WHEN THE EMPIRE CALLS:

Catalog Number: ABC4768063
Label: ABC Classics
Format: CD

Available: 3
Price: $19.99

Categories: Vocal Music
Classical Periods: 20th Century, Romantic

Composers: Gerard F. Cobb, Gordon Sutherland, J.P. McCall, Mary Carmichael, Maurice Bell, Oley Speak, Percy Grainger, W. Ward-Higgs, Walter Damrosch
Performers: David Miller, Michael Halliwell

When The Empire Calls

Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling and Popular Songs of the Boer War

Michael Halliwell, baritone
David Miller, piano

A double CD of songs from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century expounding the influence of patriotism and the British Empire on popular song. As with much of the musical output from earlier and later wars, the sentiments expressed in the songs do not usually reflect the realities of the war, but give a sanitised picture with an often-sentimentalised view of hardship and loss. This recording features the powerful voice of Michael Halliwell accompanied by David Miller on piano.

	Track Listing	Time
	CD One: Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads
1	Gerard F. Cobb (1838-1904) To T.A. (1892)	1:03
2	J.P. McCall (1882-1961) Boots (1928)	2:43
3	Gerard F. Cobb: Gunga Din	5:30
4	Ford o' Kabul River Op. 26 No. 2 (1893)	4:11
5	W. Ward-Higgs: Troopin' (1906)	2:24
6	Gordon Sutherland: The Widow at Windsor (1893)	3:14
7	J.P. McCall: Route Marchin' (1930)	3:36
8	Maurice Bell: Follow Me 'Ome (1909)	4:12
9	Gerard F. Cobb: The Young British Soldier Op. 24 No. 1	4:14
10	Walter Damrosch (1862-1950): Danny Deever Op. 2 No. 7 (1897)	3:51
11	Gerald F. Cobb: Lichtenberg (1904)	4:49
12	W. Ward-Higgs: The Widow's Party (1906)	3:21
13	Oley Speaks (1874-1948); On the Road to Mandalay (1907)	4:57
14	Gerard F. Cobb: Fuzzy-Wuzzy Op. 24 No. 5 (1892)	2:52
15	Belts Op. 29 No. 1	4:22
16	Oonts Op. 29 No. 5	3:30
17	J.P. McCall: Cells (1930)	3:21
18	W. Ward-Higgs: Bill 'Awkins (1906)	1:40
19	Gerad F. Cobb: 'Snarleyow' Op. 29 No. 6	4:41
20	Mary Carmichael: Tommy (1892)	4:10
21	Percy Grainger (1882-1961): Soldier, Soldier (1898)	3:11
	CD 2 Popular Songs of the Boer War
1	Paul Barnes/Will D. Cobb (1876-1930) Good-bye Dolly Gray (1897)	1:42
2	Alfred Hill (1870-1960)/Hugh Macdonald When the Empire Calls (1900)	2:05
3	Felix McGlennon: Comrades (1887)	3:52
4	Lieutenant A. L. Harrington Kyle: Strathcona's Horse: Regimental Song (1900)	3:26
5	George F. Root (1820-1895)/Henry Washburn: The Vacant Chair (1862)	4:19
6	Arthur Somervell (1863-1937)/Harold Begbie: The Handy Man (1900)	2:34
7	Theodore F. Morse (1873-1924)/Edward Madden (1878-1952): Blue Bell (1904)	4:02
8	Joseph Gillott/Joan Torrance: Sons of the Southern Sea (1900)	3:55
9	Charles K. Harris (1867-1930): Break the news to Mother (1891)	4:32
10	Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)/Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): The Absent-Minded Beggar (1899)	3:12
11	C. W. Murphy/Albert Hall: The Baby's Name (1900)	2:13
12	Theodore F. Morse (1873-1924)/Edward Madden (1878-1952): Two little boys (1903)	2:50
13	Reginald De Koven (1859-1920)/Rudyard Kipling: Recessional (1898)	4:36
14	J.L.H. Schumann/Lieut. A.L. Harrington Kyle: The Boer Prisoner's Prayer (1900)	4:09
15	John Bradford/B. Malcolm Ramsay: Sons of Our Empire (1900)	3:38
16	Paul Dresser (1859-1906): The Pardon came too late (1898)	4:26
17	Alfred H. West/Albert Chevalier (1861-1923): Mafekin' Night (1900)	2:26
18	John Finucane: Just Knock at the Door, and ask for us (1909)	2:01
19	W.C. Robey: The 'Pretoria Dinner Party' or 'In walked England' (1900)	4:10
20	G.D. Wheeler: Bravo! Dublin Fusiliers! (1899)	2:25
21	George Evergard/Lawrence Barclay: Good-bye, Daddy (1900)	2:49
	Medley	5:39
22	Lesley Stuart (1864-1928): The Soldiers of the Queen (1897)
23	Sep. Winner: Sarie Marais (1901)
24	Geofrey F. Root (1820-1895): Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (1864)
25	Marie Cowan/'Banjo' Paterson (1864-1941): Waltzing Matilda (1934)
26	Paul Barnes/Will D Cobb: Good-bye, Dolly Gray (1898)