Butterworth, G Complete Butterworth Songbook

A truly enterprising tribute to Butterworth’s subtle art

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth

Genre:

Vocal

Label: Stone

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: 5060192780024

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Loveliest of trees George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: When I was one-and-twenty George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Look not in my eyes George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Think no more, lad George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: The lads in their hundreds George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(6) Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Is my team ploughing? George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
Haste on, my Joys! George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Yonder stands a lovely creature George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A blacksmith went out George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A lawyer went out George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Come my own one George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: A brisk young sailor courted me George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Tarry trousers George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
I will make you brooches George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
Love Blows as the Wind Blows, Movement: In the year that's come and gone George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
Love Blows as the Wind Blows, Movement: Life in her creaking shoes George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
Love Blows as the Wind Blows, Movement: Fill a glass with golden wine George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
Love Blows as the Wind Blows, Movement: On the way to Kew George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
I fear thy kisses George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Sowing the seeds of love George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: The cuckoo George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Seventeen come Sunday George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: Roving in the dew George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
(11) Folksongs from Sussex, Movement: The true lover's farewell George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
Requiescat George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
Bredon Hill and other songs from 'A Shropshire Lad, Movement: Bredon Hill George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
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
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
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
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
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
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano
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
Mark Stone, Baritone
Stephen Barlow, Piano

The label is Mark Stone’s, his the informative notes, and he is of course also the very good singer: we are much indebted to him. Most of us know Butterworth in association with AE Housman – the Shropshire Lad Rhapsody and the six songs, with possibly a few additional songs such as “Bredon Hill”. As for Butterworth’s life, as Mark Stone says, what is still best known about that is his death at the age of 31 on the Western Front in 1916. Its poignancy is driven home by this collection of his songs, which helps greatly to clarify an individuality both sympathetic and distinctive.

It will also do no harm at all to Mark Stone’s already considerable reputation as a singer. As many amateur baritones will have discovered, the Shropshire Lad songs do not always sit as comfortably on the voice as may be supposed. The third song, “Look not in my eyes”, is an example, and it suits Mark Stone admirably. Stephen Barlow is his excellent pianist and together they give a particularly fine performance of “On the idle hill of summer”, the masterpiece among the Housman settings. Enjoyable too are the folksong arrangements, and an unexpected bonus is a short piece of film (playable on the CD through a computer) in which Butterworth is seen dancing.

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