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Butterworth (6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad

Intelligent and personable performances from this thoughtful partnership

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth

Genre:

Vocal

Label: Naxos

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 52

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: 8 572426

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Loveliest of trees George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: When I was one-and-twenty George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Look not in my eyes George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Think no more, lad George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: The lads in their hundreds George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Is my team ploughing? George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A brisk young sailor courted me George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Seventeen come Sunday George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Roving in the dew George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: The true lover's farewell George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Tarry trousers George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Bredon Hill George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: O fair enough are sky and plain George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: When the lad for longing sighs George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: On the idle hill of summer George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: With rue my heart is laden George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
I will make you brooches George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
I fear thy kisses George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Requiescat George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Yonder stands a lovely creature George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A blacksmith went out George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Sowing the seeds of love George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A lawyer went out George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Come my own one George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: The cuckoo George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Iain Burnside, Piano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
The selection may not be as generous as Mark Stone’s recent complete survey (warmly welcomed by John Steane, 6/10), but no lover of British song should miss hearing what Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside have to bring to this gorgeous repertoire. Their readings of Butterworth’s two sublime Housman cycles are, on balance, the most consistently stylish and illuminating to have come my way since those of Bryn Terfel and Malcolm Martineau (a true modern classic on DG, 8/95). The great Welsh bass-baritone may still have the edge in terms of strength of character, winning communicative flair and interpretative daring (his extraordinarily soft pianissimos in “Is my team ploughing?” never fail to activate the goose bumps), but Williams’s engagingly fresh delivery, secure technique, eloquent turn of phrase and variety of tone are a joy throughout, as is his crystal-clear diction. Burnside, too, is at his customarily unmannered, attentive best, the crispness and poise of his pianism a pleasure to encounter.

Granted, the presentation is no match for Stone Records’ handsomely designed and comprehensively annotated booklet (the full texts have to be downloaded from the Naxos website). When it comes to sound quality, though, Mike Clements’s marvellously transparent, truthfully balanced sound falls far more sympathetically on the ear (the rival Stone production is a touch too hollow and distant for my own tastes). An enticingly low price-tag further enhances the appeal of what may well be Williams’s finest disc to date. Recommended with enthusiasm.

Butterworth (6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad

(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Loveliest of trees

(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: When I was one-and-twenty

(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Look not in my eyes

(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Think no more, lad

(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: The lads in their hundreds

(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Is my team ploughing?

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A brisk young sailor courted me

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Seventeen come Sunday

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Roving in the dew

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: The true lover's farewell

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Tarry trousers

Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Bredon Hill

Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: O fair enough are sky and plain

Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: When the lad for longing sighs

Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: On the idle hill of summer

Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: With rue my heart is laden

I will make you brooches

I fear thy kisses

Requiescat

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Yonder stands a lovely creature

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A blacksmith went out

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Sowing the seeds of love

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A lawyer went out

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Come my own one

(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: The cuckoo

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