The Songs of Edward Elgar

Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano, Neil Mackie tenor, Christopher Maltman baritone, Malcolm Martineau piano. The Shepherd's Song, Queen Mary's Song, Is she not passing fair, A Song of Autumn, The wind at dawn, Like to the Damask Rose, Through the long days, In the Dawn, Of soft was the song, Twilight, Was it some golden star, and others.

The Songs of Edward Elgar includes Premier Recordings. The Shepherd's Song, Queen Mary's Song, Is she not passing fair, A Song of Autumn, and others. Wyn-Rogers, Mackie, Maltman, Martineau. These are some charming early songs sung beautifully by the three singers with Martineau an admirable pianist throughout. This disc deserves to be in any collection that appreciates Elgar in particular and English song in general.