Songs of a Wayfarer, songs (5) for voice & piano: 1. Memory
Songs of a Wayfarer, songs (5) for voice & piano: 2. When Daffodils begin to peer
Songs of a Wayfarer, songs (5) for voice & piano: 3. English May
Songs of a Wayfarer, songs (5) for voice & piano: 4. I was not sorrowful (Spleen)
Songs of a Wayfarer, songs (5) for voice & piano: 5. I will walk on the earth
When lights go rolling round the sky, for voice & piano
Hope the Hornblower, for voice & piano
Sea fever, for voice & piano
Marigold, impressions (3) for voice & piano: 1. Youth's Spring-Tribute
Marigold, impressions (3) for voice & piano: 2. Penumbra
Marigold, impressions (3) for voice & piano: 3. Spleen
Songs (5) to poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 1. Beckon to me to come
Songs (5) to poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 2. In my sage Moments
Songs (5) to poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 3. It was what you bore with you, Woman
Songs (5) to poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 4. The Tragedy of that Moment
Songs (5) to poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 5. Dear, think not that they will forget you
Songs (3), for voice & piano (1918-1919): 1. Love & Friendship
Songs (3), for voice & piano (1918-1919): 2. Friendship in Misfortune
Songs (3), for voice & piano (1918-1919): 3. The one Hope
We'll to the woods no more, songs (3) for voice & piano: 1. We'll to the Woods no more
We'll to the woods no more, songs (3) for voice & piano: 2. In Boyhood
We'll to the woods no more, songs (3) for voice & piano: 3. Spring will not wait
Track Listings (26) - Disc #2
Songs (2), for voice & piano (1928): 1. Tryst
Songs (2), for voice & piano (1928): 2. During Music
Songs Sacred and Profane, songs (6) for voice & piano: 1. The Advent
Songs Sacred and Profane, songs (6) for voice & piano: 2. Hymn for a Child
Songs Sacred and Profane, songs (6) for voice & piano: 3. My Fair
Songs Sacred and Profane, songs (6) for voice & piano: 4. The Salley Gardens
Songs Sacred and Profane, songs (6) for voice & piano: 5. The Soldier's return
Songs Sacred and Profane, songs (6) for voice & piano: 6. The Scapegoat
Sixteenth-Century Poems (5), for voice & piano: 1. A Thanksgiving
Sixteenth-Century Poems (5), for voice & piano: 2. All in a Garden green
Sixteenth-Century Poems (5), for voice & piano: 3. An aside
Sixteenth-Century Poems (5), for voice & piano: 4. A Report Song
Sixteenth-Century Poems (5), for voice & piano: 5. The sweet Season
Blow out you Bugles, for voice & piano
If there were dreams to sell, for voice & piano
I have twelve oxen, for voice & piano
Spring Sorrow, for voice & piano
The bells of San Marie, for voice & piano
The journey, for voice & piano
The merry month of May, for voice & piano
The vagabond, for voice & piano
When I am dead, my dearest, for voice & piano
Santa Chiara (Palm Sunday, Naples), for voice & piano
Great things, for voice & piano
If we must part, a valedictation for voice & piano
Tutto è sciolto, for voice & piano
Track Listings (32) - Disc #3
The Heart's Desire (The boys are up the woods with day), for voice & piano
The sacred flame, for voice & piano
Remember, for voice & piano
Hawthorn Time ('Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town), for voice & piano
The East Riding, for voice & piano
Love is a sickness full of woes, for voice & piano
The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano: 1. The Lent Lily
The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano: 2. Ladslove
The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano: 3. Goal and Wicket
The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano: 4. The vain desire
The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano: 5. The encounter
The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano: 6. Epilogue
Songs (2), for voice & piano (1920): 1. The Trellis
Songs (2), for voice & piano (1920): 2. My true love hath my Heart
The three ravens, folk song arrangement for voice & piano
Bed in summer, for unison voices (or solo voice) & piano
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 1. Newborn
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 2. The only Child
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 3. Hope
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 4. Skylark and Nightingale
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 5. The blind Boy
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 6. Baby
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 7. Death-parting
Mother and Child, cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano: 8. The Garland
Earth's Call (A Sylvan Rhapsody), for voice & piano
Songs (3) to Poems by Arthur Symons, for voice & piano: 1. The Adoration
Songs (3) to Poems by Arthur Symons, for voice & piano: 2. The Rat
Songs (3) to Poems by Arthur Symons, for voice & piano: 3. Rest
What are you thinking of?, for voice & piano
Songs (3) to Poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 1. Summer schemes
Songs (3) to Poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 2. Her Song
Songs (3) to Poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano: 3. Weathers
John Ireland's music belongs to the 20th-century English musical tradition, demonstrating some lyrical affinity with Elgar while admitting contemporary influences from abroad into a very personal idiom. Three great vocal ... more »artists, Benjamin Luxon: baritone, John Mitchinson: tenor, and Alfreda Hodgson: contralto in rarely heard repertory of the greatest interest.« less
John Ireland's music belongs to the 20th-century English musical tradition, demonstrating some lyrical affinity with Elgar while admitting contemporary influences from abroad into a very personal idiom. Three great vocal artists, Benjamin Luxon: baritone, John Mitchinson: tenor, and Alfreda Hodgson: contralto in rarely heard repertory of the greatest interest.
Track Listings (22) - Disc #1