Folksongs (Alfred Deller album)

Folksongs
Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedBoughton Aluph, 1971
GenreFolk song
Length39'35 (LP) 40'09 (CD)
LabelHarmonia Mundi France

Folksongs is a 1972 album by the countertenor Alfred Deller with his son Mark Deller and lutenist Desmond Dupré.[1][2][3] In addition to actual folksongs it includes three songs composed by Thomas Morley and one by Robert Jones.

Track listing

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  1. "The Three Ravens" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:52)
  2. "Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (1:53 )
  3. "Sweet Nymph, Come to thy Lover" Thomas Morley – Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré and Mark Deller (1:41)
  4. "I go before my darling" by Thomas Morley – Alfred Deller, Mark Deller and Desmond Dupré (1:26)
  5. "The Oak and the Ash" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (3:11)
  6. "Barbara Allen" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:36)
  7. "Lord Randall" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (4:04)
  8. "The Water Is Wide" (English version of Waly, Waly) – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:35)
  9. "The Tailor and the Mouse" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (1:31)
  10. "Down by the Sally Gardens" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:21)
  11. "I Will Give my Love an Apple" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (1:47)
  12. "Miraculous Love's wounding" by Thomas Morley – Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré and Mark Deller (2:57 )
  13. "Sweet Kate" by Robert Jones – Alfred Deller, Mark Deller and Desmond Dupré (1:36)
  14. "Bushes and Briars" (collected by Vaughan Williams 1908) – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:36 )
  15. "The Foggy, Foggy Dew" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:10)
  16. "She Moved Through the Fair" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (3:44 )
  17. "Evening Prayer" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

References

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  1. ^ Billboard 20 May 1972 p.39
  2. ^ The Gramophone 2003
  3. ^ The Grove Book of Opera Singers 2008 p115 "often accompanied by the lutenist Desmond Dupré.