Gibbons, O: The Silver Swan

This page lists all recordings of The Silver Swan, by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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English Madrigals

Bennet:	All creatures now are merry-minded
Byrd:	Though Amaryllis dance in green
Farnaby:	Carters, now cast down
Gibbons, O:	Ah, dear heart The Silver Swan
Morley:	Hark! Alleluia Phyllis, I fain would die now
Ramsey:	Sleep, fleshy birth
Tomkins:	Woe is me that I am constrained When David Heard Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk, on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Then David mourned Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk, on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk, on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Woe is me that I am constrained Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk, on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Be strong and of a good courage Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk, on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 O sing unto the Lord a new song Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk, on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 O God, the proud are risen against me Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk, on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988
Vautor:	Cruel Madame
Weelkes:	Hark All Ye Lovely Saints
Wilbye:	Draw on, sweet night

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director)

This unique album, the only recording by The Tallis Scholars of English Madrigals and their first-ever digital recording, was made in the Great Hall at Deene Park, Northamptonshire, on April 23rd, 24th and 25th, 1982

“Originally released on the Classics for Pleasure label, the issuing of this CD will mark the first time these tracks have been commercially available for over 20 years. The twelve madrigals presented here were deliberately chosen to show off the scope of the best English madrigal writing around the year 1600. Do I regret not having done more of this repertoire in the intervening years? I would, if there hadn’t been so much first-rate sacred music to explore.” Peter Phillips

“This sole recording of secular music by the Tallis Scholars makes one wish for more. Byrd's 'Though Amaryllis's is very nimble, the graded dynamics in Bennet's 'All Creatures' superb.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 *****

Gimell - GIMSE403

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Byrdland

Byrd:	Ye sacred muses Lullaby, my sweet little baby Come to me, grief, for ever I Thought That Love Had Been A Boy Crowned with flow'rs and lilies
Danyel:	The Leaves Be Greene
Dowland:	Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Now, O now, I needs must part Flow my teares (Lacrimć) Fine knacks for ladies In darkness let me dwell
Galilei, V:	La Volta
Gibbons, O:	The Silver Swan Fantasia of four parts
Holborne:	The Fairie-round Galliard
Morley:	April is in My Mistress Face
Playford:	Under The Greenwood Tree The Indian Queen
Purcell:	If love's a sweet passion Fairest Isle Man Is For The Woman Made Dance For The Haymakers An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193

Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)

Paragon Saxophone Quartet

A tantalising fusion of ancient and modern, ‘Byrdland’ explores the world of the Renaissance song accompanied by a modern-day saxophone quartet. All the songs on the disc were written by the great composers working in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Recent recordings by artists as diverse as Sting and Brian Asawa have partnered the singer with the more traditional lute.

Landor Records - LAN280

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Peace on Earth

Sacred and secular music by Orlando Gibbons

Gibbons, O:

The Silver Swan

Hymns and Songs for the Church: Song 1

Almighty and everlasting God

Great Lord of Lords

Hymns and Songs for the Church: Song 46

Preludium

Hosanna to the son of David

Nay let me weep

This is the Record of John

O Thou, The Central Orb

Ground

O God the King of Glory

O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not

What is our life?

Pavan

Hymns and Songs for the Church: Song 44

See, see, the Word is incarnate

Christopher Gray (organ)

Truro Cathedral Choir, Robert Sharpe

Lammas - LAMM190D

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Flora gave me fairest flowers

21 madrigals of the English Renaissance

Bennet:	Round about in a fair ring
Byrd:	Though Amaryllis dance in green The sweet and merry month of May Lullaby, my sweet little baby
East:	Quick, quick, away, dispatch!
Farmer:	A little pretty bonny lass
Gibbons, O:	Dainty fine bird The Silver Swan
Morley:	Now is the month of maying My bonny lass she smileth Fyre! Fyre
Ramsey:	Sleep, fleshy birth
Tomkins:	Too much I once lamented Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers!
Weelkes:	Hark, all ye lovely saints above Ha ha! This world doth pass Death hath deprived me
Wilbye:	Weep, weep, mine eyes Flora gave me fairest flowers Draw on, sweet night Adieu, sweet Amaryllis

The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Collegium - CSCD511

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Stillness and Sweet Harmony

Allegri:	Miserere mei, Deus
Byrd:	Visita, quaesumus Domine Justorum animae O quam suavis
Fauré:	Requiem: Pie Jesu Tantum ergo, Op. 65 No. 2
Gibbons, O:	The silver swan
Gregorian Chant:	Adoro te devote Alma Redemptoris Mater
Rutter:	What sweeter music
Sheppard, J:	In manus tuas
trad.:	O can ye sew cushions? Down by the sally gardens
Verdi:	Laudi alla Vergine Maria
Wilbye:	Draw on, sweet night