Purcell: Fantazia

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Peter Warlock: Collected 78rpm Recordings

Recorded 1925-51, digitally remastered.

Campion:	There is a Garden in her face (arr. Warlock) John Goss (baritone), Diana Poulton (lute)
Dowland:	Flow not so fast, ye fountains (arr. Warlock) John Goss (baritone), Diana Poulton (lute)
Ferrabosco, A II:	O eyes, O mortal stars (arr. Warlock) John Goss (baritone), Diana Poulton (lute) Come, my Celia (arr. Warlock) John Goss (baritone), Diana Poulton (lute)
Purcell:	Fantazia (arr. Warlock) Pasquier Trio Fantazia (arr. Warlock) Griller String Quartet
Warlock:	Capriol Suite London Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Bernard Serenade for strings NGS Chamber Orchestra, John Barbirolli Capriol Suite (arr. for violin & piano by Joseph Szigeti) Josef Szigeti (violin), Nikita Magalov (piano) Serenade for strings Constant Lambert String Orchestra, Constant Lambert Capriol Suite Constant Lambert String Orchestra, Constant Lambert The Curlew René Soames (tenor), Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano) Aeolian String Quartet Captain Stratton's Fancy Peter Dawson (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Oh good ale John Goss (baritone), Diana Poulton (lute) Corpus Christi The English Singers Sleep John Armstrong (baritone) International String Quartet Chopcherry John Armstrong (baritone) International String Quartet The Fox Parry Jones (tenor) Sleep Parry Jones (tenor) Take, O take those lips away Parry Jones (tenor) Sweet and kind Parry Jones (tenor) As ever I saw Parry Jones (tenor) The Passionate Shepherd Parry Jones (tenor) Corpus Christi Ann Wood (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor) BBC Chorus, Leslie Woodgate Nursery Jingles (6) Cecil Cope (bass) Milkmaids Roy Henderson (baritone), Eric Griffen (piano) Captain Stratton's Fancy Roy Henderson (baritone), Eric Griffen (piano) Sigh no more, ladies Roy Henderson (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Pretty Ring Time Roy Henderson (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Passing By Roy Henderson (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) My Own Country Roy Henderson (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Fair and True Roy Henderson (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Piggesnie Roy Henderson (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Sweet and twenty Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) Consider Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) Sleep Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) Rest, sweet nymphs Truro Girls School The First Mercy Billy Neeley (treble) Corpus Christi Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano), René Soames (tenor) Festival Singers, Leslie Woodgate The Frostbound Wood Dennis Noble (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) The Fox Dennis Noble (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Captain Stratton's Fancy Oscar Natzke (bass)

Born in 1894, Peter Warlock was one of England’s great songwriters – described by Lennox Berkeley as one of the “most colourful talents in English 20th century music”. His output was prolific. In addition he was a distinguished editor and transcriber of a vast amount of early music as well as an author of several books and many articles, editor and music critic. He was very close to Delius – indeed was obsessed with Delius’s music and wrote a book about him, and also assisted Beecham in organising a Delius festival in 1929. He shared a cottage with fellow composer E. J. Moeran. He suffered bouts of depression and sadly he was found dead in his Chelsea flat in December 1930, of gas poisoning.

Gathered here are the original 78rpm recordings from the John Bishop Collection – divided into Orchestral and Chamber on CD1 and vocal items on CD2. John Bishop was one of the leading lights of the Peter Warlock Society, and all tracks have been remastered by Andrew Rose of Pristine Audio.

The booklet contains fascinating and informative notes, rare photographs and original 78rpm matrix numbers with recording dates.

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