| Other author/creator | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Graham, 1950- instrumentalist. |
| Included Work | Smith, John Christopher, 1712-1795 Fairies. You spotted snakes; arranged. |
| Included Work | Smith, John Christopher, 1712-1795. Tempest. No more dams I'll make for fish; arranged. |
| Included Work | Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778. Love's labour's lost. On a day, alack the day; arranged. |
| Included Work | Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Canzonettas, voice, piano, 2nd set. She never told her love. |
| Included Work | Addison, John, 1766?-1844. Mistress mine. |
| Included Work | Linley, W. (William), 1771-1835. Lawn as white as driv'n snow. |
| Included Work | Major, John, 1954- If love make me forsworn. |
| Included Work | Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855. Midsummer night's dream. O happy fair!; arranged. |
| Included Work | Clifton, John, 1781-1841. If music be the food of love. |
| Included Work | Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918. Sonnets by Shakespeare. Farewell, thou are too dear for my possessing. |
| Included Work | Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918. Sonnets by Shakespeare. When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes. |
| Included Work | Aikin, W. A. (William Arthur), 1857-1939. Sonnet XVIII. |
| Included Work | Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924. Clown's songs from "Twelfth night." Rain it raineth every day. |
| Included Work | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Orpheus with his lute. |
| Included Work | Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953. Shakespeare songs, op. 6. Come away, death. |
| Included Work | Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953. Shakespeare songs, op. 23 Selections. |
| Included Work | Gardiner, H. Balfour (Henry Balfour), 1877-1950. Winter. |
| Included Work | Ireland, John, 1879-1962. Songs of a wayfarer. When daffodils begin to peer. |
| Included Work | Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983. In green ways. Under the greenwood tree; arranged. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Songs for Ariel. Come unto these yellow sands. |
| Included Work | Horder, Mervyn, 1910-1997. Shakespeare songs. Who is Silvia? |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Fancie. |
| Included Work | Bush, Geoffrey. Elizabethan songs. Sigh no more, ladies. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Songs for Ariel Full fathom five. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Songs for Ariel. Where the bee sucks. |
| Contents |
You spotted snakes ; No more dams I'll make for fish / John Christopher Smith -- On a day, alack the day / Thomas Arne -- She never told her love / Joseph Haydn -- O mistress mine / John Addison -- Lawn, as white as driven snow / William Linley -- If love make me forsworn / John Major -- O happy fair! / Henry Bishop -- If music be the food of love / John Clifton -- Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing ; When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes / Hubert Parry -- Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / William Aikin -- The rain it raineth every day / Charles Villiers Stanford -- Orpheus with his lute / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- |
| Contents |
Come away, death ; Fear no more the heat o' the sun ; Take, o take those lips away ; It was a lover and his lass / Roger Quilter -- Winter / H. Balfour Gardiner -- When daffodils begin to peer / John Ireland -- Under the greenwood tree / Herbert Howells -- Songs for Ariel : Come unto these yellow sands ; Full fathom five ; Where the bee sucks / Michael Tippett -- Who is Silvia? / Mervyn Horder -- Fancie / Benjamin Britten -- Sigh no more ladies / Geoffrey Bush. |
| General note | The 1st-3rd and 8th works are from operas; the acc. of the 21st work originally for orchestra. |
| General note | Sung in English. |
| General note | Durations on container. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes by Michael Hurd and Graham Johnson and texts (15 p.) in container. |
| Performer |
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Graham Johnson, piano. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded on 6-8 February 1991. |
| Publisher number | CDA66480 Hyperion |
