Songs of Cricket

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Songs of Cricket
Cantabile - The London Quartet, with Chris Hatt and Alexander L'Estrange (pianos)

[ Signum Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 November 2011

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"Brilliant moments - a droll psalm-chant recitation of the "rules" and an ingenious Pärt-style setting of a pleasingly circular explanation of the game ("Cricket Tea Towel") - show just what these singers can do."
(The Independent)

Featuring guest performances from the likes of Richard Stilgoe, Rory Bremner and Tim Rice, this album should prove a must-buy for cricket- and music-fans alike.

It's an eclectic tribute to the very British obsession that is cricket, bringing together works from the turn of the century (school songs from Harrow and Eton) to the present day ('Jiggery Pokery' from the Ivor Novello nominated album The Duckworth-Lewis Method) as well as from the well-known (Roy Harper's 'When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease') to the obscure ('The Summer Game', from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's little-known musical 'Cricket', commissioned for the Queen's 60th Birthday).

Cantabile, also known as 'The London Quartet', have been wowing audiences across the world since the 1980s with their shows that blend performance flair, comic timing and a deep passion for high-quality vocal music.

Tracks:

[1] Cricket Theme Medley Various, arr. Alexander L'Estrange

[2] The Cricketers of Hambledon Bruce Blunt / Peter Warlock

[3] School Songs Medley (five school songs) Various

[4] The Summer Game - from Cricket: Hearts and Wickets)

Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Webber

[5] Lillian Thomson Richard Stilgoe

[6] Radnage Cricket Song (Bucks. folk song)

Traditional, collected by Horace Harman

[7] Four Jolly Bowlers The Yetties

[8] The Rules of Cricket - A Psalm Chant

The London Quartet / W.H. Havergal

[9] You've Got to be a Cricket Hero Al Sherman / Buddy Fields

(to Get Along with the Beautiful Girls)

Al Lewis and Fred Tupper / Cliff Nichols

[10] Jiggery Pokery Neil Hannon / Thomas Walsh

[11] Village Rondo Matthew Holst, arr. Chris Hatt

[12] Eton and Winchester R.T. Warner / F.S. Kelly

[13] I made a Hundred in the Backyard at Mum's

Greg Champion

[14] Australian Cricket Medley Various

[15] The Barmy Army Richard Stilgoe

[16] That's Not Cricket - from At Home Abroad

Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz

[17] Cricket Tea Towel: The Ins and Outs of Cricket

Anon. / The London Quartet

[18] Andy Flower Duet Richard Stilgoe / Léo Delibes

[19] Jerusalem Richard Stilgoe / C. Hubert Parry

[20] When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease Roy Harper