Anthony Lewis conducts... Purcell. Come Ye Sons of Art - The Tempest - Trumpet Sonata, etc - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1953/1958

Henry Purcell:  "Come Ye Sons of Art" - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II  (1694)               FLAC  Mega Download
Margaret Ritchie, Soprano ~ Alfred Deller, Counter-tenor ~ John Whitworth, Counter-tenor ~ Bruce Boyce, Baritone
Ruggero Gerlin, harpsichord  ~ The St.Anthony Singers  &  L'Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre  conducted by  Anthony Lewis
L'Oiseau-Lyre  OL 50166   1958 matrix: TT 455 -1L     Recorded: Paris, 1953.  (1954 10" LP: DL 53004)

Henry Purcell:  "The Tempest"
'Arise ye subterranean winds'   ~  'Aeolus, you must appear'   (Hervey Alan, Bass)   
'Your awful voice I hear'  ~  'See, see, the Heavens smile'   (William Herbert, Tenor)

"The Tempest":  'Halcyon days'   /  "Diocletian": 'What shall I do'   (Jennifer Vyvyan, Soprano)     
Sonata in D for Trumpet & Strings   (Dennis Egan, trumpet)  

"The Virtuous Wife":  (March ~ Minuet I ~ Minuet II)   /  Chacony in G minor      
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Philomusica of London  conducted by  Anthony Lewis  
L'Oiseau-Lyre  SOL 60002   Original 1958  STEREO LP   Matrices: ZTT 481 -1K / ZTT 482 -2K   Recorded: 1958.      Not on CD      Sleeve-notes >>>

Thurston Dart -&- Granville Jones / Philomusica - Handel. Water Music - Lute+Harp Concerti - Alexander's Feast - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1959

G. F. Handel:  "The Water Music"    Suite no.1 in F  (part 1)     /    Suite no.1 in F  (part 2)  ~  Suite no.2 in G  ~  Suite no.3 in D   
Philomusica of London  directed by  Thurston Dart     2 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
L'Oiseau-Lyre  SOL 60010   Original 1959 LP/matrices: ZTT 509 -2M / ZTT 510 -1M   Recorded: c.1959

Lute & Harp Concerto in B flat major, op.4/6      I:  Andante - Allegro  ~  II:  Larghetto  ~  III:  Allegro moderato .

Harp Concerto in F major, op.4/5        I:  Larghetto  ~  II:  Allegro  ~  III:  Alla Sicilana  ~  IV:  Presto        
Concerto Grosso in C major.  "Alexander's Feast"    Allegro  ~  Adagio  ~   Allegro  ~   Andante, con Presto 

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Desmond Dupre, lute  ~ Osian Ellis, harp  ~ Carl Pini  &  Neville Marriner, violins  ~ Joy Hall, 'cello  ~
Thurston Dart, organ & harpsichord    

Philomusica of London  directed by  Granville Jones              
L'Oiseau-Lyre  SOL 60013   Original 1960 LP/matrices: ZTT 515 -2S / ZTT 516 -1S.     

Recorded: A/B: 8 June 1959 - Decca West Hampstead Studio 3 / C: 2 June 1959 - Watford Town Hall    STEREO files    Sleeve-notes >>>

Thurston Dart / Philomusica - J.S.Bach. 6 Brandenburg Concertos - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1959

Johann Sebastian Bach:  The Six Brandenburg Concertos:
Concerto no.1 in F major,  BWV 1046       /    Concerto no.1 in F major,  BWV 1046 - reissue
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Concerto no.2 in F major,  BWV 1047   /     Concerto no.3 in G major,  BWV 1048
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Concerto no.4 in G major,  BWV 1049  /    Concerto no.5 in D major,  BWV 1050      /      Concerto no.6 in B flat major,  BWV 1051               
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Philomusica of London  directed by  Thurston Dart, harpsichord
L'Oiseau-Lyre  SOL 60005/6  STEREO  Original 1959 LP's/matrices: ZTT 495 -1K / 496 -1K + ZTT 497 -1K / 498 -1K
1958 mono issues: OL 50167 (1/2/4) & OL 50160 (3/5). Concerto 6 re-recorded 10/11 October 1958 - Decca West Hampstead Studios.
No.1 additionally from DPA 577 (1977: matrices 2A/2A).  Files re-edited March 2013     Sleeve-notes, etc + 1958/9 EMG reviews >>>