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Butterworth - Banks of Green Willow, etc [Original recording remastered]

~ Sir Neville Marriner, Benjamin Luxon
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  • Audio CD (14 May 2001)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B00005IA6B
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,010 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Loveliest Of Trees
2. When I was One-And-Twenty
3. Look Not In My Eyes
4. Think, No More Lad
5. The Lads In Their Hundreds
6. Is My Team Ploughing?
7. Brendon Hill
8. O Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain
9. When The Lad For Longing Sighs
10. On The Idle Hill Of Summer
11. With Rue My Heart Is Laden
12. A Shropshire Lad
13. Two English Idylls
14. The Banks Of Green Willow
On this CD:
  1. (A) Shropshire Lad
    Composed by George Butterworth
    with Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

  2. Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'
    Composed by George Butterworth
    with Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

  3. (A) Shropshire Lad
    Composed by George Butterworth
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

  4. (2) English Idylls
    Composed by George Butterworth
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

  5. (The) Banks of Green Willow
    Composed by George Butterworth
    Conducted by Neville Marriner

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Amazon.co.uk Review

George Butterworth (1885-1916) was perhaps the most gifted of those young composers who lost their lives in the Great War. Though Butterworth's output was small (he was notoriously self-critical, destroying many early manuscripts before enlisting in 1914), it is of exceedingly high quality and works such as the ineffably poignant 1911 orchestral rhapsody A Shropshire Lad and "On the Idle Hill of Summer" from Bredon Hill are mini-masterpieces by any standard, driving home afresh what a grievous loss to British music Butterworth's premature demise was. On this useful mid-priced Decca compilation, Benjamin Luxon and David Willison bring a wealth of character and insight to the two Housman song-cycles (Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad and Bredon Hill), while Marriner and his beautifully poised band give supremely sensitive performances of the three entrancing orchestral offerings. Very good sound throughout and a positive recommendation, though no collector should miss hearing Adrian Boult's treasurable mono recordings of both A Shropshire Lad and The Banks of Green Willow on a bargain Belart reissue. --Andrew Achenbach

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A contemplative listen., 22 Aug 2001
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This wonderful collection of songs and orchestral pieces may have connotations of an idealistic English pastoral arcadia, but, ultimately, refuse this appropriation. The melancholy of A.E. Housman's poetry and the tragic end of Butterworth on the battle fields of the Somme make this reflective but worthwhile listening.

The simplicity of piano and voice used in the "Shropshire Lad" songs contrast effectively with three of Butterworth's best known orchestral works at the end, which display his influence by the English folk tradition. The final work is almost inevitably, but rightly, "The Banks of Green Willow" with its enduringly beautiful clarinet introduction. A wise investment for admirers of this composer's brief musical career.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An essential compilation that falls short , 15 April 2008
By DH Dixon "whitespeck" (England) - See all my reviews
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George Butterworth is my favourite English composer with Malcolm Arnold getting close behind. A complete Butterworth disc is very much needed, but there are problems with this one. To begin with the conductor pulls "A Shropshire Lad" out of shape, losing control of the structure a bit, and the recordings of the orchestral works were made in a church, so that there is some loss in woodwind colours, which is disastrous with Butterworth. Finally (though this isn't the fault of Decca now) Butterworth's short orchestral song cycle isn't included, so it is not completely complete. The record is not as bad as I might have put it (the church recording is not as colourless or harsh as they usually are) and until there is decent competition it is worth having for the music.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Sound quality lousy, 14 Feb 2006
By Roald Andresen (Skien Norway) - See all my reviews
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There is no doubt that the musical quality on these recordings are supurb. I will not go further into this, as it is extensivly covered in others reviews.
The sound quality however is so bad that it should have been noted on the cover. This sounds like an old, very scratched, vinyl album. If you are not able to ignore the noise, avoid this CD.
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