If Music Be the Food of Love

If Music Be the Food of Love (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Carlton Classics
• ASIN: B000000TPV
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,640,351 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Kirkby, Emma

Track Listings

1. My bonny lasse she smyleth, madrigal for 5 voices - The Amaryllis Consort

2. There Is a Ladie, Sweet and Kind for 4 voices & instruments - The Amaryllis Consort

3. Semele, oratorio, HWV 58: Where'er You Walk - John Mark Ainsley

4. Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone - The Amaryllis Consort

5. Tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day - James Griffett

6. The Primrose - Robert Aldwinckle

7. Le gel, par jeu, for flute, clarinett, horn, bass marimba, violin & cello - London Pro Musica

8. Caledonian Canal - London Pro Musica

9. Non è di gentil core chi non arde, madrigal for 2 sopranos (from Book 7), SV 118: Non E'di Gentil Core - Emma Kirkby/Evelyn Tubb/Consort Of Musicke

10. Viver Lieto Voglio - The Amaryllis Consort

11. Light doesn't have arms to carry us, for amplified piano - London Pro Musica

12. Zefiro Torna, madrigal for 2 tenors and continuo (from Book 9 & Scherzi musicali), SV 251: Zefiro Torna - The Amaryllis Consort

13. When I am laid in earth (from 'Dido and Aeneas'), soprano aria (Dido's Lament), Z. 626/38b - Gillian Fisher

14. The silver swanne, madrigal for 5 voices - The Amaryllis Consort

15. If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379 (3 settings) - Paul Esswood/Johann Sonnleitner/Charles Medlam

16. Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728: Sol Da Te Mio Dolce Amore - James Bowman/Lisa Besnosiuk/The King's Consort

17. Toreneo amoroso - The Amaryllis Consort

18. Come Away, Sweet Love - The Amaryllis Consort

19. Chiome d'oro, bel thesoro, madrigal for 2 sopranos, 2 violins and lute/harpsichord (from Book 7), SV 143: Chiome D'oro - Emma Kirkby/Evelyn Tubb

20. Vezzosi augelli, W viii, 11 - The Amaryllis Consort

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A CD of mixed quality, July 17, 2002

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Eugene Benoit "World Language Learner" (Medford, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This particular CD has several groups performing some very fine examples of baroque and renaissance music, unfortunately the performers seem to range in quality from the very best (like Kirkby) to community stage performers (or so it sounds) (like Griffith?). I thought the best piece was Dido's lament - it has more expression than Bonney's cool performance on Faire Isle to me. It is worth purchasing if you don't have such a CD but I would recommend getting CDs by composer or artist since it is sometimes hard for me to listen to a CD through which has such a mixture of talent. E Benoit

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, May 5, 1999

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This review is from: If Music Be the Food of Love (Audio CD)

What a lovely collection of love songs. Beautifully sung and very relaxing in this wonderful spring time.