50 years of The Deller Consort

50 years of The Deller Consort
The early years 1955-1963
The Deller Consort (with various artists) - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard (Silverminds Music) 99 220

Contents:

    CD-1

    Thomas Tallis: Hymns for alternating plainsong and polyphony
  1. Hymn: Jam Christus astra ascenderat

    2. Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, part I
  2. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
    Aleph; Quomodo sedet
    Beth
    Plorans ploravit

    3. Anon.
  3. Sumer is icumen in

    4. William Cornysh
  4. Ah, Robin, gentle Robin

    5. William Cornysh
  5. Hoyda! Jolly Rutterkin

    6. John Wilbye
  6. Sweet honey-sucking bees

    7. John Wilbye
  7. Adieu, sweet Amaryllis

    8. Thomas Morley
  8. April is my mistress face

    9. Thomas Morley
  9. O grief, even on the bud

    10. Clément Jannequin
  10. Au joly boys

    11. Orlande de Lassus
  11. La nuit froide et sombre

    12. Guillaume Costeley
  12. Allons gay bergères

    13. Anon.
  13. Mon coeur se recommande a vous

    14. Thomas Morley, (The First Booke of) Balletts to Five Voyces
  14. Fire!, Fire! (1st verse only)

    15. Francis Pilkington
  15. O softly singing lute

    16. John Dowland
  16. My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (lute solo)

    17. John Wilbye
  17. Draw on sweet night

    18. Benjamin Rogers
  18. In the merry month of May

    19. Henry Purcell
  19. Sir Walter enjoying his damsel

    20. William Turner
  20. Young Anthony

    21. Anon.
  21. Amo amas, I love a lass

    22. Joseph Barnby
  22. Sweet and low

    23. CD-2

    Carlo Gesualdo
  23. Ecco, morirò dunque
    Hai, gia mi disco loro

    24. Claudio Monteverdi / O. Rinuccini (t)
    Published in Il sesto libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1614
    Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata (sv111)
  24. Incenerite spoglie, avara tomba
  25. Ditelo, o fiumi, e voi ch'udiste Glauco
  26. Darà la notte il sol lume alla terra
  27. Ma te raccoglie, o ninfa, in grembo il cielo
  28. O chiome d'or, neve gentil del seno
  29. Dunque, amate reliquie, un mar di pianto

    30. Carlo Gesualdo
  30. Beltà, poi che t'assenti

    31. Claudio Monteverdi / T. Tasso (t)
    Published in Il secondo libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1590
  31. Ecco mormorar l'onde (sv51)

    32. Claudio Monteverdi / Guarini (t)
    Published in Ottavo libro de' madrigali (Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi ...), Venice, 1638
  32. Mentre vaga angioletta (sv157)

    33. Luca Marenzio
  33. Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi

    34. Claudio Monteverdi / Guarini (t)
    Published in Madrigali, libro primo, Venice, 1587
  34. Baci soavi e cari (sv27)

    35. Claudio Monteverdi / Marino (t)
    Published in Ottavo libro de' madrigali (Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi ...), Venice, 1638
    Altri canti di Marte e di sua schiera (sv155)
  35. Part I: Altri canti di Marte e di sua schiera
  36. Part II: Due belli occhi fur l'armi onde trafitto

    37. Carlo Gesualdo
  37. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

    38. Claudio Monteverdi / Petrarch (t)
    Published in Il sesto libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1614
  38. Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena (sv108)

Playing time: 65' 00" + 66' 03" = 2h 11' 03"

Performers:
[32, 35] Baroque String Ensemble [Neville Marriner (violin), Peter Gibbs (violin), Desmond Dupré (gamba), Francis Baines (violone), Denis Vaughan (harpsichord)]
[1-15, 17, 24-34, 35, 37-38] Maurice Bevan (baritone, baritone-bass)
[1-10, 13-15, 17, 23, 31, 32, 34, 35] Wilfred Brown (tenor)
[17, 32, 35] April Cantelo (soprano)
[1-13-15, 17-30-31, 32-35, 37-38] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
[16] Desmond Dupré (gamba)
[1-10, 13-15, 17, 23, 31, 32, 34, 35] Gerald English (tenor)
[3-5, 18-22] Edgar Fleet (tenor)
[1-2, 32, 35, 18-22] John Frosst (bass)
[3-5] Owen Grundy (baritone)
[11, 30] Sally Le Sage (soprano)
[1, 17, 32, 35] Eileen McLoughlin (soprano)
[6-10, 13-15, 23, 31, 34] Eileen Poulter (soprano)
[11-12, 24-30, 33, 37-38] Honor Shepphard (soprano)
[6-10, 12-15, 23-29, 31, 33-34, 37-38] Mary Thomas (soprano)
[12, 24-29, 33, 37-38] Robert Tear (tenor)
[11, 30] Philip Todd (tenor)
[11-12, 24-30, 33, 37-38] Max Worthley (tenor)

Recording site and date:
See links below [1955-1963], rel. 2000

Excerpts from (original recording)
[1]-[2] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-551 [LP, mono] Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah & 5 hymns (Cantiones Sacrae)
[3], [22] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-602 [LP, mono] Tavern Songs Vol. II A collection of catch and glees both ribald and refined
[4]-[5], [18]-[21] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-561 [LP, mono] Tavern Songs Catches and Glees and other diverse entertainment of merrie England
[6]-[7] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-554 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School vol. 2
[8]-[9], [14] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-577 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School, vol. 3 - Thomas Morley
[10], [13], [23], [31], [34] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-604 [LP, mono] Madrigals Masterpieces - The Renaissance in France, Italy and England
[11], [30] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BGS-671 [LP, stereo] Madrigal Masterpieces, vol. 3 - Lamento d'Arianna and other madrigals
[12], [24]-[29], [33], [37], [38] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-639 [LP, mono] Madrigal Masterpieces vol. 2
[15] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-624 [LP, mono] The Silver Swan and other masterpieces of the Elizabethan and Jacobean Madrigal - Madrigals of Gibbons, Byrd, Ward and Pilkington
[16] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-539 [LP, mono] Elizabethan and Jacobean Music - Airs and Instrumental Music of England
[17] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-578 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School, vol. 4 - John Wilbye
[32], [35]-[36] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-579 [LP, mono] Monteverdi - Madrigali Amorosi

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 78/932-98 (october 2000)

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Pierre-F. Roberge