George Butterworth - Recordings

Recordings

All three orchestral works (Two English Idylls, A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody. and The Banks of Green Willow)

Boult/LPO (rec. 1973); Lyrita SRCD 245

Llewellyn/RLPO (rec. 1991); Decca 436 401-2

Boughton/English String Orch; Nimrod NI 5068

Marriner/ASMF (rec. 1975); Decca 468 802-2

Elder/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 2002); Hallé CD HLL 7503

Two English Idylls only

Boult/British Symphony Orch. (No. 1 only) (rec. 1922); HMV Cc1129

Dilkes/English Sinfonia (rec. 1971); HMV ESD 7101

Tate/English Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1987); EMI CDC7 47945-2

Horvay/Prague Radio SO (no. 2 only); Artist’s Rifles CD41

Kleiber/Chicago SO (no. 1 only) (rec. 1983)

Wilson/Royal Liverpool PO (rec. 2011) Avie

A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody only

Boult/British Symphony Orch. (rec. 1920); HMV 4618AF

Boult/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1942); VAI Audio VAIA 1067-2

Stokowski/NBC SO (rec. 1944); Cala CACD 0528

Goossens/Sydney SO (rec 1952); HMV DB 9792-3

Boult/LPO (rec. 1954); Belart CD 461354-2

Barbirolli/ Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1956); Barbirolli Society SJB 1022

Barbirolli/ Hallé Orchestra; EMI 4577672

Dilkes/English Sinfonia (rec. 1971); HMV CSD 3696

Elder/Halle Orchestra (rec. 2002); BBC MM 289

The Banks of Green Willow

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Songs (complete)

The Complete Butterworth Songbook: Stone/Barlow; Stone Records 5060192780024 (All Butterworth’s songs, including the voice/piano version of Love Blows. It also includes a short silent film of Butterworth morris dancing. The tracks from this disc are included among the details below.)

All eleven Shropshire Lad songs ('Six Songs' and 'Bredon Hill and Other Songs')

Cameron/Moore; Dutton

Luxon/Willison (rec. 1976); Decca 468 802-2

Luxon/Willison (rec. 1990); Chandos CHAN 8831

Williams/Burnside; Naxos 8.572426

Rolfe-Johnson/Johnson; Hyperion CDD22044

Terfel/Martineau(rec. 1995); DG 445946

Allen/Parsons (rec. 2001) EMI 67428

Maltman/Vignoles; Hyperion CDA 67378

Stone/Barlow; Stone Records 5060192780024

Keenlyside/Martineau; Sony Classical 88697 94424-2

Rutherford/Asti (rec. 2012); BIS SACD 1610

Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad only

Henderson/Moore (rec. 1941); Dutton CDLX 7038

Shirley-Quirk/Isepp (rec. 1966); Saga STXID5260

Rayner Cook/Benson; Unicorn

Gehrman/Farmer; Nimbus NI 5033

Rolfe-Johnson/Willinson; EMI

Lemalu/Burnside (rec. 2003); BBC MM298

Allen/Martineau; Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0002

Polegato/Burnside CBC Records

Trew/Vignoles; Meridian CDE84185

Varcoe/Hickox/City of London Sinfonia (orch. Lance Baker) (rec. 1989); Chandos CHAN 8743

I will Make You Brooches

Williams/Burnside; Naxos 8.572426

Stone/Barlow; Stone Records 5060192780024

I Fear Thy Kisses

Williams/Burnside; Naxos 8.572426

Stone/Barlow; Stone Records 5060192780024

Requiescat

Varcoe/Benson; Hyperion CDA 6621/2

Williams/Burnside; Naxos 8.572426

Stone/Barlow; Stone Records 5060192780024

Love Blows as the Wind Blows

(Voice and piano)

Stone/Barlow; Stone Records 5060192780024

(Voice and string quartet)

Oxenham/Bingham String Quartet; Meridian DUOCD 89026

Lemalu/Belcea Quartet (rec. 2005); EMI 5 58050

(Voice and orchestra)

Tear/Handley/CBSO; EMI CDM7 64731-2

Varcoe/Hickox/City of London Sinfonia (rec. 1989); Chandos CHAN 8743

Folk Songs from Sussex

Williams/Burnside; Naxos 8.572426

Stone/Barlow; Stone Records 5060192780024

Folk songs collected by Butterworth

Triple Echo by Coope, Boyes and Simpson contains songs from the Butterworth collection. The Banks of Green Willow, The Cuckoo and The Turtle Dove are given with all verses. There are also songs collected by Vaughan Williams and Grainger. (Rec 2005); No Masters NMCD22