Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend: Opera & Stage; Sacred Song; Solo Song; Folks

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Album Summary

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629

Purcell, Henry : King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630

Purcell, Henry : Olinda in the shades unseen, song, Z. 404

Purcell, Henry : Thus to a ripe, consenting maid (from "Old Bachelor"), song, Z. 607/10

Purcell, Henry : How happy's the husband (from "Love Triumphant"), song, Z. 582/1

Chant, Gregorian : Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae

Tallis, Thomas : Te lucis ante terminum

Couperin, François : Leçon de Ténèbres 2, for treble voice & continuo

Buxtehude, Dietrich : Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64

Purcell, Henry : In guilty night, Z 134

Gibbons, Orlando : Great King of Gods

Palestrina, Giovanni : Ave verum corpus, for 5 voices (doubtful)

Grandi, Alessandro : Il secondo libro de motetti

Anonymous : The Wind and the Rain

Morley, Thomas : First Booke of Ayres

Morley, Thomas : O mistress mine, where are you roaming

Anonymous : Willow Song

Anonymous : Calleno custure me

Anonymous, English : Miserere My Maker, for voice & lute

Campion, Thomas : I care not for these ladies

Bartlet, John : Of All the Birds That I Do Know

Rosseter, Philip : What Then Is Love But Mourning

Blow, John : The self-banish'd (A Minuet)

Clarke, Jeremiah : Glory of the Arcadian groves

Dowland, John : Second Booke of Songes or Ayres

Dowland, John : Lachrimae or Seaven Teares

Purcell, Henry : Don Quixote, Z 578

Purcell, Henry : O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406

Caccini, Giulio : Pien d'amoroso affetto

Saracini, Claudio : Pallidetto qual viola

Caccini, Giulio : Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche)

Scarlatti, Alessandro : Infirmata, vulnerata, motet for alto, 2 violins & continuo

Traditional, English : The Three Ravens, folk song

Traditional, American : Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, folk song

Morley, Thomas : Sweet nimphe, come to thy lover, madrigal for 2 voices

Morley, Thomas : I goe before, my darling, madrigal for 2 voices

Traditional, English : The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song

Traditional, American : Barbara Allen (Tennessee)

Traditional, English : Lord Rendall, folk song

Traditional, American : The Water Is Wide (after O Waly, Waly)

Traditional, English : The Tailor and the Mouse, folk song

Traditional, English : Down by the Salley Gardens, folk song

Traditional, British Isles : I Will Give My Love an Apple, folk song

Morley, Thomas : Miraculous love's wounding, madrigal for 2 voices

Jones, Robert (I) : Sweet Kate

Traditional, English : Bushes and briars, folk song

Traditional, English : The Foggy, Foggy Dew, folk song

Traditional, Irish : She Moved through the Fair, folk song

Anonymous : Evening Prayer

Performers

Clarence Myerscough (Violin)
Irvine Arditti (Violin)
Mark Deller (Countertenor)
Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
John Buttrey (Tenor)
Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
Norman Platt (Baritone)
Jean Knibbs (Soprano)
Jane Ryan (Viola da gamba)
Robert Elliott (Harpsichord)
William Christie (Harpsichord)
Wieland Kuijken
Honor Sheppard (Soprano)
Paul Elliot (Voice)
Desmond Dupr� (Lute)
Raphael Perulli (Violin)
Michel Chapuis (Organ)
A.R. Shuttleworth (Cello)
Robert Elliott (Organ)
David Munrow (Recorder)
Richard Lee (Recorder)

Conductor

Deller, Alfred

Ensembles

Composers

Notes & Reviews:

An inspired and always deeply moving artist, Alfred Deller was not only one of the greatest countertenors of all time but also an exceptional musician in every sense of the word. This set contains three discs of carefully chosen selections from his finest recordings, arranged thematically and including tracks never before released on CD. "Alfred Deller's singing is beguiling and timeless." - Gramophone

Born in 1912 in Margate, Kent, the legendary countertenor Alfred Deller recorded for harmonia mundi from 1967 until his death in July 1979. The discs contained in this specially-priced collection, many of them bestsellers (Music for a While, O Solitude), caught the public's imagination and influenced several generations of musicians. The great Nicolaus Harnoncourt proclaimed, "We had never heard a male alto before, and now this! A magnificent sound, handled with refinement, effortless, light, ideal for our old instruments; exceptionally individual and used with great expressiveness. To accompany him was sheer pleasure." Unavailable for many years, the set is offered again here at an even more attractive price.

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Works Details

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 2. Come all ye songsters of the sky

Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Deller Consort
Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 2. Prelude

Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Stour Music Festival Orchestra
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 2. May the God of Wit inspire / While Echo

Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); John Buttrey (Tenor); Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Stour Music Festival Chorus
Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 3. Dialogue

Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Norman Platt (Baritone)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Deller Consort
Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 4. Symphony

Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Stour Music Festival Orchestra
Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 5. Thus, thus the gloomy world

Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Deller Consort
Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 5. Thus happy and free

Performer: Jean Knibbs (Soprano)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Stour Music Festival Chorus
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 5. Yes, Xansi, in your looks I find

Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Stour Music Festival Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 5. Monkey's Dance

Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Deller Consort
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628 :: Act 1. Scene 2. I call ye all

Performers: Jane Ryan (Viola da gamba); Robert Elliott (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: King's Musick
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1691

Purcell, Henry : King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628 :: Act 5. Scene 2. Fairest Isle

Performers: William Christie (Harpsichord); Wieland Kuijken
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1691

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Act 1. Wake, Quivera, wake

Performers: Jane Ryan (Viola da gamba); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Robert Elliott (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: King's Musick
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Act 3. Trumpet Overture

Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: King's Musick
Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Act 3. Ah, how happy are we / We the spirits of the air

Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Jean Knibbs (Soprano); William Christie (Harpsichord); Honor Sheppard (Soprano); Wieland Kuijken; Paul Elliot (Voice)
Conductor: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Deller Choir
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Act 3. I attempt from Love's sickness

Performers: William Christie (Harpsichord); Wieland Kuijken
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1695