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STANFORD: Songs of the Fleet / The Revenge - A Ballad of the Fleet / Songs of the Sea


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Stanford, Charles Villiers
Songs of the Fleet, Op. 117- 00:26:04
1 I. Sailing at Dawn: Andante molto tranquillo 00:05:20
2 II. The Song of the Sou'Wester: Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco 00:03:12
3 III. The Middle-Watch: Andante molto tranquillo 00:07:42
4 IV. The Little Admiral: Allegro vivace - Poco meno mosso - A tempo - Slentando - Meno mosso - Accelerando - A tempo 00:03:41
5 V. Fare Well: Quasi adagio - Poco piu mosso - Temppo I - Molto adagio 00:06:09
Stanford, Charles Villiers
The Revenge - A Ballad of the Fleet, Op. 24- 00:25:16
6 I. At Flores in the Azores: Allegro giusto e pesante - II. Then spake Sir Richard Grenville - III. So Lord Howard pass'd away: Un poco piu lento - 00:04:10
7 IV. He had only a hundred seamen: Andante sostenuto - Shall we fight or shall we fly?…: Poco piu mosso - And Sir Richard said again: Tempo I (Allegro giusto) - 00:01:35
8 V. Sir Richard spoke and he laugh'd: Allegretto con moto - VI. Thousands of their soldiers look'd down - VII. And while now the great San Philip: Adagio molto - And the battle-thunder broke: Allegro con fuoco - VIII. But anon the great Sn Philip - IX. An 00:06:05
9 XI. And the night went down: Allegro tranquillo ma con moto - And we had not fought them in vain: Piu mosso - But Sir Richard cried in his English pride: Allegro giusto - XII. And the gunner said, “Ay, ay”: Andante sostenuto - And the lion there lay dying: 00:04:47
10 XIII. And the stately Spanish men: Allegretto maestoso - But he rose upon their decks: Allegro giusto - I have fought for Queen and Faith…: Molto maestoso - …With a joyful spirit I Sir Richard Grenville die!: Piu lento - XIV And they stared at the dead – 00:04:43
11 But they sank his body with honour down: Allegretto maestoso - When a wind from the lands: Allegro moderato - Till it smote on their hulls: Piu allegro e con fuoco - And the little Revenge herself went down: Molto moderato e tranquillo 00:03:56
Stanford, Charles Villiers
Songs of the Sea, Op. 91- 00:17:57
12 I. Drake's Drum: Tempo di marcia moderato - 00:03:12
13 II. Outward bound: Andante espressivo 00:03:14
14 III. Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain: Allegro molto 00:01:44
15 IV. Homeward bound: Andante tranquillo - Piu lento 00:06:41
16 V. The Old Superb: Allegro molto - Presto 00:03:06