Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly:
Why should men make haste to die?
--A. E. Housman
| Frederick Delius: Life’s Dance (Lebenstanz) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Norman Del Mar, conductor - Delius. Paris/Life's Dance/Piano Concerto Etc. Fowke/RPO/Del Mar - Unicorn-Kanchana |
| George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Brett Polegato, baritone; Iain Burnside, piano - To A Poet. Brett Polegato, baritone/baryton. Iain Burnside, piano - CBC Records/Les Disques SRC Musica Viva 
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| I. Loveliest of Trees
II. When I was One-and-Twenty III. Look Not In My Eyes IV. Think No More, Lad V. The Lads in Their Hundreds VI. Is My Team Ploughing? |
| Antonín Dvořák: Ze Sumavy (From the Bohemian Forest), Op. 68, B133 Ingryd Thorson, piano; Julian Thurber, piano - Dvořák Complete Works for Piano Duet - Brilliant Classics |
| I. Na přástkách (In the Spinning Room). Allegro molto
II. U Černého jezera (By the Black Lake). Lento III. Noc filipojakubská (Witches’ Sabbath). Molto vivace IV. Na čekání (On the Watch). Allegro comodo V. Klid (Silent Woods). Lento e molto cantabile VI. Z bouřlivých dob (From Toubled Times). Allegro con fuoco |
| Morton Gould: Declaration National Symphony Orchestra; Howard Mitchell, conductor - Morton Gould-Fall River Legend. Interplay. Declaration. Morton Gould and his Orchestra. National Symphony/Mitchell - RCA Victor Gold Seal |
| I. Liberty Bell (Passacaglia)
II. Midnight Ride (Scherzo) III. Concord Bridge: Memorial IV. Summer ’76 (Serenade) V. Celebration (Chorale & Fugue) |
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Good morning, Dave. That Goerge Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad was amazing. Pt. 6 Is My Team Ploughing was indeed "haunting", as you described. I had to google the lyric for reference. Excellent show today. Thank you for putting this together.
12:08 PM, March 18th, 2024