Come All Ye Songsters Of The Sky Analysis

The second recording of “Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky” performed by the London Classical Players differs from the Concentus Musicus Wien’s rendition of the piece. In this recording, the London Classical Players are conducted by Roger Norrington who implements a slower tempo. Also, no brass or woodwinds are included in this piece which makes the piece resemble the intent of the original score more closely because the only instruments that are included are a harpsichord and a string quartet. However, the soloist once again is a tenor by the name of Howard Crook. This is a discrepancy from the original work that notates that the solo be sung by a countertenor. Crook places much more of an emphasis on diction than tenor Laurence Dale and