Madrigal Masterpieces Vol. 2

Madrigal Masterpieces Vol. 2
Deller Consort - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-639 [LP, mono, NA]
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-5051 [LP, stereo, NA]
Amadeo AVR 12 102 [LP, mono, Europe]
Amadeo AVRS 12 102 [LP, stereo, Europe]
Amadeo AVRS 6 292 [LP, stereo, Europe] (?)
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) « Alfred Deller Edition » 08 5057 71 [CD, Europe]
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) « Alfred Deller Edition » 300 336-2 [CD, France]
Vanguard Classics (Omega) « The Bach Guild » OVC 2544 [CD, USA]

Contents:

    Guillaume Costeley
  1. Noels: Allons gay bergeres
  2. Mignonne, allons voir si la rose

    3. Passereau
  3. Il est bel et bon

    4. Claudio Monteverdi / O. Rinuccini (t)
    Published in Il sesto libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1614
    Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata (sv111)
  4. Incenerite spoglie, avara tomba
  5. Ditelo, o fiumi, e voi ch'udiste Glauco
  6. Darà la notte il sol lume alla terra
  7. Ma te raccoglie, o ninfa, in grembo il cielo
  8. O chiome d'or, neve gentil del seno
  9. Dunque, amate reliquie, un mar di pianto

    10. Claudio Monteverdi / Petrarch (t)
    Published in Il sesto libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1614
  10. Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena (sv108)

    11. Luca Marenzio: Ninth Book of Madrigals
  11. Solo e pensoso

    12. Luca Marenzio: Il Trionfo di Dori
  12. Leggiadre ninfe

    13. Cipriano de Rore (m) / Alfonso d'Avalos & Marquis del Vasto (t)
    Published in Primo Libro di Madrigali a 4, 1547
  13. Anchor che col partire

    14. Carlo Gesualdo: 6th Book of Madrigals
  14. Morro lasso al mio duolo

    15. Jacob Arcadelt: 1st Book of Madrigals
  15. Il bianco e dolce cigno

    16. Robert Jones: The Triumph of Oriana
  16. Fair Oriana seeming to wink at folly

Playing time: 48' 24"

Performers:
The Deller Consort
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Honor Sheppard (soprano), Mary Thomas (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Max Worthley (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1962];
Rel.: 1963

Compilation:
Vanguard "Bach Guild" BG-604, 639, 671 [LPx3] Madrigal Masterpieces
Musical Concepts MC 196 [CDx6 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume FIVE: English, French and Italian Madrigals

Excerpts:
[1]-[3] Vanguard classics « Everyman » SRV 298 SD [LP] Songs of Birds, Battle and Love, and the Flowering of the French Chanson
[1], [4]-[11], [14] Vanguard Classics (Silverminds music) 99 220 [CD] 50 years of The Deller Consort - The early years 1955-1963
[3] Vanguard Classics (Arcade) 302 433 [CD] Les voix de cristal ou l'art des haute-contre
[4]-[10] Vanguard classics « Everyman » SRV 297 SD [LP] Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amate, Lamento d'Arianna, and other works from the 6th book of madrigals
[13] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BGS 70-697/8 [LPx2, stereo] The art of Ornamentation and Embellishment
[13] (?) Harmonia mundi HM 17 042 [45rpm, 17cm] Michelangelo

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 420-180 (nov. 1995)

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Pierre-F. Roberge