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Three Ravens / Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies / Folksongs by Alfred Deller with Desmond Dupré, lute

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song; Sweet Nightingale (Down in Those Valleys Below), folk song; The Oak and the Ash (North Coun...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond

Alfred Deller's two most famous LPs now remastered from the original master tapes and released onto one single disc. The master of the folksong tradition....continue...

Purcell in Court & Tavern / Pro Cantione Antiqua and Collegeum Aureum

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-08-16

Works: Henry Purcell: Oedipus, incidental music; I gave her cakes and I gave her ale, catch for 3 voices, Z. 256; 'Tis wine was made to rule the day, for soprano, chorus & continuo, Z. 546; Work(s); Yorkshi...
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Etheridge, Brian; Griffett, James; James, David; Lewington, James; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Smith, Kevin [Countertenor Vocal]; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]; Thompson, Ian
Conductors: Brown, Mark
Ensemble: Pro Cantione Antiqu

An impassioned and boisterous collection of song from Purcell, showcasing his talents for both official, courtly music and the less "polite" songs of the tavern....continue...
Recording information: Bavaria (1973/1976)....continue...

Handel, Bach, Vivaldi Purcell: Favourite

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-07-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: St. Cecilia; Serse; Semele; Acis & Galatea; Joshua; Jeptha; Alexander's Feast; Samson; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 208; John Weldon: Arise, Ye Subterranean winds; Henry Pu...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael; Goodman, Roy; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

A Strong line up of 13 of the greatest Baroque arias performed by the top artists! Its first released was greeted enthusiastically by Gramophone: "enjoyable...continue...
Recording information: St. Pauls', Southgate, London (1987)....continue...

Renaissance Polyphony / James Bowman, Catherine Bott, Paul Esswood

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-07-13

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Thomas Morley: Let my complaint, anthem; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; I call and cry to thee; William Byrd: Delight is dead, song for voices & viols; How vain the toils, ...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Esswood, Paul; Flowers, Suzanne; George, Michael; Griffett, James; Tracey, Bradford
Conductors:
Ensemble: English Consort of Viols

With the perennial Allegri Miserere as its headline piece, this Renaissance album brings together a great collection of Polyphony and Part Songs by 9 great...continue...

French and Italian Discoveries 1200-1700 / Alfred Deller, Deller Consort, et al

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-08-11

Works: Anonymous: Pater noster commiserans, conductus; Alleluja christus resurgens with clausula, Mors (Hallelujah for the fourth Sunday after Easter); Hoquetus; Amor potest conqueri, motet; El Mois de mai;...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Cantelo, April; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Gabb, Harry; Leonhardt, Gustav; Leonhardt, Marie; Malcolm, George; McLoughlin, Eileen; Scheiwein, Robert; Ward, David
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien; Deller Consort; London Chamber Players

These landmark recordings of French and Italian Renaissance music led the Early Music movement into previously uncharted territory. These ground breaking recordings of Monteverdi, including...continue...

Dowland: Lute Songs; Campion, Danyel, Rosseter / James Bowman, Robert Spencer

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-06-30

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Firste Booke of Songes; Can she excuse, P 42; Awake sweet love, P 92; Second Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Lachrimae, pavan for lute (music by Dowland po...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Spencer, Robert [Lute]

"This admirable record contains songs from all three "Bookes" (& more)... The lute solos are played in exemplary fashion by Robert Spencer. A fine single-disc...continue...

Alfred Deller Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 5 - English, French & Italian Madrigals / Deller Consort

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-05-19

Works: Thomas Morley: Now is the month of maying; In dewe of roses, madrigal for 4 voices; Shoot, false love, I care not, madrigal for 5 voices; Miraculous love's wounding, madrigal for 2 voices; Harke; All...
Performers: Deller, Alfred
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baroque String Ensemble

Similar to Volume 1, this extensive set of English, French and Italian Madrigals includes recordings that are not subject to the whims of performance practice...continue...

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

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-03-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Jephtha; MEDLEY; Orlando; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Rinaldo; Theodora; Coronation Anthems (4); Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; Alexander's Feast, HWV...
Performers: Bevan, Maurice; Brown, Wilfred; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; English, Gerald; Frost, John; Leonhardt, Gustav; Lester, Harold; McLoughlin, Eileen; Poulter, Eileen; Rudolf, Richard; Sh...
Conductors: Lewis, Anthony; Deller, Alfred; Leonhardt, Gustav;
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Ensemble of Baroque Instruments; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V

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...continue...

Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 3 - Christmas Carols & Motets

4 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: Pat-a-Pan (Burgundian); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Coventry Carol (2); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); Hajej, nynej, Jezishku (Rocking Carol) (Czech); The First Nowe...
Performers: Deller, Alfred
Conductors:
Ensemble: Deller Consort

Alfred Deller set the standard for countertenors for many years. His voice was very light with a wonderful lyric quality. He was most effective in...continue...

Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 2 - Music of Henry Purcell

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-09-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Music for a while; I love and I must, Z 382 "Bell Barr"; Let the dreadful engines (from "Don Quixote"), song, Z. 578/3; Oedipus, Z 583; Fairy ...
Performers: Baines, Francis; Bergmann, Walter; Bevan, Maurice; Brown, Wilfred; Cantelo, April; Clift, Dennis; Dales, Ellen; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; English, Gerald; Eskdale, George; Friedma...
Conductors: Leonhardt, Gustav; Deller, Alfred; Tippett, Michael; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble

Alfred Deller Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 1 - Folk Songs and Ballads / Deller Consort

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-07-22

Works: Henry Purcell: Man is for the woman made, Z. 605/3; Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, catch for 3 voices, Z. 273; To thee and to a maid, catch for 3 voices, Z. 283; Fie, nay prithee, John, catch, ZD 10...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Sheppard, Honor
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Chamber Players

For the first time ever, the complete Vanguard recordings of the groundbreaking early music artist Alfred Deller will be made available in six deluxe boxed...continue...
Personnel: Alfred Deller & the Deller Consort (countertenor); Desmond Dupre (guitar, lute)....continue...

The Art of Alfred Deller - Classic Vanguard Recordings

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-03-04

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song; King Henry, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Barbara Allen,...
Performers: Bergmann, Walter; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Leonhardt, Gustav
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Ensemble of Baroque Instruments; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V

"Alfred Deller's singing is beguiling and timeless; (Purcell) "Music for a while" (is) from a number of songs which exhibit his essential mastery: everything from...continue...

George Frideric Handel: Semele

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Deller, Mark; Fleet, Edgar; Lester, Harold; Palmer, Felicity; Taylor, Neilson; Tear, Robert; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone
Conductors: Somary, Johannes

A Medieval Christmas / Pro Cantione Antiqua

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-10-09

Works: Anonymous, English: Ductiae; Orientis partibus; This Yol, carol; Beata viscera (Worcester Fragments, late 13th C.); Quene Note, carol; Anonymous, Notre Dame School: Alle Psallit, Alleluja; Anonymous,...
Performers: Brett, Charles; Etheridge, Brian; George, Michael; Griffett, James; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Penrose, Timothy
Conductors: Brown, Mark
Ensemble: English Medieval Wind Ensemble