Traditional, British Isles

Mélodie Francaise - Songs by Fauré, Debussy; Hahn; Chausson / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Stephane Degout, Bernard Kruysen [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Nell, Op. 18 no 1; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 27; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 51; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; La bonne c...
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Degout, Stéphane; Immerseel, Jos van; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noël [Piano]; Lucas, Hélène; Manoff, Susan; Piau, Sandrine

This beautiful boxed set of French melodies gathers some of the most intriguing recordings from the Naïve Classique catalogue. This subtle and fascinating repertoire will...continue...

Folk Songs of the British Isles - Legendary Voices / John McCormack, Kathleen Ferrier, Richard Lewis et al. /

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2012-09-25

Works: English Traditional: The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Cushie Butterfield, music hall song (tune "Pretty Polly Perkins"); Lincolnshire Poacher, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; O can ye sew cu...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Britten, Benjamin; Dawson, Peter; Hammond, Joan, Dame; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Lush, Ernest; MacColl, Ewan; MacEwan, Sydney, Father; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; McKellar, Ke...
Conductors: Wilson, Robert; Roberton, Hugh S.; Sharples, Bob; Sims, Ivor E.; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Arianna Savall: Hirundo Maris / Petter Udland Johansen, Sveinung Lilleheier, Miquel Àngel Cordero and David Mayoral

1 CD / ECM / 2012-07-17

Works: Catalan Traditional: El Mestre, folk song; El mariner, folk song; Sephardic Traditional: Buenas noches, folk song; Ya salió de la mar la galana (She Came Out of the Sea), song (Salonica); Morena...
Performers: Cordero, Miquel Angel; Johansen, Petter Udland; Lilleheier, Sveinung; Mayoral, David; Savall, Arianna

Hirundo Maris is Latin for "sea swallow" and, like that bird's nomadic flight, harpist Arriana Savall's quintet - part early music ensemble, part folk group...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (01/2011).

Hirundo Maris is dedicated to the memory of Montserrat Figueras, the legendary advocate, researcher, and performer of Renaissance and Baroq...continue...

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...

Songbook: The Trebles of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Roger Quilter: Music, When Soft Voices die for voice & piano, Op. 25/5; Love's Philosophy, for voice & piano, Op. 3/1; Arvo Pärt: Vater unser, for boy soprano or unison children's chorus & piano...
Performers: Etherington, Carleton; Nicholas, Benjamin
Conductors: Nicholas, Benjamin
Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

This 'songbook' is unique to the Schola Cantorum choristers of Tewkesbury Abbey - essentially, it's a showcase for the Abbey trebles. This is evident most...continue...
Recording information: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (07/05/2010-07/07/2010)....continue...

Three Ravens / Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies / Folksongs by Alfred Deller with Desmond Dupré, lute

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song; Sweet Nightingale (Down in Those Valleys Below), folk song; The Oak and the Ash (North Coun...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond

Alfred Deller's two most famous LPs now remastered from the original master tapes and released onto one single disc. The master of the folksong tradition....continue...

The Voice, Vol. 2 / Andreas Scholl: The Art of Folksong & Baroque Cantatas

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Oswald von Wolkenstein: Ach senliches leiden; Nu rue mit Sorgen; Kum, liebster Man; John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; First Book of Songs or Ayres; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Can she...
Performers: Guilmette, Helene; Markl, Markus; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors: Young, Crawford; ; Dantone, Ottavio; Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto di Viole; Shield of Harmony

Slova Czech / Slova Czech

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-07-12

Works: Romanian Traditional: Olasská, folk song; Geampara, folk song; Cigány vagyok, Most kezdödik a tánc, folk song; Hora spiccato, traditional melody; A postáris, folk son...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Slova Czech

Recording information: Tonstudio Rajchman, Czech Republic (04/09/2009-04/13/2009)....continue...

Richard Lewis: The Great Welsh Tenor / Handel Arias, British Folksongs

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-07-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joshua; Jephtha; Acis and Galatea; Judas Maccabaeus; Alexander's Feast; Samson; Semele; English Traditional: Bingo, children's song; King Arthur Had Three Sons, folk song; Th...
Performers: Bonifacio, Tina; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Richard Lewis was one of the most successful British tenors of his generation who enjoyed a truly international career. He had a particular affinity with...continue...

Music for the Hammered Dulcimer / Jim Couza

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Anonymous: Jenny Lind's Polka; Johnny Get Your Hair Cut; Maid At the Spinning Wheel; Enchanted Valley; La Belle Katherine; Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Bo...
Performers: Couza, Jim

Includes high cauled cap medley....continue...

Singing For Love

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'eleisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love); George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Semele; Arthur Somervell: Silent Worship ("Did You Not Hear My Lady"), for vo...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Fraser, Stuart; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kenny, Yvonne; Noble, Guy; Pryor, Shefali; Smith, Wilma
Conductors: Greene, Andrew; Guidarini, Marco; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Noble, Guy
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea; I got me flowers, song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical Songs no 2); British Isles Traditional: I Will Give My Love an Apple, folk song; Wolfgang...
Performers: Birch, John; Blaze, Robin; Bowyer, Jeremy; Brough, Andrew; Carroll, Dara; Criswell, Michael; Davey, Peter; Davis, James; Dutton, Paul; Ginn, Michael; Higginbottom, Edward; Hunt, Donald [Choral Conduc...

Blow the Wind Southerly - Songs of life & longing from the north east of England / Ashton, et al

1 CD / Divine Art / 2009-02-01

Works: Scottish Traditional: Bobby Shaftoe, folksong; Ma Bonny Lad, folk song; English Traditional: The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth, folk song; Sweet Hesleyside, traditional melody; Buy Broom Buzzems, folk song...
Performers: Ashton, Margarette; Gray, Rachel; Harrison, Peter; Treherne, John

This is a collection of 14 songs in Victorian parlor settings from the northeast of England, interspersed with contemporary instrumental pieces....continue...

Live from Loretto Chapel - An American Hallelujah, Romance

2 CD / Clarion / 2009-02-01

Works: Daniel Read: Windham; American Traditional: Holy Manna; Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal (Invitation); Shaker Traditional: Love Is Little, hymn; We Will Walk with Mother and Mourn (Shaker Gift Song fro...
Performers: Boswell, Michael; Buchanan, Daniel; Downs, Ronald Lee; Farwig, David; Harrison, Kimberly; Kim, Heidi; Mueller, Kathryn; Neill, Kelly
Conductors: Mack, Linda; Tresler, Matthew
Ensemble: Santa Fe Desert Chorale

A brilliant two-CD set with selections recorded at the historic Loretto Chapel during the 2006 Santa Fe Summer Festival. Using two small ensembles, under the...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier [Box Set]

10 CD / Decca Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ac...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Dobson, Michael; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Lam, Basil; Lofthouse, Thornton; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, William; Peasgo...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Walter, Bruno; Krauss, Clemens

Alfred Deller Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 1 - Folk Songs and Ballads / Deller Consort

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-07-22

Works: Henry Purcell: Man is for the woman made, Z. 605/3; Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, catch for 3 voices, Z. 273; To thee and to a maid, catch for 3 voices, Z. 283; Fie, nay prithee, John, catch, ZD 10...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Sheppard, Honor
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Chamber Players

For the first time ever, the complete Vanguard recordings of the groundbreaking early music artist Alfred Deller will be made available in six deluxe boxed...continue...
Personnel: Alfred Deller & the Deller Consort (countertenor); Desmond Dupre (guitar, lute)....continue...

Songs of Innocence - Britten, Barber, Ives, Handel, Warlock, etc / Swait, Bowman, Plant

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-07-06

Works: John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I Wander; Traditional Spiritual: In the Mornin', spiritual; Benjamin Britten: Diaphenia, song for voice & piano; The Owl, song for voice & piano; Witches' Song, for voic...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Plant, Andrew; Swait, Andrew

The initial impetus for 'Songs of Innocence' came from Andrew Swait who was extremely keen to investigate repertoire rarely sung by a treble; indeed, several...continue...

The Art of Alfred Deller - Classic Vanguard Recordings

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-03-04

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song; King Henry, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Barbara Allen,...
Performers: Bergmann, Walter; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Leonhardt, Gustav
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Ensemble of Baroque Instruments; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V

"Alfred Deller's singing is beguiling and timeless; (Purcell) "Music for a while" (is) from a number of songs which exhibit his essential mastery: everything from...continue...

The Water is Wide and other Lute Songs / Perrin, Parsons

2 CD / Meridian / 2007-07-10

Works: British Isles Traditional: The Water Is Wide, folk song; English Traditional: Scarborough Fair; Through Bushes and through Briars; Lillibulero, lute song; The Turtle Dove; The Three Ravens, folk song...
Performers: Parsons, David; Perrin, Nigel

Nigel Perrin sang with the legendary King's Singers from 1968 to 1980. He initially left the group to work for the Church Army in an...continue...

The Playful Pachyderm / Corp, Perkins, New London Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-12-14

Works: Johann Wilhelm Ganglberger: Mein Teddybär, polka for bassoon & orchestra; Edward Elgar: Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), Op. 62; Jean Baptiste Senaillé: Alleg...
Performers: Perkins, Laurence; Suart, Richard
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]

'Perkins is a compelling advocate of the instrument, not only in his painstaking work as orchestrator and arranger, and his enthusiastic and well-researched booklet notes,...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-10-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Atalanta; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Der Messias; Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; G...
Performers: Boyd Neel String Orchestra; Ferrier, Kathleen; Gilbert, Max; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; McCallum, David; National Symphony Orchestra;...
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Stiedry, Fritz; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Boult, Adrian; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Southern Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the most celebrated English Singers, contralto Kathleen Ferrior brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her...continue...

Folksongs / Alfred Deller, Mark Deller, Desmond Dupré

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-07-01

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song; Lord Rendall, folk song; The Tailor and the Mouse, folk song; Down by the Salley Gardens, folk s...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond

Down by the Salley Gardens / Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-08-28

Works: English Traditional: The Jolly Miller, folk song; Drink to me only with thine eyes, folk song; The Foggy, Foggy Dew, folk song; The Isle of Cloy, folk song; Died for Love, folk song; Lovely Mollie, f...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David

This collection of British folk songs are performed in arrangements by great British composers and songwriters such as Benjamin Britten, Roger Quilter and Percy Grainger....continue...

Seeds of Love

1 CD / Herald / 1998-11-30

Works: English Traditional: Hal an Tow; Lord Rendall, folk song; The Turtle Dove; Brigg Fair, folk song; Traditional: I sowed the seeds of love; Gypsy Laddie; The Coal-black Smith; Our Captain calls all han...

The Seeds of Love tells a story---taken from diaries, letters, and writings---of the early 20th-century collectors of English folk songs. The program begins with the...continue...

English Madrigals and Songs / Summerly, Oxford Camerata

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-08-22

Works: Henry VIII, King of England: Pastyme with Good Companye for 3 voices; William Cornysh: Blow thi horne hunter; Ah Robyn, gentle Robyn; Anonymous, English: Hey trolly lolly lo (16th century); John Wilb...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: Oxford Camerata

English Folksongs & Lute Songs / Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1996-08-01

Works: John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; First Book of Songs or Ayres; The Lady Russells Paven, P 17; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Booke of Songes; Say love ...
Performers: Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Scholl, Andreas

The Valley of Song / Tomlinson, Rossendale Male Voice Choir

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-06-01

Works: Vivian Ellis: Bless the Bride, musical play; Rudolf Friml: Donkey Serenade; Canadian Traditional: I gave my love a cherry (Nova Scotia); Anonymous: Phil the Fluter's Ball; Anonymous, American: Down i...
Performers: Farnworth, Hilary; Farnworth, Michael; Heys, Ken; Jackson, Florence; Rossendale Male Voice Choir; Rowland, Jane; Whitfield, Pete; Whitfield, Peter
Conductors: Tomlinson, Ernest
Ensemble: Rossendale Male Voice Choir

Personnel: Pete Whitfield (violin, piano, bass guitar); Jane Rowland (flute, piccolo, tin whistle); Michael Farnworth (piano); Hillary Farnworth (percussion).

Recording information: St John's C...continue...

World Of Kathleen Ferrier V.1

1 CD / Decca Import / 1990-10-01

Works: English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); Scottish Traditional: The Keel Row; Ma Bonny Lad, folk song; Frank Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day, for voice & piano, H. 34; British ...
Performers: McCallum, David; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Walter, Bruno

Carnival!

1 CD / Herald /

Works: Stephen Hatfield: Las Amarillas, for chorus; Traditional: Beautiful Nancy; Ko Matsushita: Children's songs of Ki-no-kuni, for chorus; British Isles Traditional: Bonny at morn; Francis Poulenc: Petite...