Songs for voice with guitar or lute. Alfred Deller, counter-tenor ; Desmond Dupre, guitar and lute. Recorded Oct. 1955, Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, NY (1st-17th works) and Feb. 1956, Walthamstow Town Hall, London (18th-29th works). Originally released on LP by The Bach Guild, VRS 479 (tracks 1-17) and VRS 1001 (tracks 18-29); original CD release (all tracks) on OVC 8026. Compact disc. Program notes adapted from notes by Denis Stevens in English ([2] pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
The three ravens (3:18) -- Cuckoo (1:41) -- How should I your true love know (1:40) -- Sweet nightingale (2:14) -- I will give my love an apple (1:41) -- The oak and the ash (2:19) -- Go from my window (lute) (1:21) -- King Henry (2:40) -- Coventry carol (2:16) -- Barbara Allen (2:07) -- Heigh, ho, the wind and the rain (1:55) -- Waly, Waly (3:00) -- Down in yon forest (2:10) -- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (3:04) -- A toye (2:15) -- The tailor and the mouse (1:31) -- Greensleeves (2:13) -- The wraggle taggle gipsies (3:12) -- Lord Rendall (5:37) -- Sweet Jane (2:36) -- The frog and the mouse (1:44) -- The seeds of love (3:50) -- Near London town (3:02) -- Who's going to shoe your pretty little foot? (1:34) -- Blow away the morning dew (3:13) -- Searching for lambs (2:14) -- Sweet England (2:55) -- Dabbling in the dew (1:57) -- Just as the tide was a-flowing (2:20).
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