Alfred Deller Vol 4 - Music of Handel & Bach - The English Renaissance

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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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>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.