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Track Listings
| 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:
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(A) Shropshire Lad
Composed by George Butterworth
with Benjamin Luxon, David Willison
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Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'
Composed by George Butterworth
with Benjamin Luxon, David Willison
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(A) Shropshire Lad
Composed by George Butterworth
Conducted by Neville Marriner
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(2) English Idylls
Composed by George Butterworth
Conducted by Neville Marriner
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(The) Banks of Green Willow
Composed by George Butterworth
Conducted by Neville Marriner
Product Description
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
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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