Castle Classics Ireland - Song & Choral

J Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man - Paula Bott, soprano; Teresa Shaw, contralto; James Oxley, tenor; Bryn Terfel, baritone; Roderick Elms, organ; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor

Label - Chandos

Cat. No. - CHAN10110

Including Vexilla Regis (Hymn for Passion Sunday); Greater Love Hath No Man; These Things Shall Be; A London Overture; The Holy Boy (A Carol of the Nativity); Epic March

This well-loved recording of some of the best orchestral and choral works of John Ireland is now available on Chandos’ Classics label. The release boasts distinguished forces: the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, on top form for this recording, are well matched by soloists Paula Bott,Teresa Shaw, James Oxley and Bryn Terfel, who is featured here in one of his earliest recordings. Although Ireland wrote a number of songs and his piano music dominated the repertoire of British music teaching for many years, there are only a dozen or so works for orchestra.This programme thus gives a strong impression of his orchestral style.
Price: £9.75 (Including VAT at 15%)

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J Ireland: The Songs of John Ireland - LISA MILNE soprano; JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor; CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone; GRAHAM JOHNSON piano

Label - Hyperion

Cat. No. - CDA67261-2

2 CD Set

Including Songs Sacred and Profane; Santa Chiara; Tryst; Three Songs; Tutto è sciolto; Spring Sorrow; Two Songs; When I am old; Spleen; Love is a sickness full of woes; If there were dreams to sell; If we must part; Five Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy; Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy; I have twelve oxen; Great Things; Earth's Call; Hope the Hornblower; Songs of a Wayfarer; Ladslove; The Heart's Desire; When I am dead, my dearest; What art thou thinking of?; During Music; Mother and Child; The Vagabond; The Bells of San Marie; Sea Fever; The Journey; Bed in Summer; Five XVIth-Century Poems; The Sacred Flame; Remember; Three Songs; We'll to the woods no more; When lights go rolling round the sky

'Perhaps these discs will at last bring the best of his songs back into live recital' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Ireland was a songsmith to rival the finest this country has produced, and Hyperion's generous anthology will hopefully encourage others to explore this rewarding and rapt repertoire' (Hi Fi News)
Price: £25.50 (Including VAT at 15%)

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J Ireland: The Songs - Benjamin Luxon, baritone; John Mitchinson, tenor; Alfreda Hodgson, contralto; Alan Rowlands, piano

Label - Lyrita

Cat. No. - SRCD2261

3 CD Set

Including Songs of a Wayfarer; When Lights go rolling round the sky; Hope the Hornblower; Sea Fever; Marigold; Five Poems by Thomas Hardy; Three Songs; We'll to the Woods no more; Two Songs; Songs Sacred & Profane; Five XVIth Century Songs; Blow out you Bugles; If there were Dreams to sell; I have twelve Oxen; Spring Sorrow; The Bells of San Marie; The Journey; The merry month of May; Vagabond; When I am dead my dearest; Santa Chiara; Great Things; If we must part; Tutto e sciolto; The Heart's desire; The sacred flame; Remember; Hawthorne Time; The East Riding; Love is a sickness full of woes; The Land of Lost Content; Two Songs; The three Ravens; Bed in Summer; Mother & Child; Earth's Call; Three Arthur Symons Songs; What art thou thinking of?; Three Thomas Hardy Songs
Price: £24.50 (Including VAT at 15%)

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