In-demand tenor James Gilchrist has been hailed as an unparalleled interpreter of English song. In this special three-disc set are gathered his finest recordings to date: song cycles by Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Gurney, Britten, Warlock, and Leighton. Indeed, Gilchrist's pure, golden tone and sensitive musicianship suit the works of the English masters of song to perfection.

Tracklist:

Oh Fair to See - I Say I LL Seek Her Side - James Gilchrist
Oh Fair to See - Oh Fair to See - James Gilchrist
Oh Fair to See - As I Lay in the Early Sun - James Gilchrist
Oh Fair to See - Only the Wanderer - James Gilchrist
Oh Fair to See - to Joy - James Gilchrist
Oh Fair to See - Harvest - James Gilchrist
Oh Fair to See - Since We Loved - James Gilchrist
A Young Man's Exhortation - Mane Floreat, Et Transeat - a Young Man's Exhortation - James Gilchrist
A Young Man's Exhortation - Mane Floreat, Et Transeat - Ditty - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation - Mane Floreat, Et Transeat - Budmouth Dears - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation - Mane Floreat, Et Transeat - Her Temple - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation - Mane Floreat, Et Transeat - the Comet at Yell Ham - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation Vespere Decidat, Induret Et Arescat - the Sigh - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation Vespere Decidat, Induret Et Arescat - Former Beauties - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation Vespere Decidat, Induret Et Arescat - Transformations - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation Vespere Decidat, Induret Et Arescat - the Dance Continued - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation - Till Earth Outwears - Let Me Enjoy the Earth - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation - Till Earth Outwears - in Years Defaced - James Gilchrist 1
A Young Man's Exhortation - Till Earth Outwears - the Market-Girl - James Gilchrist 2
A Young Man's Exhortation - Till Earth Outwears - I Look Into My Glass - James Gilchrist 2
A Young Man's Exhortation - Till Earth Outwears - It Never Looks Like Summer Here - James Gilchrist 2
A Young Man's Exhortation - Till Earth Outwears - at a Lunar Eclipse - James Gilchrist 2
A Young Man's Exhortation - Till Earth Outwears - Life Laughs Onwards - James Gilchrist 2
On Wenlock Edge - on Wenlock Edge 2
On Wenlock Edge - from Far, from Eve and Morning 2
On Wenlock Edge - Is My Team Ploughing 2
On Wenlock Edge - Oh, When I Was in Love with You 2
On Wenlock Edge - Bredon Hill 2
On Wenlock Edge - Clun 3
The Curlew - He Reproves the Curlew 3
The Curlew - the Lover Mourns the Loss of His Love 3
The Curlew - the Withering of the Boughs 3
The Curlew - He Hears the Cry of the Sedge 3
Elegiac Sonnet 3
Ludlow ; Teme - When Smoke Stood Up from Ludlow 3
Ludlow ; Teme - Far in a Western Brookland 3
Ludlow ; Teme - Tis Time I Think 3
Ludlow ; Teme - Ludlow Fair 3
Ludlow ; Teme - on the Idle Hill of Summer 4
Ludlow ; Teme - When I Was One and Twenty 4
Ludlow ; Teme - the Lent Lily 4
Earth, Sweet Earth... (Laudes Terrae), Op.94 - I. Prelude - There Was No Thought in Any of Us 4
Earth, Sweet Earth... (Laudes Terrae), Op.94 - II. Inversnaid 4
Earth, Sweet Earth... (Laudes Terrae), Op.94 - III. Contemplation in the Snow 4
Earth, Sweet Earth... (Laudes Terrae), Op.94 - IV. the Ashtree 4
Earth, Sweet Earth... (Laudes Terrae), Op.94 - V. Binsey Poplars 4
Earth, Sweet Earth... (Laudes Terrae), Op.94 - VI. Hurrahing in Harvest 4
Earth, Sweet Earth... (Laudes Terrae), Op.94 - VII. Ribblesdale 4
Winter Words, Op.52 - I. at Day-Close in November 5
Winter Words, Op.52 - II. Midnight on the Great Western 5
Winter Words, Op.52 - III. Wagtail and Baby 5
Winter Words, Op.52 - IV. the Little Old Table 5
Winter Words, Op.52 - V. the Choirmaster's Burial 5
Winter Words, Op.52 - VI. Proud Songsters 5
Winter Words, Op.52 - VII. at the Railway Station, Upway 5
Winter Words, Op.52 - VIII. Before Life and After

UPC: 691062043120
Label: Linn Records
Release Date: 9.25.12
Format: CD

Britten / Gilchrist / Tilbrook - English Song Collection (CD)