Stanford: Songs of the Fleet / the Revenge - A Ballad of the Fleet / Songs of the Sea

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Songs of the Fleet, Op. 117 (more info)
Performed by: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Composed by: Charles Villiers Stanford
Conducted by: Richard Hickox
Gerald Finley, baritone


1.   I. Sailing at Dawn: Andante molto tranquillo - 5:20
2.   II. The Song of the Sou'Wester: Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco - 3:12
3.   III. The Middle-Watch: Andante molto tranquillo - 7:42
4.   IV. The Little Admiral: Allegro vivace - Poco meno mosso - A tempo - Slentando - Meno mosso - Accelerando - A tempo - 3:41
5.   V. Fare Well: Quasi adagio - Poco piu mosso - Temppo I - Molto adagio - 6:09


The Revenge - A Ballad of the Fleet, Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Composed by: Charles Villiers Stanford
Conducted by: Richard Hickox


6.   I. At Flores in the Azores: Allegro giusto e pesante - II. Then spake Sir Richard Grenville - III. So Lord Howard pass'd away: Un poco piu lento - - 4:10
7.   IV. He had only a hundred seamen: Andante sostenuto - Shall we fight or shall we fly?…: Poco piu mosso - And Sir Richard said again: Tempo I (Allegro giusto) - - 1:35
8.   V. Sir Richard spoke and he laugh'd: Allegretto con moto - VI. Thousands of their soldiers look'd down - VII. And while now the great San Philip: Adagio molto - And the battle-thunder broke: Allegro con fuoco - VIII. But anon the great Sn Philip - IX. A - 6:05
9.   XI. And the night went down: Allegro tranquillo ma con moto - And we had not fought them in vain: Piu mosso - But Sir Richard cried in his English pride: Allegro giusto - XII. And the gunner said, “Ay, ay”: Andante sostenuto - And the lion there lay dying - 4:47
10.   XIII. And the stately Spanish men: Allegretto maestoso - But he rose upon their decks: Allegro giusto - I have fought for Queen and Faith…: Molto maestoso - …With a joyful spirit I Sir Richard Grenville die!: Piu lento - XIV And they stared at the dead – - 4:43
11.   But they sank his body with honour down: Allegretto maestoso - When a wind from the lands: Allegro moderato - Till it smote on their hulls: Piu allegro e con fuoco - And the little Revenge herself went down: Molto moderato e tranquillo - 3:56


Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (more info)
Performed by: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Composed by: Charles Villiers Stanford
Conducted by: Richard Hickox
Gerald Finley, baritone


12.   I. Drake's Drum: Tempo di marcia moderato - - 3:12
13.   II. Outward bound: Andante espressivo - 3:14
14.   III. Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain: Allegro molto - 1:44
15.   IV. Homeward bound: Andante tranquillo - Piu lento - 6:41
16.   V. The Old Superb: Allegro molto - Presto - 3:06

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