Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys

Madrigals
Studio album by Swingle II
Released	1974
Length	~30 minutes
Label	CBS / Columbia
Swingle II chronology
Madrigals... (1974) Words and Music (1974)
The Swingle Singers chronology
Bitter Ending (1972)
alternative cover / title
Columbia (U.S.) LP release

Madrigals (released in the US as Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys) is the debut recording of the London-based a cappella group Swingle II, who were the immediate successors to the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The members were all new except for Ward Swingle who arranged and adapted the music for the group.

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Il est bel et bon" (Pierre Passereau) – 1:19
2. "O Let Me Live for True Love" (Thomas Tomkins) – 2:47
3. "Mein Lieb will mit mir kriegen" (Hans Leo Hassler) – 1:53
4. "The Silver Swan" (Orlando Gibbons) – 2:52
5. "Mas vale trocar" (Juan del Encina) – 1:55
6. "Though Amaryllis Dance" (William Byrd) – 1:49
7. "Cargado de tantos males" (anon.) – 2:23

LP side B:

1. "Revecy venir du printemps" (Claude Le Jeune) – 2:04
2. "Come Again!" (John Dowland) – 1:45
3. "Je ne saurais ni chanter ni rire" (Mathieu Gascongne) – 1:50
4. "Mir ist ein feins brauns Maidelein" (Caspar Othmayr) – 2:34
5. "Bon jour, mon coeur" (Orlande de Lassus) – 2:25
6. "Pues que me tienes, Miguel" (Francisco Ortega) – 1:49
7. "Farewell, Dear Love" (Robert Jones) – 2:25

References / external links

• CBS 80147 (UK) Madrigals
• Columbia 33013 (US) Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys
• Track listing / composer list at Johns Hopkins University Library