This seventh volume in the Naxos McCormack edition includes the great tenor’s only published recording of the Preislied from Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, sung here in English translation as Morning Was Gleaming; music by Irish and Irish-American composers; patriotic war-related songs that evoke the pain of separation and the hope of return, including Ivor Novello’s hugely popular Keep the Home Fires Burning; and ‘Champs paternels’ from Méhul’s opera Joseph, recorded as a supportive gesture for the French forces that were suffering greatly at the time.

All these works are delivered with an intimacy of feeling, masterful phrasing and a compelling sense of engagement with the listener that were the hallmark of McCormack’s approach to everything that he sang.

Allitsen: The Lord is my Light Balfe: The Bohemian Girl Balfe: The Bohemian Girl: Then You’ll Remember Me Ball, Ernest: The Isle of Dreams: When Irish Eyes are Smiling Dorel: Calling Me Home to You Elliott, A: There's a long, long trail a-winding Fauré: Crucifix Ferrari, G: The Rainbow of Love Herbert, V: Eileen: Eileen (Alanna Asthore) Kreisler: Cradle Song Löhr, H: Any Place is Heaven if You Are Near Me Margetson: Tommy Lad Méhul: Champs paternels (from Joseph en Égypte) Novello: Keep the Home Fires Burning Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) Piantadosi: Send Me Away With a Smile Raff: Serenade Ray, D: The Sunshine of Your Smile Sanderson, W: God be with our boys tonight Sanderson, W: The Trumpet Call Silesu: Love, here is my heart Smith, J S: The Star-Spangled Banner Wagner: Morning glowing in the rosy glow 'Prize Song' (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Groups & Artists Kreisler, Fritz McCormack, John