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Thomas D'Urfey (1653–1723)

Teoksen Sixty ribald songs from Pills to purge melancholy tekijä

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The Songs of Thomas D'Urfey (1933) 5 kappaletta
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Eighteenth-Century English Literature (1969) — Tekijä — 186 kappaletta

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D'Urfey is always worth hearing or reading, with his house-blend of art and outrage. Consequently, any performance, to be fully first-rate, should combine those two elements. Sadly, this recording, while -- as the fashionable saying goes -- "historically informed", lacks the moxie, the outright joy in lust, which gives an overall and memorable quality to less "authentic" recordings like the McCurdy/Arkin classics from the late Fifties. Still, for those who don't know D'Urfey, this isn't a bad intro, provided the listener brings certain lubricity to make it all work.… (lisätietoja)
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HarryMacDonald | Jul 19, 2013 |

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