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Volume 1: British Isles - II. Little Sir William

by Graham Johnson & Philip Langridge · from Britten: Folk Song Arrangements

2005Classical3:01Track 2

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Review by Jules Archer★★★★Sample

the sequencing here is criminally underrated. “Volume 1: British Isles - II. Little Sir William” into the next one?? come on.

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Review by lena★★★★Sample

i was not emotionally prepared for “Volume 1: British Isles - II. Little Sir William”. nobody warned me. consider yourself warned.

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Disc 1
1
Volume 1: British Isles - I. The Salley Gardens
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2:36
2
Volume 1: British Isles - II. Little Sir William
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3:01
3
Volume 1: British Isles - III. The Bonny Earl o' Moray
sample avg 3.4 · Dame Felicity Lott & Graham Johnson
2:36
4
Volume 1: British Isles - IV. O can ye sew cushions?
sample avg 3.0 · Dame Felicity Lott & Graham Johnson
2:21
5
Volume 1: British Isles - V. The trees they grow so high
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3:37
6
Volume 1: British Isles - VI. The Ash Grove
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2:36
7
Volume 1: British Isles - VII. Oliver Cromwell
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0:46
8
Folk Songs - I. Greensleeves
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1:57
9
Folk Songs - II. I wonder as I wander
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4:00
10
Folk Songs - III. The Crocodile
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4:47
11
Volume 3: British Isles - I. The Plough Boy
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1:57
12
Volume 3: British Isles - II. There's none to soothe
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1:37
13
Volume 3: British Isles - III. Sweet Polly Oliver
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2:14
14
Volume 3: British Isles - IV. The Miller of Doe
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1:56
15
Volume 3: British Isles - VI. The foggy, foggy dew
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2:34
16
Volume 3: British Isles - VII. O Waly, Waly
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4:04
17
Volume 3: British Isles - VIII. Come you not from Newcastle?
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1:14
18
Pray Goody
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0:48
19
Volume 5: British Isles - I. The Brisk Young Widow
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2:07
20
Volume 5: British Isles - II. Sally in our Alley
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4:09
21
Volume 5: British Isles - III. The Lincolnshire Poacher
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2:09
22
Volume 5: British Isles - IV. Early one morning
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3:18
23
Volume 5: British Isles - V. Ca' the yowes
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3:43
24
Folk Songs: IV. The Holly and the Ivy
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2:25
25
Folk Songs: V. Soldier, won't you marry me?
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1:41
26
Folk Songs: VI. The Deaf Woman's Courtship
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1:19
Disc 2
1
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - I. Avenging and bright
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1:34
2
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - II. Sail on, sail on
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2:27
3
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - III. How sweet the answer
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1:57
4
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - IV. The Minstrel Boy
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2:23
5
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - V. At the mid hour of night
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2:47
6
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - VI. Rich and rare
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3:07
7
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - VII. Dear Harp of my Country!
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2:26
8
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - VIII. Oft in the stilly night
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2:47
9
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - IX. The last rose of summer
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3:45
10
Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies - X. O the sight entrancing
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2:15
11
Volume 2: France - I. The Orphan and King Henry
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3:51
12
Volume 2: France - II. Hear the Voice of Spring
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1:46
13
Volume 2: France - III. Fileuse
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1:51
14
Volume 2: France - IV. The King is gone a-hunting
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2:21
15
Volume 2: France - V. Beauty in love's garden
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3:13
16
Volume 2: France - VI. There's someone in my fancy
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4:57
17
Volume 2: France - VII. Eho! Eho!
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1:56
18
Volume 2: France - VIII. Heigh ho, heigh hi!
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2:03
19
Volume 6: England - I. I will give my love an apple
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1:18
20
Volume 6: England - II. Sailor-boy
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1:54
21
Volume 6: England - III. Master Kilby
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1:59
22
Volume 6: England - IV. The Soldier and the Sailor
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2:41
23
Volume 6: England - V. Bonny at Morn
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2:32
24
Volume 6: England - VI. The Shooting of his Dear
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3:01
25
German Folk Song - The Stream in the Valley
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2:34
26
Unidentified folk song setting
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3:35