Cover: The Allotment Garden (1899) by Sir George Clausen (1852-1944)
Hyperion CDA66777 · October 1995
Vaughan Williams - Over hill, over dale
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
BBC Music Magazine1995This new Vaughan Williams collection complements the Holst Singers’ critically acclaimed 1993 CD of Holst partsongs (CDA66705) and is equally impressive … Masterly, but also supremely musical … The Shakespeare settings are…Read the review 
CD Compact, Spain1995En todo momento, los cantores de Layton demuenstran un dominio total y lenguaje musical de Vaughan Williams … Un hermoso discoRead the review 
Classica Répertoire France1995Une réussite artistique exemplaireRead the review 
Fanfare USA1995A most worthwhile enterprise, strongly recommendedRead the review
Recorded: February 1995
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1995
Total duration: 71 minutes 44 seconds
Track list
- Loch LomondRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)3'50
- Three Shakespeare Songs: Full fathom fiveRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'55
- Three Shakespeare Songs: The cloud-capp'd towersRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'48
- Three Shakespeare Songs: Over hill, over daleRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)0'52
- Alister McAlpine's lamentRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)3'30
- An acre of landRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)1'33
- The seeds of loveRalph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'01
- Ca' the yowesAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)6'56
- Five English folk songs: The dark-eyed sailor It was a comely young lady fairAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'03
- Five English folk songs: The spring time of the year As I walked out one morningAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'50
- Five English folk songs: Just as the tide was flowing One morning in the month of MayAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'02
- Five English folk songs: The lover's ghost Well met, well met my own true loveAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)4'21
- Five English folk songs: Wassail songAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'28
- The winter is goneAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)1'43
- Mannin veenAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)3'13
- Bushes and briars Through bushes and through briars I lately took my wayAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'35
- Down among the dead menAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'08
- Three Elizabethan Songs: Sweet dayAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'04
- Three Elizabethan Songs: O mistress mineAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)1'19
- Three Elizabethan Songs: The willow songAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)1'56
- GreensleevesAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)5'33
- Rest O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyesAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)3'17
- Heart's musicAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)2'47
- Come away, deathAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)3'33
- The turtle dove Fare you well, my dear, I must be goneAnonymous - traditional, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)3'27
Recording details from Hyperion Records.