Three L’Oiseau-Lyre LPs celebrating the art of a much-loved contralto, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time, including material new to CD.The history of British contraltos on record extends beyond Kathleen Ferrier to Constance Shacklock and before her Dame Clara Butt, but their select number was joined in the 1950s by Helen Watts: ‘An extraordinary contralto,’ in the words of her modern counterpart, Nathalie Stützmann.

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  • 1. Caccini - Dolcissimo Sospiro
  • 2. Calestani - Damigella Tuttabella
  • 3. Calestani - Folgorate
  • 4. Cifra - In Quel Gelato Core
  • 5. D'india - Infelice Didone
  • 6. D'india - Torna Il Sereno Zeffiro
  • 7. Grandi - Vientene, O Mia Fedel
  • 8. A Complaint Against Cupid
  • 9. No Constancy In Man
  • 10. An Eccho
  • 11. Tavola - In Quel Gelato Core
  • 12. Parting
  • 13. Dissuasion From Presumption
  • 14. Suffrance
  • 15. Hymn To God the Father
  • 16. Hymn To God the Son
  • 17. Hymn To God the Holy Ghost
  • 18. Among Rosebuds
  • 19. A Lady To a Young Courtier
  • 20. I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart
  • 21. Music For a While
  • 22. On the Brow of Richmond Hill
  • 23. From Rosy Bowers
  • 24. They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers
  • 25. The Fatal Hour
  • 26. Corinna
  • 27. If Music Be the Food of Love (First Setting)
  • 28. If Music Be the Food of Love (Second Setting)

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  • 1. Il Rossignuolo Se Scioglie Il Volo
  • 2. Clori Vezzosa E Bella
  • 3. Cantata Bwv 54 'Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde'
  • 4. Cantata Bwv 54 'Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde'
  • 5. Cantata Bwv 54 'Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde'
  • 6. Aria: Erbarme Dich (Matthdus-Passion, Bwv 244)
  • 7. Schlage Doch, Gew|Nschte Stunde (Hoffman, Attrib. J.S. Bach)
  • 8. Bekennen Will Ich Seinen Namen (Stvlzel, Attrib. J.S. Bach)