Australia's Ambassador of Song

Australia's Ambassador of Song

On this CD:

1. The Floral Dance, for voice & piano
Composed by Kate Emily Barclay ("Katie") Moss
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

2. The Veteran's Song
Composed by Adams
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Ray Noble

3. The Gay Highway, for voice & piano
Composed by Frederick Drummond
Performed by Peter Dawson, Gerald Martin Moore

4. Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea, for voice & piano or orchestra, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

5. When the Sergeant Major's on Parade
Composed by Ernest Longstaffe
Performed by George Baker, Webster Booth, Peter Dawson, Stuart Robertson, John Turner
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

6. The Maid of the Mountains A bachelor gay
Composed by Tate
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

7. Waiata Poi
Composed by Alfred Hill
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Walter Goehr

8. The Village Blacksmith
Composed by W. H. Weiss
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

9. The Old Brigade
Composed by Odoardo Barri
Performed by George Baker, Webster Booth, Peter Dawson, Stuart Robertson, John Turner
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

10. The Bandolero
Composed by Stuart
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

11. The Pirates of Penzance, operetta Oh, better far to live and die (I am a Pirate King)
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Malcolm Sargent

12. The Rebel Maid, operetta The Fishermen of England
Composed by Montague Phillips
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

13. The Miner's Dream of Home
Composed by Leo Dryden
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

14. Phil the Fluter's Ball
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

15. We'd Be Far Better Off In A Home (based on the march El Abanico)
Composed by Alfredo Javaloyes
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Ray Noble

16. Simon the Cellarer
Composed by John L. Hatton
Performed by Peter Dawson, Gerald Martin Moore

17. Old Father Thames Keeps Rolling Along
Composed by Horatio Nicholls
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

18. The Trumpeter
Composed by J. Airlie Dix
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

19. La Poupée, operetta A jovial monk am I
Composed by Edmond Audran
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

20. Boots
Composed by Peter Dawson
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

21. If Those Lips Could Only Speak
Composed by Charles / Godwin, Will J. Ridgewell
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

22. Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
Composed by Arthur F. Tate
Performed by Herbert Dawson, Peter Dawson

23. Waltzing Matilda
Composed by Australian Traditional
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Walter Goehr

24. I'll Walk Beside You
Composed by Alan Murray
Performed by Peter Dawson, Hubert Greenslade

25. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57 Honour and arms
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

26. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49 I rage, I melt, I burn...O ruddier than the cherry
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

27. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Now your days of philandering are over (Non pio andrai)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood

28. Erlkönig ("Wer reitet so spät"), song for voice & piano, D. 328 (Op. 1)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Peter Dawson, Gerald Martin Moore

29. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Sirs, your toast (Toreador's Song)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Peter Dawson

30. The Siege of la Rochelle, opera Travellers all of every station
Composed by Michael William Balfe
Performed by Peter Dawson, Gerald Martin Moore

31. Philémon et Baucis, opera The sparks fly through the smithy door (Vulcan's Song)
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by George W. Byng

32. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Hey! for the town's factotum (Largo al factotum)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood

33. Caractacus, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op.35 But Rome and all her legions...leap, leap to light (Sword Song)
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

34. Caractacus, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op.35 O my warriors (Caractacus's Lament)
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

35. Speak Music for voice & piano, Op.41/2
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by Peter Dawson, Gerald Martin Moore

36. Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra (or voice & piano), No. 1, "Drake's Drum" Op. 91/1
Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

37. Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra, No. 2, "Outward Bound" Op. 91/2
Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

38. Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra, No. 3, "Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain" Op. 91/3
Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

39. Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra, No. 4, "Homeward Bound" Op. 91/4
Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

40. Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra (or voice & piano), No. 5, "The Old Superb" Op. 91/5
Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

41. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra) No. 1, The vagabond
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performed by Peter Dawson

42. Songs of the Fleet, for baritone voice, chorus & orchestra, No. 4, "The Little Admiral" Op. 117/4
Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

43. Songs of the Fleet, for baritone voice, chorus & orchestra, No. 5, "Fare Well" Op. 117/5
Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood

44. Sons of the Sea
Composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

45. Captain Harry Morgan, for voice & piano / orchestra
Composed by Sir Granville Bantock
Performed by Peter Dawson
Conducted by Clifford Greenwood

46. On the Road To Mandalay for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Oley Speaks
Performed by Peter Dawson, Hubert Greenslade

47. Bless This House, for chorus & keyboard
Composed by May H. Brahe
Performed by Herbert Dawson, Peter Dawson