Boyce, William > Norris, David Owen

Songs from the Pleasure Garden - Boyce, Croft, Eccles, etc

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-06-02

Works: Maurice Greene: Orpheus with his lute; Go, Rose, My Chloe's Bosom Grace, song; William Boyce: Orpheus and Euridice; The Pleasures of Spring Gardens, Vauxhall; The Non-Perreill, song; William Croft: H...
Performers: Gurney, Tristan; Langridge, Jennifer; Langridge, Philip; Layfield, Malcolm; Norris, David Owen

"The songs are excellently well chosen; Langridge is particularly attracted to those numbers that accentuate witty turns of phrase, such as Daniel Purcell's "Cupid Make...continue...

London Pride / Catherine Bott, David Owen Norris

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-04-01

Works: Lionel Monckton: Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green, song; Madeleine Dring: Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano; Sandy Wilson: The Boy Friend, musical; George Gershwin: A Foggy Day (in London Town), son...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Norris, David Owen

'Sumptuous performances all.' (Sunday Times)

'Catherine Bott, totally unexpected in lighter twentieth century repertoire, divulges new facets of her talents ... Noel Coward's London Pride...continue...