Western Wind
- Western Wind
- and Other English Ballads and Folk Songs
A. Deller, D. Dupré, J. Sothcott
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) "Alfred Deller Edition" 08
5032 71 [Europe]
Vanguard Classics (Arcade-France) "Alfred Deller Edition"
300 328-2 [France]
Vanguard Classics (Omega) OVC 8111 [NA market]
Contents:
Anon.:
- Western wind
- Early One Morning
- Black is the Color
- All the pretty Little Horses
- Capstan shanty: Lowlands
Anon./William Butler Yeats:
- The Sally Gardens
Anon./Thomas Moore:
- Bendemeer's Stream
Anon./William Douglas of Fingland:
- Annie Laurie
Anon.:
- The Miller of the Dee
- Cockles and Mussels
Anon./Ben Johnson:
- Drink to Me only
Anon.:
- The Foggy, Foggy Dew
- Frog Went A-Courtin'
- Turtle Dove
- Pretty Polly Oliver
- The Carrion Crow
- The Wife of Usher's Well
- Henry Martin
Anon., early settlers of De Kalb County, Texas:
- I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Anon.:
- Cold blows the wind
- Skye boat song
Anon., from Cecil Sharp's "English Folksongs of the
South Appalachians":
- When the Sun Goes In
Anon.:
- Song of a Wedding
Playing time: 57' 45"
Performers:
Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute, guitar),
John Sothcott (recorder)
Recording site and date:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, UK [1958]
Compilation:
Musical Concepts MC 193 [CDx7 + CD-ROM]
Alfred Deller – The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume ONE:
Folk Songs and Ballads
Excerpts:
[1]-[19] Vanguard VRS-1031 Western Wind
[LP, mono, NA]
[20]-[23] Songs never before released (from CD box).
Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 420-180 (nov. 1995)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
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Pierre-F. Roberge