Italian Songs

Italian Songs for solo voice with lute, harpsichord and viola da gamba
Masterpieces of the Italian Baroque
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré, George Malcolm
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-565 [LP, mono, NA]
Amadeo AVR 6085 [LP, mono, continental Europe]
Amadeo AVRS 6085 [LP, e-stereo, continental Europe]
Vanguard Classics 08 5056 71 [CD, Europe]

Contents:

    Giulio Caccini
  1. Pien d'amoroso affeto

    2. Claudio Saracini
  2. Pallidetta qual viola

    3. Giulio Caccini
  3. Amarilli mia bella

    4. Pietro Domenico Paradisi
  4. Sonate in A, 2nd movement (harpsichord)

    5. Marco da Gagliano
  5. Valli profonde

    6. Alessandro Scarlatti
  6. Difesa non ha
  7. O, cessate di piagarmi

    8. —
  8. Belleza che s'ama

    9. Giovanni Pietro Berti
  9. Da grave incendio

    10. Alessandro Scarlatti
  10. O dolcissima speranza

    11. Claudio Saracini
  11. Da te parto

    12. Michelangelo Rossi, Dieci Toccate per Cembalo
  12. Toccata No 7 (harpsichord)

    13. Baldessare Donato
  13. Dolce mio ben

    14. Alessandro Scarlatti
  14. La speranza mi tradisce

    15. Giaches de Wert
  15. Dunque basciar

Playing time: 46' 56"

Performers:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Desmond Dupré (luth, viola da gamba), George Malcolm (harpsichord)

Recording site and date:
Europe [1956];
Rel.: 1957

Excerpts:
[1]-[3], [5]-[11], [13]-[15] Musical Concepts MC 197 [CDx6 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume SIX: Music of the French and Italian Renaissance
[2], [4] Vanguard VSD 729/30 [LP] « The Art of Alfred Deller ».

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from LP (Vanguard) & from Pascal Charlier (AVRS 6085).

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Pierre-F. Roberge