Madrigal Masterpieces – The Renaissance in France, Italy and England
Vanguard Records, 1959 or 1960
Madrigal Masterpieces (Volume 2 ) – Monteverdi
Vanguard Records, 1962
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, An Opera
Vanguard Records, 1964
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Another 20th century personal favorite of mine is American illustrator/artist Joseph Low (1911–2007). Mr. Low’s imagery is packed with playful and surreal zaniness influenced by German Expressionism for one. His best known work includes covers for the New Yorker (1940–1980) and his Coldecott award-winning illustrated children’s book Mice Twice published in 1980.
In the 1950s Mr. Low was known for his expressively witty linear style, which challenged the prevailing trends of Rockwellian realism, yet was consistent with European comic surrealism. Using wild pen gestures he created glyphlike characters meant for both adult and child that were both sophisticated and accessible.
The witty, at times enigmatic, covers he made for The New Yorker beginning in 1940 were based partly on drawings he had made of medieval stone and wood carvings he had found in Basque towns of northern Spain and southern France.
>> See previous album cover features here + flickr
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