Musica Britannica

Musica Britannica

Dowland - Ford - Morley - Laniere - Lawes - Purcell - Ravenscroft - Tomkins
Deller Consort & Morley Consort - Pro Cantione Antiqua & Collegium Aureum
Deutsche Harmonia mundi "Baroque Esprit" 05472 77443 2

Contents:

Thomas Morley: Consort Lessons

1. Joyne Hands

John Dowland

2. Song: Now, O now I needs must part

Thomas Tomkins: Songs of 3, 4, 5 and 6 Parts (1622)

3. Madrigal: O let me live, o let me die

Conversi / Thomas Morley

4. Five-voice madrigal: Sola soletta

John Dowland: A Pilgrim's Solace

5. Song: If that a sinner's sighes

Thomas Ford, from Teares and Lamentacions (Leighton's collection)

6. Almighty God

John Dowland, Tollemache Ms.

7. Ballad: My Lord Willoughby's welcome home (instr.)

Thomas Ravenscroft

8. Partsong: The three ravens

William Lawes

9. Partsong: Gather your rosebuds
10. Catch: See how in gathering

Nicholas Laniere

11. Partsong: Though I am young

Henry Purcell: Incidental music from Oedipus

12. Hear ye sullen powers
    Music for a while
    Come away, do not stay

Henry Purcell

13. Lost is my quiet forever
14. Arise, ye subterranean winds
15. 'Tis wine was made to rule the day

Playing time: 57' 07".

Performers:
[1]-[7] The Deller Consort & Morley Consort
[8]-[11] Pro Cantione Antiqua - Mark Brown, dir.
[12]-[15] Members of the Collegium Aureum

Recording site and date:
[1]-[7] All Saint's Church, Boughton Aluph, Ashford [1970 or prior]
[8]-[11] Cedernsaal, Schloss Kirchheim [06/1973]
[12]-[15] Cedernsaal, Schloss Kirchheim [06/1976]

Excerpts (from original):
[1]-[7] Harmonia mundi HM 223 [LP] Musique à la Cour des Tudors - Tudor Music
[8]-[11] BASF BAC 3081 [LP] Cakes and Ale - Catches and Partsong
[12]-[15] probaby from a BASF LP recording, number unknown

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