Album Summary
Max Worthley (Tenor)
Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
John Frost (Bass)
Gerald English (Tenor)
Eileen McLoughlin (Soprano)
Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord)
Eileen Poulter (Soprano)
Wilfred Brown (Tenor)
Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
Richard Rudolf (Trumpet)
Harold Lester (Harpsichord)
Honor Sheppard (Soprano)
Mark Deller (Countertenor)
Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Desmond Dupré (Lute)

Deller Consort
Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
John Jenkins (Baroque Composer) (1592 - 1678)
Giles Farnaby (circa 1563 - 1640)
Anonymous
William Byrd (Composer) (1543 - 1623)
John Weldon (1676 - 1736)
Pelham Humfrey (1647 - 1674)
Christmas Traditional
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
John Bartlet (circa 1580 - circa 1620)
Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
William Corkine (15th Century - fl. 1610-1612)
Richard Nicholson (1570 - 1638)
Matthew Locke (circa 1621 - 1677)
Robert Jones (Renaissance Composer) (1583 - 1633)
John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
Robert Johnson (Renaissance Composer 1) (1500 - circa 1560)
Robert Parsons (16th cent. Composer) (circa 1535 - 1570)
John Sheppard (Composer) (1515 - 1558)
Thomas Whythorne
John Blow (Composer) (1649 - 1708)
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Richard Dering (1580 - 1630)
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Thomas Morley (circa 1557 - 1602)
Notes & Reviews:
This is Volume 4 in a series of 6 special Multi-CD sets of the Complete Vanguard Recordings of Alfred Deller. The Deller Consort, Gustav Leonhardt and many other distinguished artists from the 1950s and 1960s early music movement appear on this series.
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Works Details
Handel, George Frideric : Jephtha :: 'Tis Heaven's all-ruling pow'r - Performers: Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Notes: Composition written: 1752.
- Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1752
Handel, George Frideric : Jephtha :: O spare your daughter - Performers: Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Wilfred Brown (Tenor)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Notes: Composition written: 1752.
- Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1752
Handel, George Frideric : Jephtha :: Laud her all ye virgin train - Performers: Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Eileen Poulter (Soprano)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Notes: Composition written: 1752.
- Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1752
Handel, George Frideric : MEDLEY :: Ombra mai fú - Performers: Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Eileen Poulter (Soprano)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1738
Handel, George Frideric : Orlando :: Ah! Stigie larve - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Eileen Poulter (Soprano)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 8 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1732
Handel, George Frideric : L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato :: Let me wander - Performers: Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Notes: Composition written: 1740.
- Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1740
Handel, George Frideric : Orlando :: Cielo se tu il consenti - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1732
Handel, George Frideric : Rinaldo :: Lascia ch'io pianga - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Wilfred Brown (Tenor)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1711
Handel, George Frideric : Theodora :: Kind Heav'n, if Virtue be thy care - Performers: Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1749
Handel, George Frideric : Theodora :: Wide spread his name - Performers: Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1749
Handel, George Frideric : Theodora :: Sweet Rose, and Lilly, flow'ry Form - Performers: Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1749
Handel, George Frideric : Theodora :: To thee thou glorious son of worth - Performers: Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Eileen Poulter (Soprano); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord)
- Conductor: Anthony Lewis
- Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1749
Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthems (4) :: Zadok the priest - Performers: Richard Rudolf (Trumpet); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Harold Lester (Harpsichord)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1727
Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthems (4) :: The King - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Richard Rudolf (Trumpet); Harold Lester (Harpsichord)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1727
Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthems (4) :: Let thy hand - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Harold Lester (Harpsichord); Richard Rudolf (Trumpet)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 17 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1727
Handel, George Frideric : Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 - Performers: Richard Rudolf (Trumpet); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Honor Sheppard (Soprano); Mark Deller (Countertenor); Harold Lester (Harpsichord)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 25 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1713
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170 - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
- Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 23 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 07/28/1726
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6) :: Agnus Dei - Performers: Gustav Leonhardt (Organ); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 9 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1738-1739
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 54, "Widerstehe doch der Sünde," BWV 54 - Performers: Gustav Leonhardt (Organ); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 10 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 03/04/1714
Handel, George Frideric : Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 - Performers: Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Max Worthley (Tenor); Honor Sheppard (Soprano)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 6 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1736
Dowland, John : Can she excuse, P 42 - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord); Desmond Dupré (Lute)
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1597
Morley, Thomas : A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke, musical treatise with diverse music :: Air for - Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1597
Bartlet, John : Of All the Birds That I Do Know - Performers: Desmond Dupré (Lute); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1606
Johnson, Robert (I) : Alman for harpsichord - Performer: Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Dowland, John : Firste Booke of Songes - Performers: Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord); Desmond Dupré (Lute); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1597
Jenkins, John : Pavan for 2 bass viols in A minor - Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Campion, Thomas : I care not for these ladies - Performers: Desmond Dupré (Lute); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1601
Dowland, John : My Lady Hunsdon's Allemande, Dowland - Performer: Desmond Dupré (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Parsons, Robert : Pandolpho 1 "Pour down, you pow'rs divine" - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Desmond Dupré (Lute)
- Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Jenkins, John : Fantasia in C major for 4 Viols - Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Dowland, John : A Pilgrimes Solace - Performers: Desmond Dupré (Lute); Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1612
Farnaby, Giles : Up Tails All, variations for harpsichord - Ensemble: Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
- Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tallis, Thomas : Lamentations (Set 1) - Performers: John Frost (Bass); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gerald English (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tallis, Thomas : Lamentations (Set 2) - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Gerald English (Tenor); John Frost (Bass)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tallis, Thomas : Jesu salvator saeculi - Performers: Gerald English (Tenor); Eileen McLoughlin (Soprano); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); John Frost (Bass); Wilfred Brown (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Sheppard, John : Deus Tuorum Militum I for 5 voices - Performers: Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gerald English (Tenor); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Eileen McLoughlin (Soprano); John Frost (Bass)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tallis, Thomas : In manus tuas - Performers: Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Eileen McLoughlin (Soprano); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Gerald English (Tenor); John Frost (Bass)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1575
Tallis, Thomas : Jam Christus astra ascenderat - Performers: Wilfred Brown (Tenor); John Frost (Bass); Eileen McLoughlin (Soprano); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Maurice Bevan (Baritone); Gerald English (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Tallis, Thomas : Salvator mundi - Performers: Wilfred Brown (Tenor); John Frost (Bass); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gerald English (Tenor); Eileen McLoughlin (Soprano); Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
- Conductor: Alfred Deller
- Ensemble: Deller Consort
- Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Anonymous : My sweet little darling - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Anonymous : Guichardo - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Corkine, William : What Booteth Love - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Anonymous : Ah, Silly Poor Joas - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
Whythorne, Thomas : Buy New Broom - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
Byrd, William : Ye sacred muses "Elegy for Thomas Tallis" :: Ye Sacred Muses - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: circa 1590
Byrd, William : Lullaby - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 7 min. sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1588
Nicholson, Richard : In a Merry May Morn, for voice & 4 instruments - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Parsons, Robert : Pandolpho 1 "Pour down, you pow'rs divine" - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Byrd, William : Come, pretty babe, song for voice & 4 viols - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Anonymous : O Deathe, Rock Me A-Sleepe - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V
- Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Blow, John : The self-banish'd (A Minuet) - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Vocal
Weldon, John : The wakeful nightingale - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Handel, George Frideric : Rodelinda :: Dove sei - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Notes: Composition written: 1725.
- Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1725
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508 - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1722-1725
Locke, Matthew : Voluntary, for organ no 5 in G major - Performers: Gustav Leonhardt (Organ); Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 1 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1673
Purcell, Henry : O dive custos - Performer: Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Running Time: 7 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1694-1695
Locke, Matthew : Voluntaries (7) for organ (from "Melothesia" Nos. 62-68) :: Voluntary in F - Performers: Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord); Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
- Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1673
Humfrey, Pelham : A Hymne to God the father "Wilt thou forgive that sin" - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gustav Leonhardt (Organ); Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1688
Morley, Thomas : Sweet nimphe, come to thy lover, madrigal for 2 voices - Performers: Mark Deller (Countertenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1595
Purcell, Henry : Love's goddess sure was blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus, 2 recorders & con - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Mark Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1692
Jones, Robert (II) : Sweet Kate - Performers: Mark Deller (Countertenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Morley, Thomas : Miraculous love's wounding, madrigal for 2 voices - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Mark Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1595
Morley, Thomas : I goe before, my darling, madrigal for 2 voices - Performers: Mark Deller (Countertenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1595
Blow, John : Amphion Anglicus for voice & continuo :: If my Celia could persuade - Performers: Mark Deller (Countertenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 3 min. sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Blow, John : Ah, Heav'n! What Is't I Hear? - Performers: Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Mark Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Dering, Richard : O Bone Jesu for 2 voices & continuo - Performers: Mark Deller (Countertenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Dering, Richard : Gaudent in Coelis for 2 voices & continuo - Performers: Mark Deller (Countertenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Traditional, Christmas : Ah, my dear, ah, my dear Son!, carol (English) - Performers: Mark Deller (Countertenor); Alfred Deller (Countertenor)
- Ensemble: Ensemble of Baroque Instruments
- Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.




























