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Special offer. War's Embers: English Songs of World War 1

Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Michael George (bass (vocal)), Martyn Hill (tenor)

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Contents

Finzi: Requiem da camera: III. Only a Man Harrowing Clods

Work length4:11
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: In Flanders

Work length2:49
$1.10
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Ha'nacker Mill

Work length2:38
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Black Stitchel

Work length2:23
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: By a bierside

Work length4:12
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Blaweary

Work length1:33
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: The twa corbies

Work length4:59
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: The Fiddler of Dooney

Work length1:59
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Goodnight to the meadow

Work length1:23
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Severn Meadows

Work length1:46
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Farrar, E: Vagabond Songs, Op. 10

Work length8:50
$3.30
$4.50
  • Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

No. 1, The Wanderer's Song

Track length2:58
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No. 2, Silent Noon

Track length3:51
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No. 3, The Roadside Fire

Track length2:01
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$1.50

Gurney: Hawk and Buckle

Work length1:13
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: The ship

Work length2:30
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Five Elizabethan Songs

Work length13:47
$5.50
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Martyn Hill (tenor)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

No. 1, Orpheus

Track length2:38
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No. 2, Tears

Track length3:34
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No. 3, Under the Greenwood Tree

Track length1:40
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No. 4, Sleep

Track length3:29
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No. 5, Spring

Track length2:26
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Browne, W D: Arabia

Work length5:25
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Martyn Hill (tenor)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: The boat is chafing

Work length1:22
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  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Cathleen ni Houlihan

Work length2:56
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  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Edward, Edward

Work length6:05
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: The night of Trafalgar

Work length2:22
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  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Even such is time

Work length2:49
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Thou didst delight my eyes

Work length3:29
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Most Holy Night

Work length3:46
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  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Browne, W D: Diaphenia

Work length2:09
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Martyn Hill (tenor)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Farrar, E: Brittany, Op. 21 No. 1

Work length1:47
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$1.50
  • Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Farrar, E: Come You, Mary, Op. 21 No. 2

Work length0:58
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Farrar, E: Who Would Shepherds Pipe, Op. 21 No. 3

Work length1:47
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Kelly, F: Shall I compare thee?

Work length3:32
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$1.50
  • Clifford Benson (piano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: You are my sky

Work length2:49
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$1.50
  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Last hours

Work length4:55
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  • Clifford Benson (piano), Michael George (bass (vocal))
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: To violets

Work length1:08
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  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Nine of the Clock

Work length0:52
$1.10
$1.50
  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Gurney: Epitaph in Old Mode

Work length3:10
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$1.50
  • Michael George (bass (vocal)), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Browne, W D: Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy

Work length4:45
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  • Martyn Hill (tenor), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Butterworth, G: Requiescat

Work length2:45
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  • Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire

Browne, W D: To Gratiana dancing and singing

Work length4:24
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Benson (piano), Martyn Hill (tenor)
  • Recorded: 1987-04-23
  • Recording Venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire