Butterworth / Parry / Bridge - A Shropshire Lad CD

Three of the most evocative voices in English pastoral music on a single disc. Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad and The Banks of Green Willow are among the most achingly beautiful pieces in the orchestral repertoire — music that conjures the English countryside with an almost painful clarity. Parry and Bridge complete a programme that feels like a love letter to a vanished England.

Performed by the English String Orchestra under William Boughton, and recorded in Nimbus's characteristic warm, natural acoustic. A disc that rewards quiet listening.

• Composers: George Butterworth, Hubert Parry, Frank Bridge
• Performers: English String Orchestra, cond. William Boughton
• Key works: A Shropshire Lad (Rhapsody), The Banks of Green Willow
• Label: Nimbus Records
• Format: CD
• Barcode: 5014827506824
• SKU: 1z94027
• Condition: Preloved