Traditional Glees & Madrigals

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:57 +0000

“No trace of exaggeration here and the sense of fun is well calculated to tickle the audience, not just the singers. Such an expert group might be tempted to play it too cool, but they are in the capable hands of Mark Brown who …makes sure that points are not missed. … Excellent results.”
— Gramophone

This new collection, compiled from outstanding recordings by Engleand’s renowned Pro Cantione Antiqua, new collection to showcase traditional Glees to the growing young market of singing and glee clubs, takes a fascinating look at the traditional glee (from which “glee clubs” get their name) and its roots in secular madrigals.

Madrigals

1: Hark All Ye Lovely Saints (Thomas Weelkes) 3:08
2: Though Amaryllis Dance (William Byrd) 2:05
3: Fyer, Fyer (Thomas Morley) 4:01
4: Sweet Suffolk Owl (Thomas Vautor) 2:08
5: April Is In My Mistress’ Face (Thomas Morley) 1:17
6: Music Divine (Thomas Tomkins) 3:58
7: Come, Gentle Swains (Michael Cavendish) 1:39
8: My Bonny Lass She Smileth (Thomas Morley) 1:57
9: Ah, Dear Heart (Orlando Gibbons) 1:44
10: Thus Sings My Dearest Jewel (Thomas Weelkes) 1:12
11: Sleep, Fleshly Birth (Robert Ramsey) 5:39
12: O That The Learned Poets (Orlando Gibbons) 2:41

Glees

13: Foresters Sound The Cheerful Horn (Henry Bishop) 1:47
14: Epitaph On A Dormouse (Benjamin Cooke) 2:36
15: Strike The Lyre (Thomas Cooke) 5:30
16: The Goslings (J: Frederick Bridge) 2:04
17: Two Snails (Bridge) 2:23
18: Come Let Us Join The Roundelay (William Beale) 1:42
19: Breathe Soft, Ye Winds (William Paxton) 1:37
20: Sweet and Low (Joseph Barnby) 2:52
21: There Is A Paradise On Earth (R. L. de Pearsall) 2:39
22: Who Will O’er The Downs So Free (de Pearsall) 1:48
23: Waters Of Elle (de Pearsall) 2:32
24: The Kiss (Barnby) 2:24
25: The Squirrel (George T. Smart) 3:49
26: As Torrents In Summer (Sir Edward Elgar) 2:00
27: The Long Day Closes (Sir Arthur Sullivan) 3:49

English Madrigals from the Oxford University Press Book of English Madrigals

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:35:51 +0000

Twenty-two of the most popular English madrigals sung by the incomparable Pro Cantione Antiqua and friends under the direction of master vocal director Philip Ledger.

[1] John Wilbye: Flora gave me fairest flowers (1:17)
[2] Thomas Weelkes: O care, thou wilt dispatch me (4:09)
[3] Thomas Greaves: Come away, sweet love (1:29)
[4] John Wilbye: Draw on sweet night (4:52)
[5] John Farmer: Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone (1:37)
[6] William Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby (4:24)
[7] Thomas Tomkins: O yes! Has any found a lad? (1:50)
[8] Giles Farnaby: Construe my meaning (1:37)
[9] John Wilbye: Adieu, sweet Amaryllis (2:11)
[10] Thomas Morley: Now is the month of Maying (1:58)
[11] Orlando Gibbons: The silver swan (1:22)
[12] George Kirbye: See what a maze of error (1:47)
[13] Thomas Tomkins: Too much I once lamented (5:54)
[14] John Wilbye: Weep, weep, mine eyes (4:22)
[15] Thomas Morley: Sing we and chant it (1:45)
[16] Orlando Gibbons: What is our life? (4:09)
[17] Thomas Weelkes: Sing we at pleasure (1:59)
[18] John Ward: Out from the vale of deep despair (3:38)
[19] John Bennet: Weep O mine eyes (2:16)
[20] Michael East: Quick, quick away dispatch (3:12)
[21] Thomas Bateson: Those sweet delightful lilies (2:29)
[22] John Wilbye : Sweet honey-sucking bees (4:27)

Pro Cantione Antiqua
Paul Esswood, Simon Gay and Kevin Smith, countertenors
James Griffett and Ian Partridge, tenors
Brian Etheridge, Stephen Roberts and David Thomas, basses
with Rosemary Hardy, Elizabeth Lane and Mary Thomas, sopranos
Philip Ledger, director

Time: 64:35
Recorded in 1979 under the auspices of Oxford University Press

Philip Ledger – Alto CD

Traditional Glees & Madrigals

English Madrigals from the Oxford University Press Book of English Madrigals