 21 No. 1

Stephen Varcoe 00:01:47

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Farrar, Composer - Edward Verrall Lucas, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

11 Come You, Mary, Op. 21 No. 2

Clifford Benson 00:00:58

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Farrar, Composer - Norman Rowland Gale, Author

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12 Who Would Shepherds Pipe, Op. 21 No. 3

Clifford Benson 00:01:47

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Farrar, Composer - Norman Rowland Gale, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

13 Shall I Compare Thee?, Op. 1 No. 1

Clifford Benson 00:03:32

William Shakespeare , Author - Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frederick Septimus Kelly, Composer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

14 You Are My Sky

George Michael 00:02:49

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Collings Squire, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

15 Last Hours

Clifford Benson 00:04:55

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - John Freeman, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

16 To Violets

George Michael 00:01:08

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Robert Herrick, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

17 Nine of the Clock

George Michael 00:00:52

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Doyle, Author - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Graves, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

18 Epitaph in Old Mode

George Michael 00:03:10

Michael George, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Collings Squire, Author

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

19 Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy

Martyn Hill 00:04:45

Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ben jonson, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Denis Browne, Composer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

20 Requiescat

Stephen Varcoe 00:02:45

George Butterworth, Composer - Stephen Varcoe, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Wilde, Author - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

21 To Gratiana Dancing and Singing

Clifford Benson 00:04:24

Martyn Hill, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Benson, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Lovelace, Author - William Denis Browne, Composer

℗ 1988 Hyperion Records Limited

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 41 track(s)
• Total length: 01:57:28

• Main artists: Martyn Hill Stephen Varcoe George Michael
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Hyperion
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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