Now is the Month of Maying

Now is the Month of Maying
English Madrigals
Deller Consort - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard VCD 7 2032
Vanguard (Carrère) 92.505 [France]

Contents:

    Thomas Morley: The First Booke of Balletts to Five Voyces, iii (1595)
  1. Now is the month maying

    2. Thomas Morley: The First Booke of Canzonets to Two Voyces, vii (1595)
  2. Miraculous love's wounding!

    3. Thomas Weelkes: Madrigals to 3, 4, 5 voyces, vi (1597)
  3. Cease sorrows now

    4. Thomas Vautor: Songs of divers Ayres and Natures, iv (1619)
  4. Mother, I will have a husband

    5. Thomas Weelkes: Madrigals of 5 (and 6), parts iv-v (1600)
  5. O Care, thou wilt despatch me

    6. John Bartlett: A Booke of Ayres, 10 (1606)
  6. Of all the birds that I do know

    7. John Bennet: The Triumphes of Oriana, iv (1601)
  7. All creatures are now merry-minded

    8. John Wilbye, The second set of madrigals XVI (1609)
  8. Happy, O happy he, who not affecting

    9. Thomas Morley: The First Booke of Balletts to Five Voyces, ii (1595)
  9. Shoot, false Love, I care not

    10. John Bennet: Madrigalls to Foure Voyces, xiii (1599)
  10. Weep O mine eyes

    11. Thomas Weelkes: Ballets and Madrigals for Five Voices, v (1598)
  11. On The plains, fairy trains

    12. Thomas Wilbye: The Second Set of Madrigals, xx (1609)
  12. Oft have I vowed

    13. Thomas Morley: Canzonets or Little Short Songs to Three Voyces, xx (1593)
  13. Arise, get up, my dear

    14. John Ward: The First Set of English Madrigals, xvii (1613)
  14. Hope of my heart

    15. Thomas Weelkes: Ballets and Madrigals for Five Voices, i (1598)
  15. All at once well met

    16. John Wilbye, The second set of madrigals XXIII (1609)
  16. Weep, weep, mine eyes, my heart can take no rest

    17. Thomas Wilbye: The Second Set of Madrigals, xvii-xviii (1609)
  17. Sweet honey-sucking bees

    18. Thomas Morley: The First Booke of Balletts to Fiucryste Voyces, xix (1595)
  18. Leave this tormenting

    19. Thomas Weelkes: Madrigals of 6 parts, vii (1600)
  19. Thule, the period of cosmography

    20. Thomas Wilbye: The First set of English Madrigals, xii (1598)
  20. Adieu, sweet Amaryllis

    21. Thomas Morley: The First Booke of Balletts to Five Voyces, xiv (1595)
  21. Fire! Fire! my heart

Playing time: 68' 17"

Performers:
The Alfred Deller Consort [April Cantelo (soprano), Eileen McLoughlin (soprano), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Gerald English (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone)] - Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
[3]-[7], [10], [12], [14] Walthamstow Hall, London, UK [11/1955]
[11], [15], [17], [19]-[20] Walthamstow Hall, London, UK [11/1955]
[1]-[2], [9], [13], [18], [21] Walthamstow Hall, London, UK [07/1958]
[8], [16] Walthamstow Hall, London, UK [06/1957]

Excerpts from (original release)::
[3]-[7], [10], [12], [14] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-553 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School vol. I
[11], [15], [17], [19]-[20] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-554 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School vol. II
[1]-[2], [9], [13], [18], [21] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-577 / BGS 5002 [LP, mono] English Madrigals School, vol. 3: Thomas Morley - Elizabethan Madrigals
[8], [16] Vanguard "The Bach Guild " BG-578 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School, vol. 4 - John Wilbye

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 354-205 (november 1989)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 12/5-384 (may/june 1989)

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Pierre-F. Roberge