Western Wind

Western Wind and Other English Ballads and Folk Songs
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré, John Sothcott
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) "Alfred Deller Edition" 08 5032 71 [European market]
Vanguard Classics (Arcade-France) "Alfred Deller Edition" 300 328-2 [France]
Vanguard Classics (Omega) OVC 8111 [NA market]

Contents:

    Anon.:
  1. Western wind
  2. Early One Morning
  3. Black is the Color
  4. All the pretty Little Horses
  5. Capstan shanty: Lowlands

    6. Anon./William Butler Yeats:
  6. The Sally Gardens

    7. Anon./Thomas Moore:
  7. Bendemeer's Stream

    8. Anon./William Douglas of Fingland:
  8. Annie Laurie

    9. Anon.:
  9. The Miller of the Dee
  10. Cockles and Mussels

    11. Anon./Ben Johnson:
  11. Drink to Me only

    12. Anon.:
  12. The Foggy, Foggy Dew
  13. Frog Went A-Courtin'
  14. Turtle Dove
  15. Pretty Polly Oliver
  16. The Carrion Crow
  17. The Wife of Usher's Well
  18. Henry Martin

    19. Anon., early settlers of De Kalb County, Texas:
  19. I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
  20. Cold blows the wind
  21. Skye boat song

    22. Anon., from Cecil Sharp's "English Folksongs of the South Appalachians":
  22. When the Sun Goes In

    23. Anon.:
  23. Song of a Wedding

Playing time: 57' 45"

Performers:
Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute, guitar), John Sothcott (recorder)

Recording site and date:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, UK [1958]

Excerpts:
[1]-[19] Vanguard VRS-1031 Western Wind [LP, mono, NA]
[20]-[23] Songs never before released (from CD box).

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 420-180 (nov. 1995)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

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Pierre-F. Roberge