The English Madrigal School, vol. 4 - John Wilbye

Madrigals of John Wilbye
The English Madrigal School, vol. 4
Deller Consort - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard "The Bach Guild " BG-578 [LP, mono, NA]
Vanguard "The Bach Guild " BGS 5003 [LP, e-stereo, NA]
Vanguard "The Bach Guild - Historical anthology of music" HM 74SD [LP, e-stereo]
Vanguard (Arcade) Classics "Alfred Deller Edition" 08 5080 71 [CD, Europe]

Contents:

    John Wilbye

    The First Set of English Madrigals, xi (1598)
  1. Thus saith my Cloris bright

    2. The Second Set of Madrigals, xvi (1609)
  2. Happy, O happy he, who not affecting

    3. The Second Set of Madrigals, xxv (1609)
  3. Ye that do live in pleasures plenty

    4. The Second Set of Madrigals, xxx (1609)
  4. Ah, cannot sigh, nor tears, nor aught else move thee

    5. The Second Set of Madrigals, xxxii (1609)
  5. Stay, Corydon, thou swain

    6. The Second Set of Madrigals, xxxi (1609)
  6. Draw on, sweet Night, best friend unto those cares

    7. The First Set of English Madrigals, xviii (1598):
  7. Lady your words do spite me

    8. ----
    The Second Set of Madrigals, v (1609)
  8. As fair as morn, as fresh as May

    9. The Second Set of Madrigals, xxiii (1609)
  9. Weep, weep, mine eyes, my heart can take no rest

    10. The First Set of English Madrigals, xvi (1598):
  10. I always beg, yet never am relieved

    11. The First Set of English Madrigals, xvii (1598):
  11. Thus love commands that I in vain complain me

    12. The Second Set of Madrigals, xx (1609)
  12. Oft I have vowed how dearly I did love thee

    13. The Second Set of Madrigals, i (1609)
  13. Come, shepherd, swains, that wont to hear me sing

    14. The Triumphs of Oriana, xv (1601):
  14. The Lady Oriana

Playing time: 44' 53"

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

Recording site and date:
Walthamstow Hall, London, UK [06/1957];
Rel.: 1958

Excerpts:
[1] Vanguard VSD 729/30 [LPx2] The Art of Alfred Deller
[1]-[7] Vanguard "Everyman classics" SRV 157 SD [LP] The English madrigal school - Madrigals of John Wilbye and Thomas Morley.
[2], [9] Vanguard Classics VCD 72 032 [CD] Now is the Month of Maying
[3] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-606 [LP. mono] Musical Panorama of Shakespeare's England.
[6] Vanguard (Silverminds Music) Classics 99 220 [CD] 50 years of The Deller Consort - The early years 1955-1963.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 47/559- (dec. 1969 (VSL 1 078))

Comments:
Information from CD
This is the fourth of a serie of four original LPs of english madrigals; other releases being:
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG 553 The English Madrigal School, vol. 1
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG 554 The English Madrigal School, vol. 2
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG 577 The English Madrigal School, vol. 3

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