“…beautiful close harmony arrangements featuring Rutter and George Gershwin et al. **** stars.”
Nick Bailey, Classic FM Magazine
- Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
- Recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, 8-9 March 2003
- Recorded in 24-bit resolution
- Monitored using PMC Loudspeakers
Deep Purple
track listing
| No. | Title & Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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)