This discography was mostly compiled by Bernd Roth. It is culled from a large number of other catalogs and discographies. For additional information, you can search for "Ravenscroft" or individual tune titles at medieval.org and freedb.org.
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Ravenscroft: Songs,Rounds and Catches Consort of Musicke, Rooley Label: Virgin Classics, DDD, 1989 contains: - The Cryers Song of Cheape Side (MEL # 14) - A Round of three country dances in one (PAM # 74) - Martin said to his man (DEU # 16) - Wee be Souldiers three (DEU # 5) - Yonder comes a courteus knight (DEU # 22) - Of all the birds that ever I see (DEU # 7) - A wooing Song of a Yeoman of Kents Sonne (MEL # 22) - Browning Madame (DEU # 9) - Three blinde Mice (DEU # 13) - To morrow the Fox will come to towne (DEU # 20) - Viol Fancy a 5 - Fantasia No. 4 - Fancy No.1 - The crowning of Belphebe (MEL # 2) - The marriage of the frogge and the mouse (MEL # 21) - Musing mine owne selfe all alone (?) - Laboravi in gemitu meo - Ne laeteris inimica mea - There were three ravens (MEL # 20) - The wooing of Hodge and Malkyn (BRIEFE DISCOURSE) ----------------------------------- "Cries & Ballads of London" Songs & instrumental pieces from Ravenscroft, Dowland,Holborne,Woodstock,Tye,Weelkes, Ford,Ferrabosco II,Coperario,Eyck,Cobbold & anonym. composers Ensemble Circa 1500, Hadden Label: CRD, DDD, 91 ---------------------------------- "Englische Renaissancemusik" Music from .Estree,Johnson,Ravenscroft,Morley, Byrd,Dowland,Allison & anonym. composers Baltimore Consort Label: Dorian, DDD, 90 --------------------------------- "Part Songs - Purcell in the Ale House" Music from Ravenscroft,Bennett,Piers,Brown,Purcell, Isum,Coleman & Lautenlieder v.Pilkington, Jones,Dowland,Campion Partridge,Pro Cantione Antiqua Label: Teldec, ADD, 79 -------------------------------- "The Singing Club" Songs from Ravenscroft,Hilton,Lawes,Wilson,Purcell, Battishell,Arne,Bishop,Barnby,Smith,Pearsall Hilliard Ensemble,Hillier Label: Harmonia Mindi France, AAD, 84 contains: - A round of three country dances in one (PAM # 74) - There were three ravens (MEL # 20) ------------------------------- 17th Century Social Music Music froms Webster,Ravenscroft,Locke,Purcell,Bennet, Hely,Johnson,Parker,Croft,Urfey,Lawes The City Waites Label: Hyperion, AAD, 80 ------------------------------- "Bright Day Star - Music for Yuletide" Music for xmas from Hermann,Sandys,Bull,Brameley/Stainer, Praetorius,Bach,Ravenscroft & Traditionals Baltimore Consort Label: Dorian, DDD, 94 _____________________________________________________________________ "Music for Robin Hood and his King" St. Georges`s Canzona, John Scott cont.: - Now Robin, lend to me thy bow ENIGMA K53532 HISPAVOX S90.105 -------------------------------------------------- "Lo, Countrey Sport" Purcell Consort of Voices, Grayston Burgess Elizabethan Consort of Viols, James Tyler cont.: - A round of three country dances - To morrow the fox ARGO ZRG 658 ----------------------------------------------- "Broadside On - Popular Music from the Time of the Armada" Peasants All cont.: - We be three poor mariners (Deuteromalia) PLANT LIFE PLR 024 ---------------------------------------------- [no title given] The Deller Consort, Desmond Dupre cont.: - He that will an alehouse keep HARMONIA MUNDI HMF 202 ---------------------------------------------- "Countrie Faire - A Collection of Popular Ballads and Dance Tunes from the 16th. and 17th. centuries" Peasants ALL cont.: - Wee be soldiers three PLANT LIFE PLR 016 ------------------------------------------ "Character Songs" Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley cont.: - Yonder comes a courteous Knight FLORILEGIUM DSLO 545 ----------------------------------------- "English secular Music of the late Renaissance" Purcell Consort of Voices, Grayston Burgess Jaye Consort of Viols cont.: - Rustic lovers TURNABOUT TV 37079 -------------------------------------- "Warlock's Arrangements of Elizabethan Songs" Partridge, Tylor, Partidge, Gray, Tomlinson, Brown, Clarke, Hunter, Lewington, Hazell cont.: - Malt's come down - Jinkin the Jester - The Maid she went a-milking - What hap had I to marry a shrow - By the bank as I lay - He that will an alehouse keep PEARL, SHE 525 ---------------------------------- "A Handful of Pleasant Delites - A Collection of Popular English Music from the 13th. to the 17th. century" Peasants All cont.: - Martin said to his man PLANT LIFE PLR 008 ------------------------------- "A Tapestry of Music for Oliver Cromwell and his Roundheads" St. George's Canzona, John Scothcott cont.: - The Owl (Deuteromalia, 1609) [probably DEU # 7 "Of all the birds ...."] ENIGMA K53581 ---------------------------- "Cakes and Ale - Catches and Partsongs" Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown cont.: - We be soldiers three - The three ravens - Trudge away quickly - Of all the birds - We be three poor mariners - By a bank - The marriage of the frog and the mouse - Remember O thou man - 3 Country Dances in one HARMONIA MUNDI 1C065-99611 ------------------------------- "Music for Knole" div. cont.: - Tomorrow the fox FOLIO SOCIETY FS 1003/4 ---------------------------------- "The cries of London: Music in Honor of Queen Elizabeth" Ambrosian Singers and Players, D. Stevens - Maids to bed - Where are you, fair maids Experiences Anonymes EA 81; Eas 81D and reissue on Penn State Music Series PSMS 100; 100-s and AVRS 6149 and ORYX EXP 31 [C/C 73, p. 50] ------------------------ "Music for Twelth Night" Renaissance Quartett - Remember, O thou man Project 3 (S) 7000 [C/C 73, p. 94] ------------------------- "Childrens Songs of Shakespeare's Time" New York Pro Musica, Greenberg - It was a frog - There were three ravens - Willie prithee go to bed CPT 540 [C/C 64, # 166, p.18] ------------------------- "The cries of London" Deller Consort, Ambrosian Singers, London Chamber Players - New oysters - Bellman's Song - Painter's song - Brooms for old shoes BG 563 [C/C 64, # 175] -------------------------- "English Madrigals" New England Conservatory Alumni Chorus, de Varon - Willy, prithee go to bed HSL 2068 [C/C 64, # 196] ------------------------- "Englische Lieder und Lautenstoecke" Paul Esswood, Joergen Hoebscher - The three Ravens HEK 190 3012 (= Helikon) ----------------- "Bright Day Star - Old Carols and Dance Tunes from the British Isles, Germany and Appalachia" Baltimore Consort - Remember, O thou man DOR 90 198 (= Dorian) ------------------ "So Quick, So Hot, So Mad - Elizabethan Bawdy Songs" Frederick Renz, New York Ensemble for Early Music - I pray you, good mother - Maids to bed and cover coal MM 67136-2 (= Musicmasters) ------------------ "How the World Wages - Gesellschaftsmusik d. 17.Jh. in England" Ensemble City Waites - Martin said to his man - Tomorrow the fox will come to town - Who liveth so merry Hy 66 008 (= Hyperion) ------------------- "Purcell in the Ale House - English Part Songs" Browne, Partridge, Wilson, Hunt, Pro Cantione Antiqua London - Give us once a drink - Hey ho, nobody at home - Hey ho, to the Greenwood - Cannot come - Long have we bin perplexed - Tomorrow the fox will come - Who liveth so merry - Who's the fool now - Yonder comes a courteous knight TEL 4509 97 993-2ZS (= Teldec)
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