PETER DAWSON: Classic Dawson

Catalog Number: RRC1069
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD

Categories: Historical Works, Vocal Music

Performers: Peter Dawson

Available: 7
Price: $8.99

The Classically-trained Australian baritone with superb diction, who took England by storm between the Wars singing the quintessential songs of the Empire and the British Isles.

On this carefully re-mastered collection, 23 tracks (over 72 minutes) all his light favourites are with a good sample of his popular classical work, in those cases with Sargeant, Barbirolli etc.

	Track Listing	Time
1	The Floral Dance (Moss) Rec.1934	3:13
2	Waltzing Matilda (Peterson, Cowan, arr. Wood), Rec.1937	3:39
3	Old Father Thames (O'Hogan, Wallace) Rec.1933	3:18
4	Boots (McCall, Kipling) Rec.1929	2:51
5	Glorious Devon (German, Boulton) Rec.1929	2:52
6	Somehwere A Voice Is Calling (Tate, Newton) Rec.1939	2:55
7	On The Road To Mandalay (Speaks, Kipling) Rec.1939	3:16
8	The Fishermen of England (Phillips, Dodson) Rec.1929	2:37
9	The Mountains of Mourne (Trad.) Rec.1931	3:03
10	Roses of Picardy (Wood, Weatherly) Rec.1939	3:02
11	The Drum Major (Newton, Selby) Rec.1930	2:58
12	I Travel The Road (Thayer, Parsons) Rec.1931	3:15
13	The Cobbler's Song (from 'Chu Chin Show')(Asche, Norton) Rec.1931	2:45
14	Drake's Drum (Stanford, Newbotl) Rec.1933	2:32
15	The Smuggler's Song (Mortimer, Kipling) Red.1929	3:13
16	Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes (Trad.) Rec.1939	3:13
17	When The Sergeant Major's On Parade (Longstaffe) Rec.1934	2:57
18	A Bachelor Gay ('Maid of the Mountains')(Tate, Harris, Valentine,1930)	3:27
19	Waita Poi (Hill) Rec.1938	2:57
20	Oh Better Far To Live And Die (The Pirates of Penzance:Gilbert & Sullivan) Rec.1929	2:10
21	O My Warriors (Elgar, Acworth: Caractacus) Rec,1928	3:32
22	Honour And Arms (Samson: Handel: Hamilton) Rec.1927	4:25
23	Why Do The Nations? (Messiah: Handel) Rec.1934	4:38