Shakespeare Songs and lute solo

Shakespeare Songs and lute solo

Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute)
His Master's Voice ALP 1265 [LP]
Angel (EMI) 45 016 [LP]

Contents:

Thomas Vautour:

1. Lute solo: Almaine

Thomas Morley (m) / Shakespeare (t): As you like it

2. Song: It was a lover and his lass

Anon. (m) / Shakespeare (t): Othello

3. Song: Sing willow, willow, willow

John Dowland:

4. Lute solo: Tarleton's resurrection

Thomas Morley (m) / Shakespeare (t): Twelfth nigh

5. Song: O mistress mine

John Wilson (m) / Shakespeare: Measure for measure

6. Song: Take, O take those lips away

John Dowland (m) / Shakespeare: Henry IV, part II (mention)

7. Lute solo: Fantasia

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Robert Johnson (m) / Shakespeare (t): The Tempest

8. Song: Where the bee sucks
9. Song: Full fathom five

Francis Cutting (m) / Shakespeare, from Hamlet

10. Lute solo: Variations on Walsingham

Anon., trad. (m) / Shakespeare (t): Henry V

11. Song: Callino (Caleno) custore me!

Anon. (m) / Shakespeare (t): Twelfth night

12. Song: Peg-a-Ramsay

John Dowland (m) / Shakespeare: Two gentlemen of Verona (mention)

13. Lute solo: Toy (The shoemaker's wife)

Anon. (m) / Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (mention)

14. Song: Greensleeves

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1], [4], [7], [10], [13] Desmond Dupré (lute)
[2]-[3], [5]-[6], [8]-[9], [11]-[12], [14] Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute)

Recording site and date:
[1], [4], [7], [10], [13] [unknown]
[2]-[3], [5]-[6], [8]-[9], [11]-[12], [14] No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, UK [04/20/1954 & 06/24-25/1954];
Rel.: 1955

Excerpts:
[2]-[3], [5]-[6], [8]-[9], [11]-[12], [14] EMI Classics "References" 7243 5 65501 2 4 [CD] Alfred Deller - HMV Recordings, 1949-1954.

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 33/387-144 (Sep 1955)

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