The English Madrigal School, Vol. 1

The English Madrigal School, Vol. 1
The Alfred Deller Consort - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-553 [LP, mono, NA]
Amadeo AVR 6071 [LP, mono, Europe]

Contents:

    Thomas Morley: Madrigals to Foure Voyces (1594)
  1. xviii: Ho! Who comes here?

    2. Thomas Weelkes: Madrigals to 3, 4, 5 voyces (1597)
  2. vi: Cease sorrows now

    3. Thomas Vautor: Songs of divers Ayres and Natures (1619)
  3. iv: Mother, I will have a husband

    4. Richard Edwards: The Mulliner Book, f. 79 v:
  4. In going to my naked bed

    5. Thomas Weelkes: Balletts and Madrigals (1598)
  5. ii: To shorten Winter's sadness

    6. Thomas Weelkes: Madrigals of 5 (and 6) parts (1600)
  6. iv-v: O Care, thou wilt despatch me

    7. John Bartlett: A Booke of Ayres (1606)
  7. 10: Of all the birds that I do know

    8. —
    John Bennet: The Triumphes of Oriana (1601)
  8. iv: All creatures are now merry-minded

    9. Thomas Morley: The First Booke of Canzonets (1595)
  9. iii: Sweet nymph

    10. John Bennet: Madrigalls to Foure Voyces (1599)
  10. xiii: Weep O mine eyes

    11. Thomas Weelkes: Ayres or Phantasticke Spirites (1608)
  11. x: The Ape, the Monkey and the Baboon

    12. John Wilbye: The Second Set of Madrigals (1609)
  12. xx: Oft have I vowed

    13. Thomas Weelkes: Ayres or Phantasticke Spirites (1608)
  13. xviii: Strike it up, Tabor

    14. John Ward: The First Set of English Madrigals (1613)
  14. xvii: Hope of my heart

Playing time: 39' 58"

Performers:
The Alfred Deller Consort
April Cantelo (soprano), Alfed Deller (counter-tenor), Eileen McLoughlin (soprano), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Gerald English (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
Walthamstow Hall, London, UK [11/1955];
Rel.: 1956

Compilation:
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-553/554 [LP] The English Madrigal School, vol. 1 and 2
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) « The Bach Guild – Historical Anthology » 08 2019 72 [CDx2] The English Madrigal School
Musical Concepts MC 196 [CDx6 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume FIVE: English, French and Italian Madrigals

Excerpts:
[2], [3], [6]-[8], [10], [14] Vanguard Classics VCD 72 032 [CD] Now is the Month of Maying
[5] Vanguard VSD 729/30 [LPx2] The Art of Alfred Deller
[9] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-606 Musical Panorama of Shakespeare's England

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Comments:
Information from LP
This is the first of a serie of four original LPs of english madrigals; originally titled « Elizabethan Madrigals », it was later renamed « The English Madrigals School, vol. I » other releases being:
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 554 [LP] The English Madrigals School, vol. 2
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 577 [LP] The English Madrigals School, vol. 3
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 578 [LP] The English Madrigals School, vol. 4

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