Deep Purple, close harmony arrangements

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Classic FM Magazine, December 2003 
Nothing to do with the rock group, but beautiful close harmony arrangements featuring Rutter and George Gershwin et al. **** 4 stars 
Nick Bailey

Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
[1] [3] [5] Tim Butter double bass, Barry Bignold piano

[9] Ben Pilling baritone; Fiona McWilliams soprano
[10] [12] [15] Barry Bignold piano
[10] [13] Nicola Balzan soprano

[14] Dan Burges tenor; Jess Stansfield soprano
[16] Chris Riley tenor
[23] Sarah Kendrick alto; Dan Burges tenor

Birthday Madrigals, John Rutter

1

– It was a lover and his lass (Shakespeare)

2:23

2

– Draw on,sweet night (John Wilbye)

5:40

3

– Come live with me (Marlowe & Raleigh)

3:25

4

– My true love hath my heart (Sir Philip Sidney)

3:23

5

– When daisies pied (Shakespeare & Peele)

3:02

6

Lullaby of Birdland (Forster; Shearing,arr Carter)

2:43

7

A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (Maschwitz;Sherwin,arr.Drewery)

3:43

Dances in the streets, Bob Chilcott
(Verlaine) Vasari Singers’ commission;world première recording

8

– Soho

1:39

9

– ‘Paddington’ (Regent’s Canal)

2:41

10

Moon River (Mercer;Mancini,arr.Warnick)

3:43

11

Autumn Leaves (Mercer;Parsons;Kosma,arr.Carter)

3:46

12

Deep Purple (Parish;de Rose,arr.Carter & Blackwell)

3:53

13

Calico Pie (Lear;Grayston Ives)

3:08

14

Sit down you’re rocking the boat (Loesser;Loesser,arr.Ives)

3:30

15

Summertime (I.Gershwin & DuBose Heyward;G.Gershwin,arr.Stickles)

2:30

16

Love is here to stay (I.Gershwin;G.Gershwin,arr. Naylor

2:16

17

Long ago and far away (I.Gershwin;Kern,arr.Naylor)

2:09

18

All the things you are (Hammerstein;Kern,arr.Swingle)

2:48

19

It was a lover and his lass (Shakespeare;Ward Swingle)

2:42

20

Weeping Willow (Isaacs;Joplin,arr.Swingle)

3:46

21

In a mist (Isaacs;Beiderbecke,arr.Swingle)

4:54

22

L’Amour de moi (Anon;French trad.,arr.Swingle)

6:51

23

Country Dances (Anon;American trad.,arr.Swingle)

3:49

Recorded: Potton Hall, Suffolk, 8-9 March 2003

Recorded in 24-bit resolution
Monitored using PMC Loudspeakers

Compact Disc GMCD 7267

 

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