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Robert Kissel
13th Mar 2018		Vinyl Album
The Abbey Singers - Five Centuries Of Song		[Note to Richard Hartley: "Madam has lost her cat" is "D'Bäurin hat d'Katz verlorn" (K.V. Anh. C 9.01 / K.V. Anh. 188). Mozart also used some of the same theme in the last movement ("Andante--Allegro molto") of the Divertimento in B♭ (K.V. 287).]

This was a favorite recording of mine (though mine is issued by DECCA in the U.S., their No. DL-710073). The Abbey Singers toured New York City area elementary schools, when I was a boy, and I was lucky enough to hear them when they gave a special talk and performance for children, at my own school. I was (all of us kids were) absolutely captivated, and I still remember, very vividly their performance of Ernst Toch's "Geographical Fugue" and the Copland/Fine arrangement of "I bought me a cat." It was also the very first time I heard a countertenor, and I still remember how astounded we all were when sturdy-looking Earnest Murphy opened his mouth, and out came that creamy, rich, countertenor sound!

I think it is one of only two recordings that the Abbey Singers made, and why it's so hard to find, I cannot imagine: it's absolutely wonderful, tasteful part-singing, and the rich, varied program on this album is totally engaging from end to end.



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