The Forgotten Pedal Harpsichord - The Hufstader Singers

The Forgotten Pedal Harpsichord - The Hufstader Singers

Bruce Prince-Joseph - Hufstader Singers
Cook 11312 [LP, mono]

Contents:

"The Forgotten Pedal Harpsichord"

Antonio Vivaldi, arr. J. S. Bach

1. Concerto #2 in a, BWV 593

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Sonata in C, K. 545

Johann Sebastian Bach

3. Prelude in G, BWV 541
4. English Suite #2 in a, BWV 807--Bouree II

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"The Hufstader Singers"

Clément Janequin

5. Ce mois de Mai

Orlando de Lassus

6. Soyons joyeux

Francis Pilkington

7. Rest sweet nymphs

Tomas Morley

8. April is in my mistress' face

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina

9. Sicut cervus

John Dowland

10. Weep you no more sad fountains

Samuel Barber

11. Three Reincarnations (1942)
1. Mary Hines
2. Anthony O'Daly
3. The Coolin

Maurice Ravel

12. Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis

Playing time: 77' 43"

Performers:
[1]-[4] Bruce Prince-Joseph (pedal harpsichord)
[5]-[12] Hufstader Singers [Sarah Fleming (soprano), Martha Flowers (soprano), Bonnie Parcell (soprano), James Beach (tenor), Russell Oberlin (tenor), Benjamin Wilkes (tenor), Loretta Bohn (alto), Claire Holmes (alto), Violet Serwin (alto), Richard Chapline (bass), Peter Flanders (bass), Christopher O'Malley (bass)] - Robert Hufstader, dir.

Release date:
ca 1956

Excerpts;
[5]-[12] Cook 1092 [LP, 25cm, mono] The Hufstader Singers

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Comments:
Information from Gregg Audette.
The record is a coupling of two previous 10" issues, side 2 originally Cook 1092, issued 1953.
All the Hufstader selections are sung as ensembles except for a soprano bit in the Ravel; i.e. Oberlin is never heard solo, though his voice is often prominent.
Cook was a small label put out by engineer Emory Cook, who here did himself no credit, sound being rather below contemporary average.

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