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George Butterworth
1885-1916 GB, Paddington
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. George Sainton Kaye Butterworth
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 1885 – 5 August 1916) was an English composer best known for the orchestral idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad.
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The Banks of Green Willow on Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood/Coleridge-Taylor: Symphonic Variations on an African Air &c. by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Grant Llewellyn The Banks of Green Willow on Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra by George Butterworth, James Rutherford, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales & Kriss Russman The Banks of Green Willow on Fantasia on Greensleeves by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Neville Marriner, Peter Warlock, George Butterworth, Frederick Delius & Edward Elgar 6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 2. When I was one-and-twenty on English Song Series, Vol. 20: Butterworth by George Butterworth & Roderick Williams A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody on Fantasia on Greensleeves by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Neville Marriner, Peter Warlock, George Butterworth, Frederick Delius & Edward Elgar 2 English Idylls: No. 1. English Idyll on Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra by George Butterworth, James Rutherford, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales & Kriss Russman Fantasia (completed by K. Russman) on Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra by George Butterworth, James Rutherford, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales & Kriss Russman Two English Idylls on Fantasia on Greensleeves by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Neville Marriner, Peter Warlock, George Butterworth, Frederick Delius & Edward Elgar 6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 1. Loveliest of trees on English Song Series, Vol. 20: Butterworth by George Butterworth & Roderick Williams 6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 4. Think no more, lad on English Song Series, Vol. 20: Butterworth by George Butterworth & Roderick WilliamsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody / Land Of The Mountain And The Flood | George Butterworth Plus Hamish MacCunn | 2015 | Compil. |
| Flowers Of The Field | Ralph Vaughan Williams • Gerald Finzi • Ivor Gurney • George Butterworth - Roderick Williams • Jeremy Irons, City Of London Choir • London Mozart Players, Hilary Davan Wetton | 2014 | Album |
| Songs From A Shropshire Lad • Folk Songs From Sussex | George Butterworth, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 2010 | Album |
| Boult Conducts: Butterworth, Howells, Hadley, Warlock | Sir Adrian Boult, George Butterworth, Herbert Howells, Peter Warlock, Patrick Hadley, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra | 2007 | Compil. |
| Songs Of Travel · A Shropshire Lad · A Broken Arc | Ralph Vaughan Williams · George Butterworth · Sir Arthur Somervell - Christopher Maltman · Roger Vignoles | 2003 | Album |
| Symphony nO.8 In D Minor / Garden Of Fand / A Shropshire Lad - Orchestral Rhapsody | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, George Butterworth, Sir John Barbirolli Conducts Hallé Orchestra | 2002 | Album |
| George Butterworth: Six Songs From A Shropshire Lad; Bredon Hill And Other Songs; A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody; Two English Idylls; The Banks Of The Green Willow | George Butterworth | 2001 | Album |
| A London Symphony | Ralph Vaughan Williams / George Butterworth Butterworth The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 2001 | Album |
| Songs Of Travel • On Wenlock Edge • Other Orchestral Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Edward Elgar, George Butterworth, Thomas Allen, Robert Tear, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Vernon Handley | 1993 | Compil. |
| Coleridge Taylor · Butterworth · Taylor | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, George Butterworth, Hamish MacCunn, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn | 1993 | Album |
| La Traviata / Wozzeck (Excerpts) / English Idyll N. 1 | Carlos Kleiber, Giuseppe Verdi, Alban Berg, George Butterworth, Ileana Cotrubas, Giacomo Aragall, Renato Bruson, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1993 | Compil. |
| Songs Of Travel / A Shropshire Lad | Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison | 1993 | Compil. |
| English Classics | Sir Edward Elgar, George Butterworth, Frederick Delius, Benjamin Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult | 1992 | Compil. |
| Songs Of Travel · Blake Songs · Linden Lea · The Water Mill · Orpheus With His Lute · Six Songs From A Shropshire Lad | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger - Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Benjamin Luxon | 1991 | Compil. |
| On The Idle Hill Of Summer - English Songs By Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Quilter | Thomas Allen, Geoffrey Parsons - Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Roger Quilter | 1990 | Album |
| On The Idle Hill Of Summer - English Songs By Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Quilter | Thomas Allen, Geoffrey Parsons - Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Roger Quilter | 1990 | Album |
| Warlock: Capriol Suite; Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad | Peter Warlock, George Butterworth, Benjamin Britten, Sir Neville Marriner, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 1989 | Album |
| Symphony In G Minor Etc. | Neville Dilkes, English Sinfonia, Ernest John Moeran, George Butterworth | 1988 | Album |
| A Shropshire Lad ● The Banks Of Green Willow | George Butterworth, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Frank Bridge, English String Orchestra Conducted By William Boughton | 1987 | Album |
| Songs Of Travel | George Butterworth / Ralph Vaughan Williams - Graham Trew, Roger Vignoles | 1982 | Album |
| Serenade / On Hearing the First Cuckoo / Capriol Suite / Tallis Fantasia / The Banks Of Green Willow | Sir Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius, Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1982 | Album |
| On Wenlock Edge (Version With Orchestra) / Songs With Orchestra / Love Blows As The Wind Blows | Ralph Vaughan Williams / Sir Edward Elgar / George Butterworth, Robert Tear, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1980 | Album |
| Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth | Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Frank Bridge, Granville Bantock, George Butterworth, Norman Del Mar | 1979 | Album |
| Walton: Facade (excerpts), Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad, Finzi: Dies Natalis | Sir William Walton, Edith Sitwell, Constant Lambert, George Butterworth, Roy Henderson, Gerald Finzi, Joan Cross, Boyd Neel, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra | 1979 | Album |
| Scenes From Watership Down | George Butterworth | 1978 | Album |
| A Shropshire Lad • Two English Idylls • The Banks Of Green Willow / Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge | George Butterworth / Benjamin Britten - The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1976 | Album |
| A Shropshire Lad / Earth And Air And Rain | George Butterworth / Gerald Finzi - Benjamin Luxon, David Willison | 1976 | Album |
| A Festival Of English Music | Benjamin Britten / George Butterworth / Sir Edward Elgar / Sir Michael Tippett / Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner | 1976 | Compil. |
| Festival Of English Music Vol. 2: Portsmouth Point ∙ Siesta ∙ Scapino / A Shropshire Lad ∙ The Banks Of Green Willow / Tintagel / The Wasps - Overture | Sir William Walton / George Butterworth / Arnold Bax / Ralph Vaughan Williams, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 1972 | Compil. |
| Concertino For Harpsichord And Strings / The Holy Boy / Two English Idylls / Capriol Suite / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow | Walter Leigh, John Ireland, George Butterworth, Peter Warlock, Ernest John Moeran, Neville Dilkes Conducting English Sinfonia | 1972 | Album |
| A Shropshire Lad / The Banks Of Green Willow / A John Field Suite / There Is A Willow Grows Aslant A Brook / Dance In The Sunlight | George Butterworth / Sir Hamilton Harty / Frank Bridge / Arnold Bax - Neville Dilkes Conducting English Sinfonia | 1971 | Album |
| A Recital Of English Songs | John Shirley-Quirk - Henry Purcell, George Butterworth, Pelham Humfrey, Ernest John Moeran - Martin Isepp, Nona Liddell, Ivor McMahon, Ambrose Gauntlett | 1966 | Album |
| The Perfect Fool Ballet Suite / A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody | George Butterworth, Gustav Holst, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Sir Adrian Boult | 1955 | Album |
| Farewell Recital / Maud / A Shropshire Lad | John Carol Case / Sir Arthur Somervell / Daphne Ibbott / George Butterworth | Album | |
| Butterworth : A Shropshire Lad | John Cameron, Gerald Moore, George Butterworth | Album | |
| Butterworth, Dvořák, Kabalevsky | British Youth Symphony Orchestra, George Butterworth, Antonín Dvořák, Dmitry Kabalevsky | Album |
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