Linden lea ian bostridge biography

Stanford: La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Gurney: Sleep; I will go with my father a-ploughing
Dunhill: The Cloths of Heaven
W.D. Browne: To Gratiana Dancing and Singing
Somervell: To Lucasta, on going to the Wars
Delius: Twilight Fancies
German: Orpheus with his lute
Warlock: Jillian of Berry; Cradle Song; Rest, sweet Nymphs
Finzi: The Dance continued ('Regret not me'); Since we loved
Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea; Silent Noon
Parry: No longer mourn for me
Quilter: Come away, death, Now sleeps the Crimson Petal
Grainger: Bold William Taylor; Brigg Fair
Anon: The Death of Queen Jane; The Little Turtle Dove
Old Irish Air (arr.

By Stanford): My love's an arbutus.

A glance at the above list confirms that this album is comprised of many well-known and favourite songs from the English Songbook plus a few that might be less familiar.

The point is, though, that they are delivered by an artist of extreme sensitivity and polish, and one who has a