Notes: | The seventh folksong set from the third Collins disc (performed by Langridge and Osian Ellis). Also to be found there are the orchestral arrangements (sung by Langridge and Thomas Allen, with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Steuart Bedford), and a number of the then-unpublished folksongs - The Holly and the Ivy with the BBC Singers conducted by Simon Joly, and King Herod and the Cock, The Twelve Apostles and The Bitter Withy with Langridge and the Wenhaston Boys Choir conducted by Christopher Barnett and accompanied by David Owen Norris. Originally released by Collins Classics in 1995. Compact disc. Program notes by Keith Anderson and biographical notes on performers in English with German translations, and texts of the songs in English, or French with English translations (24 p.) inserted in container. Philip Langridge, tenor, Osian Ellis, harp ; Margaret Feaviour, soprano, Judith Harris, mezzo-soprano, Vernon Kirk, tenor ; Graham Titus, baritone, BBC Singers ; Simon Joly, conductor ; Wenhaston Boys Choir ; Christopher Barnett, conductor ; David Owen Norris, piano ; Thomas Allen, baritone ; Northern Sinfonia ; Steuart Bedford, conductor. Recorded Feb. 20-21 and Mar. 20-21, 1995 at St. Giles Cripplegate, London (1st-8th tracks); June 9, 1995 at St. Paul's Knightsbirdge, London; Jan. 21-22, 1995 at Snape Maltings Concert Hall; Mar. 31, 1995 at All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle. Sung in English or French.
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