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Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend: Opera & Stage; Sacred Song; Solo Song; Folksong [4 CDs]

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Indian Queen, Z 630; Olinda in the shades unseen, song, Z. 404; Thus to a ripe, consenting maid (from "Old Bachelor"), so...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Bevan, Maurice; Buttrey, John; Chapuis, Michel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Elliott, R...
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Choir; Deller Consort; Jaye Consort of Viols; King's Musick; Stour Music Festival Chorus; Stour Music Festival Orchestra

An inspired and always deeply moving artist, Alfred Deller was not only one of the greatest countertenors of all time but also an exceptional musician...continue...

English Song - works by Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Warlock, et al. / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Heritage Masters / 2012-05-04

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Come, Phyllis; Philip Rosseter: When Laura Smiles; What Then Is Love But Mourning; Sweet, Come Again; What is a Day?; John Dowland: Second ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Peter Pears' voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin...continue...

Gallimaufry - Elizabethan and Jacobean Music / Passamezz

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-10-01

Works: English Traditional: Work(s); How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song; Anonymous, English: The Dark Is My Delight, song; Passamezzo antico, for ensemble; What Meat Eats the Spaniard?, broadside ...
Performers: Goodwin, Christopher; Kenny, Peter Luke; Kinder, Alison; Lewis, Tamsin
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Ensemble: Passamezzo

A Gallimaufry is a jumble, a hodgepodge, a ridiculous medley or, in this case a wondrous collection of theatre songs, broadside ballads, street cries, consort...continue...

Early Music - Campion: Lute Songs / Rickards, Linell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-03-24

Works: Thomas Campion: Come let us sound with melody the praises; Tune thy Musicke to thy hart; Come, you pretty false-ey'd wanton; There is none, O none but you; Sweet exclude me not nor be divided; I care...
Performers: Linell, Dorothy; Richards, Steven

Thomas Campion was a 16th century English poet, physician, soldier and musician. Humorous parody, moods of melancholy and love songs all are contained in a...continue...