The Fringes of the Fleet

Album by Edward Elgar & Roderick Williams & Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra & Tom Higgins

The Fringes of the Fleet is a song-cycle by English composer Edward Elgar, composed in 1917. It comprises vocal settings of wartime verse for voice with orchestral accompaniment, employing lyrical lines, march-like rhythms and evocative orchestral colour to convey naval and home-front themes, and it represents Elgar's engagement with topical, accessible vocal music during World War I alongside his larger orchestral works.

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  1. 1.
    Overture: Plymouth Hoe
    7:29
  2. 2.
    The Fringes of the Fleet: I. The Lowestoft Boat
    3:58
  3. 3.
    The Fringes of the Fleet: II. Fate's Discourtesy
    3:31
  4. 4.
    The Fringes of the Fleet: III. Submarines
    2:40
  5. 5.
    The Fringes of the Fleet: IV. The Sweepers
    3:27
  6. 6.
    The Fringes of the Fleet: V. Inside the Bar
    2:30
  7. 7.
    Big Steamers
    3:04
  8. 8.
    The Soldier
    2:34
  9. 9.
    Blow Out, You Bugles
    3:04
  10. 10.
    Elegy for Strings
    4:31
  11. 11.
    A Manx Overture: The Isle of Mountains and Glens
    7:59
  12. 12.
    Big Steamers
    2:58
  13. 13.
    Overture: The Windjammer
    8:27
  14. 14.
    March: Elizabeth of England
    5:05

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