Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Songs of Travel
Linden Lea
Silent Noon

John Ireland (1879-1962)
Sea Fever
Five Songs, sur des poèmes de Thomas Hardy
Mélodies sacrées et profanes

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Drake's Drum
The Old Superb

Frederick Keel (1871-1954)
Trade Winds

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Captain Stratton’s Fancy

George Butterworth (1885-1916)
Six Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"

Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950)
Three Songs from "Ludlow Town"

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Man is for the woman made
Music for a while
'Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh Town

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
"When night her purple veil", cantate séculaire pour baryton, 2 violons et continuo

Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674)
A Hymne to God the Father

John Shirley-Quirk, basse-baryton
Martin Isepp, clavecin, piano
Viola Tunnerd, piano
Ambrose Gauntlett, viole de gambe
Nona Liddell, violon
Ivor McMahon, violon
Eric Parkin, piano

As a tribute to the late John Shirley-Quirk, Heritage is proud to re-issue the recordings he made of English song for the SAGA label in the 1960s. Three LPs were originally laid down – Songs of Travel, A Recital of English Song and The Songs of John Ireland – and they appear here as a double CD. The performances are considered by many to be definitive and the present collection, re-mastered from the original tapes, appears by king permission of the SAGA Continuation Trust. The recordings have not been available in CD format for 20 years which makes this Heritage release highly anticipated.