Purcell / Lully

Purcell: Come, ye Sons of Art - Lully: Miserere
Ritchie, Morison, Deller, Whitworth, Herbert, Boyce, Gerlin, Lewis with The St. Anthony Singers and l'Ensemble orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre - Anthony Lewis, cond.
L'Oiseau-Lyre OL 50166 [LP, mono]
L'Oiseau-Lyre OLLD 345 [LP, mono, France]
L'Oiseau-Lyre OLS 102 (?162) [LP, e-stereo]

Contents:

    Come, ye sons of art, Z323; text N. Tate
    (Ode on the Birthday of Mary II, 1694)

  1. Ouverture (sinfonia)
    1. Largo
    2. Allegro
    3. Adagio
  2. Come, come, ye Sons of Art (counter-tenor, chorus)
  3. Sound the trumpet till around (counter-tenors)
  4. Come, come, ye Sons of Art (chorus)
  5. Strike the viol (counter-tenor)
  6. The day that such a blessing gave (bass, chorus)
  7. Bid the Virtues (soprano, oboe)
  8. These are the sacred charms that shield (bass)
  9. See Nature, rejoicing (soprano, bass, chorus)

    10. ----
    Jean-Baptiste Lully
  10. Miserere

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[9] Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), John Withworth (counter-tenor), Bruce Boyce (baritone), Ruggero Gerlin (harpsichord) with St. Anthony Singers and l'Ensemble orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre - Anthony Lewis, cond.
[10] Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Elsie Morison (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), William Herbert (tenor), Richard Lewis (tenor), Bruce Boyce (baritone) with St. Anthony Singers and l'Ensemble orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre - Anthony Lewis, cond.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1953];
Rel. 1958 (on LP)

Excerpts (original release):
[1]-[8] L'Oiseau-Lyre DL 53004 [LP, 25cm, mono] Henry Purcell: Come ye Sons of Art
[2] L'Oiseau-Lyre DL 53003 [LP, 25cm, mono] Jean-Baptiste Lully: Miserere

Excerpts (others):
[2]-[5] Decca 411 661-1 [LP] Grandi Voci, Alfred Deller
[2]-[5] Decca 448 247-2 [CD] Grandi Voci Alfred Deller

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 36/426- [Nov. 1958 (as OL 50 166)], 49/582-689 Nov. 1971 (as OLS 102)

Comments:
Information from owned LP (OL 50166).
OLS 102: "re-recorded to simulate stereo" (information from Pascal Charlier).

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