The Complete Butterworth Songbook

Album cover art for upc 5060192780024
Label: Stone Records
Catalog: ST80024
Format: CD

Mark Stone,, baritone & Stephen Barlow, piano

George Butterworth (1885-1916)
Complete thirty songs

EDITOR'S CHOICE - Gramophone Magazine

- Includes the much-loved settings from Housman's A Shropshire lad
- The world-première recordings of his Eleven folk songs from Sussex, Haste on, my joys! (only discovered in 2001) and the piano version of the W.E. Henley cycle Love blows as the wind blows
- CD booklet contains all song texts and the extensive notes on the songs
- Features a short video of George Butterworth Morris dancing
- Stone and Barlow are on top form for this disc, which is a must-buy for anyone interested in English song
"In many ways, this is one of the most significant CDs of English Music to have been issued for a long time."
Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion

Price: $25.98