The Cries of London

The Cries of London

The Deller Consort, Ambrosian Singers, London Chambers Players - Alfred Deller, cond.
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-563 [LP, mono, NA]
Amadeo AVR 6149 [LP, mono, continental Europe]
Pye Vanguard PVL 7077 [LP, mono, UK]

Contents:

John Cobb, (ed. D. Stevens)

1. These are the Cries of London Town

Thomas Ravenscroft, (ed. D. Stevens)

2. New Oysters

Richard Dering, (ed. D. Stevens)

3. The Cries of London

Thomas Ravencroft, (ed. D. Stevens):

4. A Bellman's song
5. New Oysters
6. The Painter's Song

Savage

7. Muffins Ho!

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Richard Dering, (ed. H. Purcell)

8. Country Cries

Anon., (ed. D. Stevens)

9. A Quart a Penny
10. I Can Mend Your Tubs and Pails

Edmund Nelham, (ed. D. Stevens)

11. Have You any Work for the Tinker

Thomas Ravencroft, (ed. D. Stevens)

12. Brooms for Old Shoes

Thomas Weelkes, (ed. J. Noble)

13. The Cries of London

Luffman Atterbury:

14. One a Penny, Two a Penny

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[2], [5], [7], [9]-[12] The Ambrosian Singers
Denis Stevens, cond.
[3]-[4], [6], [8], [13] The Alfred Deller Consort:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor - solo in [4]), April Cantelo (soprano - solo in [13]), Wilfred Brown (tenor - solo in [6])
London Chambers Players:
Granville Jones (violin), James Barton (violin), Patrick Ireland (viola), Kenneth Essex (viola), William Pleeth ('cello)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
Europe [1956];
Rel.: 1956

Excerpts in (initial release):
[5] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-606 [LP] Musical Panorama of Shakespeare's England
[1]-[6], [8]-[13] Vanguard Classics 08 5072 71 [CD] The Cries of London and other English Ballads and Folk Songs

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