The Three Ravens

The Three Ravens - Elizabethan Folk and Minstrels Songs

Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute & guitar)
Vanguard (Omega) Classics "Alfred Deller Edition (5)" OVC 8104

Contents:

Anon., ca 16th-17th c.:

1. The Three Ravens
2. The Cuckoo
3. How Should I Your True Love Know (Ophelia's song from Hamlet)
4. Sweet Nightingale
5. I Will Give My Love an Apple
6. The Oak and the Ash

Anon., ca 16th-17th c. (text: William Douglas)

7. Annie Laurie
   Anon., ca 16th-17th c.:
   
8. Go From My Window (lute solo)
9. King Henry
10. Coventry Carol
11. Barbara Allen
12. Heigh Ho, the Wind and the Rain
13. O Waly, Waly
14. Down in Yon Forest
15. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Johnson (attr.):

16. A Toye

Anon., ca 16-17th c.:

17. Queen's Maries
    
18. The Tailor and the Mouse
19. Sussex Carol
    
20. Greensleeves

Playing time: 46'30"

Artists:
Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute & guitar)

Recording site and date:
[1]-[6], [7]-[16], [18], [20] Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, New-York, NY, USA [10/1955]
[7] [1961 or prior]
[17], [19] (unknown)

Other releases (identical, first and re-releases):
[17], [19] (previously unreleased)

Compilation:
33 r.p.m.:
a) [1]-[6], [8]-[16], [18], [20] Vanguard VRS 479 The Three Ravens also issued as a stereo dubbed version Vanguard SRV 299 SD [LP], Vanguard CSRC 299 [cass.]
b) [7] Vanguard VRS 1031 [LP] (alt. Vanguard VSD 2 014 [LP-stereo], Amadeo AVR 6162, Vanguard 73 005)
CD: [1]-[2], [5]-[6], [9], [11], [12], [20] Vanguard Classics 08 9087 72 or in France 92 529

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 409-188 (Nov. 1994)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

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