Edward Elgar
Pageant of Empire (1924) 1 words: Alfred Noyes; orchestrated by Martin Yates, except*
(i) Shakespeare's Kingdom
(ii) Sailing Westward
(iii) The Heart of Canada
(iv) The Blue Mountains (A Song of Australia)
(v) The Islands (A Song of New Zealand)
(vi) Merchant Adventurers
(vii) The Immortal Legions*

Two songs
The Pipes of Pan (1899 orch. 1902) 2 words: Adrian Ross (pseudonym for Arthur Reed Ropes)
The River op.60 no.1 (1910 orch. 1912) words: Pietro d'Alba (pseudonym for Edward Elgar)

Sea Pictures op.37 (1899) 3
(i) Sea Slumber-Song words: Roden B W Noel
(ii) In Haven (Capri) words: Caroline Alice Elgar
(iii) Sabbath Morning at Sea words: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(iv) Where Corals Lie words: Richard Garnett
(v) The Swimmer words: Adam Lindsay Gordon

Ivor Gurney
Lights Out (1918-25) 1 words: Edward Thomas; orchestrated by Jeremy Dibble
(i) The Penny Whistle
(ii) Scents
(iii) Bright Clouds
(iv) Lights Out
(v) Will You Come?
(vi) The Trumpet

Michael Hurd
Shore Leave (1962) 4 words: Charles Causley
(i) Convoy
(ii) Elizabethan Sailor's Song
(iii) Shore Leave
(iv) Able Seaman Hodge Remembers Ceylon
(v) Sailor's Carol

Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)

1 First recording with orchestra
2 First CD recording with orchestra
3 First recording with orchestra and baritone
4 World premiere recording

Recorded at The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 6-7 October & 10 November 2009

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