English Song Anthology (Re-issue) Shirley-Quirk sings Ireland (Heritage)
English Song Anthology
Heritage HTGCD116
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel; Linden Lea; Silent Noon
Butterworth: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
John Ireland: My Fair; The Salley Gardens; Love and Friendship; I Have 12 Oxen; Sea Fever Stanford: Drake’s Drum
Keel: Trade Winds
Warlock: Captain Stratton’s Fancy
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
Viola Tunnard, piano
Martin Isepp, piano
Eric Parkin, piano
In 2014, Heritage first reissued John Shirley-Quirk’s 1960s benchmark recordings of English song for the Saga label. Highly-praised on release, the 2 CD set sold in large quantities. In 2026, Heritage presents a selection of Shirley-Quirk’s most sought after interpretations of this repertoire on one CD, including Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel and Butterworth’s Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad.