English Song Anthology

performed by Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Martin Isepp (piano)
composed by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Christmas Traditional, Gerald Finzi, Herbert Howells, Ivor Gurney, John Ireland, Michael Head, Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Thomas Dunhill

Silent Noon (2004)

performed by Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
composed by Arthur Somervell, Benjamin Britten, Charles Villiers Stanford, Dilys Elwyn Edwards, Frederick Keel, Hubert Parry, Ivor Gurney, Michael Head, Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter, Thomas Dunhill

Noël (2006)

performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
composed by Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Cécile Chaminade, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, Edvard Grieg, Gustaf Nordqvist, Ivar Widéen, Jean Sibelius, Joaquín Nin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger, Michael Head, Percy Grainger, Peter Cornelius, Roger Quilter

Kathleen Battle and Jean-Pierre Rampal in Concert (1993)

performed by Anthony Newman (harpsichord), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), John Steele Ritter (piano), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Margo Garrett (piano), Myron Lutzke (cello)
composed by Albert Roussel, Bohuslav Martinu, Camille Saint-Saëns, Ferran Obradors, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell, Henry Rowley Bishop, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Michael Head

Journey Into Light: Music for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas (2012)

performed by Alasdair Austin (treble), Alexander Beetschen (baritone), Edward Leach (tenor), Emma Walton (soprano), Frances Burn (alto), Jaliya Senanayake (tenor), Matthew Smith (bass), Nico Bryan (treble), Olympia Hetherington (soprano), Rebecca Crawshaw (trumpet)
composed by Benjamin Britten, Bob Chilcott, Christmas Traditional, Elizabeth Poston, Geoffrey Burgon, Harold Darke, Herbert Howells, John Cook, John Gardner, John Joubert, John Rutter, John Tavener, Judith Bingham, Judith Weir, Michael Head, Nico Muhly, Peter Warlock

This Other Eden: Kitty Whately - A Landscape of English Poetry & Song (2015)

performed by Brian O'Kane (cello), Kevin Whately (vocals), Kitty Whately (vocals), Madelaine Newton (vocals), Magnus Johnston (violin)
composed by Alfred Edward Housman, Benjamin Britten, Charles Villiers Stanford, Christina Rossetti, Herbert Howells, Ivor Gurney, James MacMillan, John Clare, John Ireland, Joseph Horovitz, Michael Head, Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter

Glory to the New-Born King (2012)

performed by Alice Capper (soprano), Benjamin Chewter (organ), Christopher Sennett (tenor), David Hardwick (tenor), Felix Gideonse (treble), Hamish Sennett (treble), James Rees (bass), Laurence Lyndon-Jones (organ), Olivia Hunt (soprano), Philip Rushforth (organ)
composed by Carl Rütti, Christmas Traditional, Eugène Gigout, Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Henri Mulet, Herbert Sumsion, Jean Langlais, John Ireland, John Joubert, John Sanders, Leroy Anderson, Michael Head, Morten Lauridsen, Peter Warlock, Philip Stopford

Noël Nouvelet (2008)

performed by Fiona McWilliams (soprano), Jeremy Filsell (organ), Jess Stansfield (soprano), Matthew Wood (baritone), Nicola Balzan (soprano), Vasari Singers (choir, chorus), Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)
composed by Bob Chilcott, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Gruber, Humphrey Clucas, James R. Murray, John Gardner, John Rutter, Jonathan Rathbone, Judith Weir, Kenneth Leighton, Malcolm Sargent, Mel Tormé, Michael Head, Morten Lauridsen, Paul Edwards

Carols from Chelsea (2016)

performed by Angus McPhee (vocals), Clara Kanter (vocals), Eloise Irving (vocals), George Hatton (vocals), Helen Ashby (vocals), James Orford (organ), Jonathan Beatty (vocals), Rosemary Galton (vocals), Thomas Stoddart (vocals)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Christmas Traditional, Franz Grüber, Harold Darke, Henry John Gauntlett, Herbert Howells, Irving Berlin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, John Gardner, John Ireland, John Rutter, Leroy Anderson, Michael Head, Peter Warlock

Michael Head: Songs (2012)

performed by Ailish Tynan (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone)
composed by Michael Head

Only a Singing Bird (2016)

performed by Alan Rowland (vocals), Alice Yeoman (vocals), Catriona Hewitson (vocals), Christina Callion (vocals), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Philip Moore (piano), Rebecca Pennykid (vocals), National Youth Choir of Scotland National Girls Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Gary Carpenter, Ken Johnston, Michael Head, Stephen Deazley

Songs: Brahms, Fauré, Finzi, Schubert (2002)

performed by Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
composed by Franz Schubert, Frederick Keel, Gabriel Fauré, Gerald Finzi, Johannes Brahms, John Ireland, Michael Head, Roger Vignoles

Favourite English Songs (1990)

performed by Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
composed by Benjamin Britten, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Dorothy Hogben, Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, Geoffrey Bush, Graham Peel, Herbert Howells, Lennox Berkeley, Liza Lehmann, Lord Berners, Maude Valérie White, Michael Head, Percy Grainger, Peter Warlock, Roger Quilter

Pastorale (2016)

performed by Katsuya Watanabe (oboe), Ulugbek Palvanov (piano)
composed by Benjamin Godard, Francis Poulenc, Grigoras Dinicu, Maurice Ravel, Michael Head, Thomas Attwood Walmisley

My Own Country: A Recital of English Song (sever, Bottone) (2005)

My True Love Hath My Heart (2011)

performed by Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Benjamin Britten, Herbert Howells, Ivor Gurney, John Ireland, Michael Head, Peter Warlock, Richard Rodney Bennett

Oboe Concertos, Vol. 2 (1999)

performed by Dennis Nesbitt (viola da gamba), Evelyn Rothwell (oboe), Valda Aveling (harpsichord), John Barbirolli (conductor)
composed by Arcangelo Corelli, Benedetto Marcello, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frederick Handel, Jacques Loeillet, Michael Head, Morgan Nicholas

Favourite English Songs (1990)

performed by Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
composed by Benjamin Britten, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Dorothy Hogben, Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, Geoffrey Bush, Graham Peel, Herbert Howells, Lennox Berkeley, Liza Lehmann, Lord Berners, Maude Valérie White, Michael Head, Percy Grainger, Peter Warlock, Roger Quilter

I Heard You Singing: English Songs (2016)

performed by Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano)
composed by Amy Woodforde-Finden, Arthur Sullivan, Charles Villiers Stanford, Edward Elgar, Edward German, Eric Coates, Irish Traditional, Ivy Mason Whipp, Liza Lehmann, Michael Head, Muriel Herbert, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Liddle, Thomas Dunhill

Bethlehem Down: Carols by Holst, Warlock, Rutter and Others (2004)

Adeste Fideles: Christmas Carols from Her Majesty's Chapel Royal (2016)

performed by Andrew Tipple (vocals), Cedric Amamoo (vocals), David Willcocks (descant), Harry Fetherstonhaugh (vocals), Jayden Tejuoso (vocals), Jerome Finnis (vocals), John Langridge (vocals), Maciek O'Shea (vocals), Martyn Noble (organ), Matthew Davies (vocals)
composed by Andrew Carter, Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Elizabeth Poston, Felix Mendelssohn, Henry John Gauntlett, Herbert Howells, Igor Stravinsky, John Francis Wade, John Gardner, John Rutter, John Tavener, Jonathan Dove, Malcolm Sargent, Michael Head

Lullabies & Carols for Christmas (2010)

performed by Judy Loman (harp), Monica Whicher (soprano)
composed by Benjamin Britten, Carlos Salzédo, Christmas Traditional, Harold Darke, Marcel Tournier, Michael Head, Norman Gabriel Nurmi

The English Flute (2008)

performed by Celia Redgate (flute), Michael Dussek (piano)
composed by Arnold Cooke, Charles Stainer, Christopher Redgate, Edward German, Frederic Griffith, John Tavener, Michael Head, York Bowen

Twenty-Four Aspects of an Amorous Nature (1995)

performed by David Woodcock (piano), Peter Jeffes (tenor)
composed by Arthur Somervell, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Edward Elgar, English Traditional, Frank Bridge, George Frederick Handel, Gerald Finzi, John Ireland, Mark Raphael, Maude Valérie White, Michael Head, Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter

By the River in Spring (2009)

performed by Kenneth Smith (flute), Paul Rhodes (piano)
composed by Edward German, Hamilton Harty, Havelock Nelson, Kenneth Leighton, Michael Head, Stanford Robinson, Thomas Dunhill, William Alwyn