Previously released in 1990 (disc 1) and 1992 (disc 2).
Recorded Aug. 1989, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey (disc 1) and June 1991, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (disc 2).
Sung in English, French, German or Italian.
Irish songs. Sweet power of song : WoO 152 no. 2 ; The elfin fairies : WoO 154, no. 1 ; Oh! would I were but that sweet linnet! : WoO 154 no. 9 ; English bulls, or, The Irishman in London : WoO 152, no. 12 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Liederalbum für die Jugend : op. 79. No. 24, Er ist's ; No. 19, Frühlingslied ; No. 27, Schneeglöckchen ; No. 16, Das Glück / Robert Schumann -- Vier Duette, op. 61. No. 1, Die Schwestern ; No. 2, Klosterfräulein ; No. 3, Phänomen ; No. 4, Die Boten der Liebe / Johannes Brahms -- Pleure, pauvre Colette ; Le trébuchet : op. 13, no. 3 / Hector Berlioz -- D'un cœur qui t'aime ; L'Arithmétique / Charles Gounod -- La nuit : op. 11, no. 1 ; Réveil : op. 11, no. 2 / Ernest Chausson -- Pastorale ; El desdichado / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Pleurs d'or : op. 72 ; Tarentelle, op. 10, no. 2 / Gabriel Fauré -- Sound the trumpet ; I attempt from love's sickness to fly ; Lost is my quiet for ever ; Fairest isle ; What can we poor females do? / Henry Purcell ; realised by Benjamin Britten -- Wasserfahrt ; Volkslied : op. 63, no. 5 ; Auf Flügeln des Gesanges : op. 34, no. 2 ; Neue Liebe : op. 19, no. 4 ; Abendlied ; Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein : op. 63, no. 6 / Felix Mendelssohn -- Soirées musicales. No. 10, La pesca ; La regata veneziana. No. 2, Anzoleta co passa la regata ; Soirées musicales. No. 1, La promessa ; Duetto buffo di due gatti / Gioachino Rossini -- La siesta / Le trois oiseaux / Léo Delibes -- Rêvons, c'est l'heure ; Joie! / Jules Massenet -- Au bord de l'eau / Emil Paladilhe -- Cache-cache / Louis Aubert -- Trust her not / Michael Balfe -- Coming home / Arthur Sullivan -- It was a lover and his lass / Roger Quilter -- Mother Comfort ; Underneath the abject willow / Benjamin Britten