Awake, Sweet Love

John Dowland - Awake, Sweet Love
Airs & Partsongs
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-673 [LP, mono]
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BGS-70673 [LP, stereo]
Amadeo AVRS 6396 [LP, stereo, Germany]
Amadeo AVRS 66 009 [LP, stereo, France]
Vanguard (Arcade) Classics "Alfred Deller Edition" 08 5071 71 [CD, Europe]
Vanguard (Omega) Classics OVC 8112 [CD, NA]

Contents:

    John Dowland: First Book of Airs, 1597
  1. Wilt thou, unkind, thus reave me?
  2. Awake, sweet love

    3. John Dowland: A Musical Banquet, 1610
  3. In darkness let me dwell

    4. John Dowland: Third Book of Airs, 1603
  4. Me, me, and none but me

    5. John Dowland: A Pilgrim' Solace, 1612
  5. Go, nightly cares

    6. John Dowland: First Book of Airs, 1597
  6. If my complaints could passions move
  7. Sleep, wayward thoughts

    8. John Dowland: Third Book of Airs, 1603
  8. Flow not so fast, Ye fountains

    9. John Dowland: First Book of Airs, 1597
  9. Come again! Sweet love doth now invite

    10. John Dowland: Second Book of Airs, 1600
  10. Sorrow, stay

    11. John Dowland: R. Dowland: Variety of Lute Lessons, 1610
  11. Queen Elizabeth's Galliard

    12. John Dowland:
  12. If that a sinner's sighs

    13. John Dowland: Second Book of Airs, 1600
  13. Fine knack for ladies
  14. Flow, my tears

    15. John Dowland: First Book of Airs, 1597
  15. Can she excuse my wrongs

Performers:
The Deller Consort
Honor Sheppard (soprano), Alfred Deller (countertenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Philipp Todd (tenor), Desmond Dupré (lute), & (track 5 only) Beatrice Reichert (gamba), Viktor Redtenbacher (violin)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Playing time: 53' 36" (Vanguard Arcade CD), 54' 05" (Vanguard Omega CD)

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1965 or prior];
Rel.: 1966

Excerpts:
[1]-[10], [12]-[15] Musical Concepts MC 193 [CDx7 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller – The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume ONE: Folk Songs and Ballads

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 119-16 (september 1967)

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Pierre-F. Roberge