With a graceful gift for lyrical vocal writing, English composer Roger Quilter (1877-1953) created a rich body of art songs. Very few composers working in English have matched his achievement of a living body of beloved, relevant, literate repertoire.

Contents: April Autumn Evening Barbara Allen Blow, blow, thou winter wind The Bracelet Brown is my love By a Fountainside By the Sea Cherry Ripe Cherry Valley Come away, Death Come Back! Damask Roses Daybreak Dream Valley Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes Fair House of Joy The Faithless Shepherdess Fear no more the heat o’ the sun A Good Child Hey, ho, the wind and the rain I will go with my father a-ploughing I wish and I wish In the highlands Interlude It was a lover and his lass The jocund Dance The Jolly Miller Julia’s Hair June The Lamplighter A Last Year’s Rose Love’s Philosophy The Maiden Blush Moonlight My Life’s Delight The Night Piece Now sleeps the crimson petal O mistress mine Over the land is April Over the Mountains Prelude The Sea-Bird A Secret Song of the Blackbird The Spring is at the door Take, o take those lips away Three Poor Mariners Through the sunny garden To Daisies To Wine and Beauty Under the greenwood tree The Valley and the Hill Weep you no more Where be you going? Where Go the Boats? The Wild Flower’s Song