02. Francis Poulenc: Fancy [1'48]
03. Benjamin Britten: Fancie [0'58]
04. Mervyn Horder: Under the greenwood tree [1'37]
05. Charles Gounod: The fountains mingle with the river [1'37]
06. Reynaldo Hahn: The swing [1'44]
07. Camille Saint-Saens: Cherry Tree Farm [2'23]
08. Frank Bridge: O that it were so [2'13]
09. Antony Hopkins: A melancholy song [0'54]
10. Noel Coward: If love were all [5'44]
11. Jerome Kern: You cant make love by wireless [3'13]
12. Madeleine Dring: Song of a nightclub proprietress [2'49]
13. Samuel Barber: Solitary hotel [2'35]
14. Irving Berlin: What'll I do [3'32]
15. Cole Porter: Miss Otis regrets [2'48]
16. John Musto: Litany [3'50]
17. Harriet Ware: The boy in the gallery [2'42]
18. Noel Coward: Mad about the boy [4'55]
19. Arthur Bliss: The return from town [2'05]
20. Cole Porter: The physician [4'49]
21. Lord Berners: Come on Algernon [3'04]
22. Flanders & Swann: A word on my ear [4'35]
23. Irving Berlin: I love a piano [3'22]
24. Jerome Kern: Call me Flo'(tt) [1'34]
25. Ivor Novello: Bees are buzzin' [3'13]
26. Jack Hupfield: Let's put out the lights [2'14]
27. Noel Coward: The party's over [1'40]
Felicity Lott- soprano and Graham Johnson- piano
Champs Hill CHRCD003 (recorded and issued in 2009)
(digital download - flacs, booklet and cover)
Recording venue: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex
Recording engineer: Julian Millard; Producer: Mark Brown
This recording of mostly popular repertoire was made quite late in Flott's career when the voice was not quite what it had been but it is still very beautifully clear and warm. It's a programme that she frequently performed to her devoted audiences around the British Isles. She delightfully points up the comedic songs - especially the slightly risque Come on Algernon by Lord Berners (a.k.a Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson) and Cole Porter's The Physician. The four French composers are represented by relatively rare settings of English texts.
She is very ably supported by her long-term collaborator, Graham Johnson, with real chemistry between them and the engineer and producer provide a fine sound recording in the lovely acoustic at Champs Hill. Graham Johnson also provides the excellent booklet notes but unfortunately there are no song tets provided..