Jennifer Vyvyan
Mr Bach at Vauxhall Gardens (CD)
Both the fluency and the brilliance of her voice are on display in songs by Johann Christian Bach and cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti. J.C. Bach was writing for the open-air concerts at Vauxhall Gardens in London from which the original album and this reissue take their title. The Vauxhall songs are mellifluous, imbued with easy charm and written for accompaniment on keyboard: a part taken on this 1956 album by Thurston Dart whom as a scholar, conductor and virtuosic instrumentalist, played a still more significant role in the early music revival in postwar Britain.
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Clavier Concerto in F major, Op. 7 No. 2*
Boyd Neel Orchestra
Thurston Dart, organ & director
Vauxhall Songs
Come, Colin*
Would you a female heart inspire*
Ah, why should love*
Lovely yet ungrateful swain*
Cease awhile*
Sei Canzonette a due, Op. 4
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Elsie Morison, soprano (Sei Canzonette)
Boyd Neel Orchestra
Thurston Dart, harpsichord & director
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Cantata: Clori e Lisa*
Cantata: Floro e Tirsi*
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Elsie Morison, soprano
Desmond Dupré, viola da gamba
Thurston Dart, harpsichord
*FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE ON DECCA CD
