Now Make We Merthe

Now Make We Merthe
The Purcell Consort of Voices - Grayston Burgess, dir.
Frank Harrison, Eric Dobson, Don Smithers, David Munrow
Boston Sykline BSD 121

Contents:

    Anon.
  1. Perspice christicola: Sumer is icumen in, c.1240

    2. Anon.
  2. Foweles in the firth

    3. Anon.
  3. Edi be thu, c.1280

    4. St. Godric, d.1170
  4. Sainte Marie Virgine

    5. Anon.
  5. Miri it is, c.1220

    6. Anon.
  6. Gabriel from heven-king, c.1290

    7. Anon.
  7. Stod wel,moder, c.1280

    8. Anon.
  8. Nowel, nowel: Owt of your sleep, c.1430

    9. Anon.
  9. Deo gracias Anglia: Owr king went forth, c.1420

    10. Anon.
  10. Pray for us, thou Price of Pes, c.1460

    11. Anon.
  11. Go hert, hurt with adversitee, cc.1450

    12. Sir Thomas Phillips, c.1500
  12. This day day daws

    13. Giles Farnaby, c.1590
  13. A maske

    14. Anon., 13th c.
  14. Lux hodie: Orientis partibus (Ian Partride, tenor, Geoffrey Shaw (baritone)

    15. Anon., 14th c.
  15. Resonemus laudibus (Stephen Borton & Paul Copcutt, trebles)

    16. Anon., 15th c.
  16. Verbum caro: In hoc anni circulo

    17. Anon., 12th c.
  17. Verbum patris hodie

    18. Anon., 14th c.
  18. Lullay, lullow: I saw a sweete (Stephen Borton & Paul Copcutt, trebles)

    19. Anon., 14th c.
  19. Fulget hodie de l'espine (John Buttrey, tenor)

    20. Anon., 15th c.
  20. Nowell: The: borys hede

    21. Anon., 12th c.
  21. Verbum patris humanatur (Christopher Keyte, bass)

    22. Anon., 1520
  22. Conditor fut le non-pareil (Grayston Burgess, countertenor)

    23. Richard Smert, mid 15th century
  23. Nowell: Dieus vous garde

    24. Anon., 1556
  24. Riu, riu, chiu: El lobo rabioso (Geoffrey Shaw, bass)

    25. Orazio Vecci, c.1585
  25. Saltavan Ninfe

    26. Anon.
  26. Almande "Est-ce Mars"

Playing time: 65' 10"

Performer:
[1]-[12] Grayston Burgess (countertenor), John Whitworth (countertenor), Gerald English (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), John Frost (baritone), Owen Grundy (bass), Robin Stenham (treble), Osian Ellis (harp and voice), Desmond Dupre (plectrum lute and guitar), Joan Rimmer (psaltlry), Christoher Taylor (recorder), Christopher Wellington (viola)]
[13], [25]-[26] David Munrow (recorder,crumhorn), Bernard Thomas (recorder, crumhorn), Michael Oxenham (recorder, crumhorn), Don Smithers (recorder, crumhorn), John Sothcott (recorder), Francis Grubb (recorder), Tess Miller (crumhorn), Michael Morrow (crumhorn, rackett, tenor curtal, shawm)
[14]-[24] The Purcell Consort of Voices (Grayston Burgess (counter-tenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), John Buttrey (tenor), Geoffrey Shaw (baritone, bass), Christopher Keyte (bass), Stephen Borton (treble), Paul Copcutt (treble)], London Brass Ensemble, Simon Preston (organ), Michael Dobson (oboe), James MacGillavray (heckelphone), Osian Ellis (harp), Joan Rimmer (psaltery), Robert Spencer (lute), Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street (Michael Flemming, choirmaster) - Grayston Burgess, dir.

Excerpts
[1]-[12] Argo ZRG-5443 Medieval English Lyrics [LP]
[13], [25]-[26] Argo ZRG 646 Music of the Waites [LP]
[14]-[24] Argo ZRG 526 Now Make We Merthe [LP]

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