Released 1974 Madrigals...(1974) Words and Music(1974) Release date 1974 | Length ~30 minutes Artist The Swingle Singers Label Columbia Records | |
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The Swingle Singers albums Words & Music, Rags and All that Jazz, Swingle Singers, Bitter Ending, Operazione San Pietro |
Madrigals (released in the US as Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys) is the debut recording of the London-based a cappella group Swingle II, who were the immediate successors to the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The members were all new except for Ward Swingle who arranged and adapted the music for the group.
Track listing
LP side A:
- "Il est bel et bon" (Pierre Passereau) – 1:19
- "O Let Me Live for True Love" (Thomas Tomkins) – 2:47
- "Mein Lieb will mit mir kriegen" (Hans Leo Hassler) – 1:53
- "The Silver Swan" (Orlando Gibbons) – 2:52
- "Mas vale trocar" (Juan del Encina) – 1:55
- "Though Amaryllis Dance" (William Byrd) – 1:49
- "Cargado de tantos males" (anon.) – 2:23
LP side B:
- "Revecy venir du printemps" (Claude Le Jeune) – 2:04
- "Come Again!" (John Dowland) – 1:45
- "Je ne saurais ni chanter ni rire" (Mathieu Gascongne) – 1:50
- "Mir ist ein feins brauns Maidelein" (Caspar Othmayr) – 2:34
- "Bon jour, mon coeur" (Orlande de Lassus) – 2:25
- "Pues que me tienes, Miguel" (Francisco Ortega) – 1:49
- "Farewell, Dear Love" (Robert Jones) – 2:25
References
Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA