To Music

~ Release by Isobel Baillie, Kathleen Ferrier, Gerald Moore (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Sound the trumpet
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323: III. Sound the Trumpet
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1694)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Henry Purcell2:09
2Stript of their green our groves appear
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Stript of Their Green Our Groves Appear, Z. 444
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 444)
Henry Purcell3:32
3I saw that you were grown so high
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
I Saw That You Were Grown So High, Z. 387
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1678)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 387)
Henry Purcell3:04
4Let us wander, not unseen
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Let us wander not unseen
lyricist:
John Milton (English poet; composer of Paradise Lost)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
Henry Purcell1:49
5Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene II, 15. “Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying” (Two shepherdesses)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II
Henry Purcell1:25
6Come to me, soothing sleep
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Ottone: "Come to me, soothing sleep" (arr. Somervell)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Sir Arthur Somervell (composer)
part of:
Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15 (catch-all for arrangements)
George Frideric Handel4:23
7Spring is coming
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Ottone: "Spring is coming" (arr. Somervell)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Sir Arthur Somervell (composer)
part of:
Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15 (catch-all for arrangements)
George Frideric Handel3:58
8O ravishing delight
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
O Ravishing Delight
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
Thomas Arne3:41
9Where the bee sucks
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Where the Bee Sucks
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
Thomas Arne2:00
10I will lay me down in peace
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
O God of My Righteousness "I will lay me down in peace" (arr. Roper)
composer:
Maurice Green (baroque composer)
Maurice Greene3:50
11O praise the Lord
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
O Praise the Lord (arr. Roper)
composer:
Maurice Green (baroque composer)
Maurice Greene1:54
12What is life? (Orfeo ed Euridice)
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
Orpheus and Eurydice, Wq. 30, Act III: “What is life to me without thee” (Che farò senza Euridice)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
translated version of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III. Aria “Che farò senza Euridice?” (Orfeo)
Christoph Willibald Gluck4:41
13My work is done (The Dream of Gerontius)
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38: Part II, I. I went to sleep (cues 1–15)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1900)
part of:
The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38
Edward Elgar3:28
14To Music
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
To Music
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
Franz Schubert3:08
15With a waterlily
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Sex Digte (Ibsensangene) op. 25: No. 4. Med en Vandlilje (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Henrik Ibsen
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
Sex digte (Ibsensangene), op. 25
Edvard Grieg2:24
16Sister dear
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Sister Dear
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
translated version of:
Sixteen German Folk Songs WoO 37: I. Schwesterlein, Schwesterlein
Johannes Brahms3:13
17Constancy
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
6 Gesänge, op. 3: Nr. 1. Liebestreu (O versenk', o versenk' dein Leid…)
lyricist:
Robert Reinick (German poet)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1853)
part of:
6 Gesänge, op. 3
Johannes Brahms2:19
18Sweetheart
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
recording of:
49 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33: Book II, no. 12 "Feinsliebchen, du sollst"
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
49 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33: Book II
Johannes Brahms2:40
19O can ye sew cushions?
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
O Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Scottish tune)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]3:05
20O whistle an' I'll come to you
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Oh, whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
[traditional]1:54
21Comin' through the rye
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Coming Through the Rye
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]1:45
22Think on me
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Think on Me (19th century song)
lyricist and composer:
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (Scottish songwriter)
Lady Scott2:59
23Greeting
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Abschiedslied der Zugvogel, op 63 no. 2
lyricist:
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (poet and composer)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
part of:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV J 9)
part of:
6 Duets, op. 63
Felix Mendelssohn2:34
24I would that my love
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
contralto vocals:
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
soprano vocals:
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
recording of:
Ich wollt', meine Lieb' ergösse sich, op. 63 no. 1
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
part of:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV J 5)
part of:
6 Duets, op. 63
Felix Mendelssohn2:43