An Evening of Elizabethan Verse and Its Music - W.H. Auden & New York Pro Musica Antiqua

An Evening of Elizabethan Verse and Its Music - W.H. Auden New York Pro Musica Antiqua
Жанр: Early Music, Baroque
Год выпуска диска: 1967
Производитель диска: Odyssey
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: 256 kbps
Продолжительность: 42:42
The composers:
Thomas Weelkes
Robert Jones
John Wilbye
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Thomas Morley
George Kirbye
John Dowland
Orlando Gibbons
John Ward
Thomas Tomkins
Performers:
New York Pro Musica Antiqua
W. H. Auden (narrator)
Ruth Daigon (soprano)
Jean Hakes (soprano)
Russell Oberlin (counter-tenor)
Charles Bressler (tenor)
Paul Maynard (harpsichord)
Arthur Squires (tenor)
Brayton Lewis (bass)
Noah Greenberg, dir.
Трэклист:
1. Thomas Weelkes - Anonymous:
Tan Ta Ra cries Mars (Text read by W. H. Auden)
2. Robert Jones - Framcis Davison:
Sweet, if you like and love me still (Text read by W. H. Auden
3. John Wilbye - Anonymous:
Flora gave me fairest flowers (Text read by W. H. Auden)
4. Alfonso Ferrabosco - Ben Jonson:
Come, my Celia (Text read by W. H. Auden)
5. Robert Jones - Anonymous:
Sweet Kate of late (Text read by W. H. Auden)
6. Robert Jones - Thomas Campian:
Though your strangeness (Text read by W. H. Auden)
7. Thomas Morley - Anonymous:
I saw my lady weeping (Text read by W. H. Auden)
8. John Wilbye - Anonymous:
Sweet honey-sucking bees (Text read by W. H. Auden)
9. George Kirbye - Edmund Spenser:
Up then Melpomene (Text read by W. H. Auden)
10. John Dowland - Anonymous:
In darkness let me dwell (Text read by W. H. Auden)
11. Orlando Gibbons - Sir Walter Raleigh:
What is our life (Text read by W. H. Auden)
12. Alfonso Ferrabosco - John Donne:
So, So, leave off this last lamenting kiss (Text read by W. H. Auden)
13. John Ward - Michael Drayton:
Upon a bank with roses (Text read by W. H. Auden)
14. Thomas Tomkins - Samuel II, Chapter 18:
When David heard that Absolom was slain (Text read by W. H. Auden)

W. H. Auden teamed up with the New York Pro Musica Antiqua in 1954 to make this record.
Auden reads a piece of verse in his usual simple, clear style, then the Pro Musica Antiqua sings the same piece. Each illuminates the other, and it is pure pleasure to listen to.
The music is a mix of madrigals and lute songs. Among the verses are Tan Tara Cries Mars, Sweet Honey Sucking Bees, In Darkness Let Me Dwell, When Absalom Was Slain - it's clear the selections were made by Auden, a fine poet himself. The liner notes by Auden are included.
If you're a fan of Elizabethan music, or if you're just Elizabethan-curious, this is an excellent addition to your collection.
The recording is monaural, but it is of adequate technical quality, and the performance can never be duplicated.