Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend

Purcell, Henry;
Couperin, François;
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da;
Buxtehude, Dietrich;
Tallis, Thomas;
Gibbons, Orlando

Deller, Alfred

HMX 290261.64

From 1967 until his death in July 1979, Alfred Deller, born in 1912 in Margate, England, regularly appeared in front of the recording microphones of harmonia mundi. His recordings became bestsellers (Music for a While, O Solitude), influenced several generations of musicians and continue to delight a worldwide audience. • "The immediacy and intimacy of his solo interpretations of Dowland, Purcell or Morley impresses even today's listeners. As an interpreter of English folk songs, Deller is completely in his element: "Iridescent beauty of sound and expressiveness close to the lyrics determine the high suggestive power of these recordings." • Rondo

Works:

Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Excerpts)
• Come All Ye Songsters Of The Sky (Act II) 1:57
• Prelude 0:41
• May The God Of Wit Inspire - While Echo 2:05
• Dialogue Corydon - Mopsa (Act III) 3:50
• Symphony (Act IV) 1:05
• Thus, thus the gloomy world (Act V) 5:48
• Thus Happy And Free 0:51
• Yes, Xansi, In Your Looks I Find 2:09
• Monkey's Dance 0:59
Henry Purcell: King Arthur Or The British Worthy (Excerpts)
• I Call Ye All (Act I) 2:30
• Fairest Isle 2:50
Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen (Excerpts)
• Wake, Quivera, Wake (Act I) 2:32
• Trumpet Overture (Act III) 2:42
• Ah, How Happy Are We - We The Spirits Of The Air 4:00
• Attempt From Love's Sickness 2:09
• Olinda 2:21
• Thus To A Ripe, Consenting Maid (The Old Bachelor) 2:44
• O How Happy's He (Dioclesian) 1:18
• Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae - Dernière Leçon Du Samedi Saint (Gergorian Chant) 5:04
• Thomas Tallis: Te Lucis Ante Terminum 2:11
• François Couperin: Lecons de Ténèbres Nr. 2 (Deuxième Lecon Pour Le Mercredi Saint) 13:20
• Dieterich Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino BuxWV 64 (Cantata) 8:02
• Henry Purcell: n Guilty Night (Saul And The Witch Of Endor) Z 134 9:24
• Orlando Gibbons: Great King Of Gods 6:04
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ave Verum 9:01
• Alessandro Grandi: Cantabo DominoAlessandro Grandi 3:24
• Anonymous: The Wind And The RainAnonymous 2:29
• Thomas Morley: It Was A Lover And His Lass (Ayre) 2:55
• Thomas Morley: O Mistress Mine (Ayre) 1:22
• Anonymous: Willow Song 4:54
• Anonymous: Calleno Custure Me 3:09
• Anonymous: Miserere My Maker 5:44
• Thomas Campion: I Care Not For These Ladies 1:47
• John Bartlett: Of All The Birds That I Do Know 1:12
• Philip Rosseter: What Then Is Love But Mourning 2:20
• John Blow; The self-banished 2:30
• Jeremiah Clarke: The Glory Of The Arcadian Groves 2:10
• John Dowland: Fine Knacks For Ladies (Galliard) 2:33
• John Dowland: Flow My Tears 5:37
• Henry Purcell: If Music Be The Food Of Love 2:24
• Henry Purcell: From Rosy Bow'rs 7:15
• Henry Purcell: O Solitude Henry Purcell: 5:57
• Giulio Caccin: Pien d'amoroso affetto 3:31
• Giulio Caccin: Pallidetto Qual Viola 1:07
• Giulio Caccin: Amarilli Mia Bella 3:19
• Alessandro Scarlatti: Infirmata Vulnerata 13:28
• Anonymous: The Three Ravens 2:51
• Anonymous: Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair 1:54
• Thomas Morley: Sweet Nymph Come To Thy Lover (Canzonet) 1:41
• Thomas Morley: I Go Before My Darling 1:23
• Anonymous: The Oak And The Ash 3:08
• Anonymous: Barbara Allen 2:30
• Anonymous: Lord Rendall 4:04
• Anonymous: The Water Is Wide 2:32
• Anonymous: The Tailor And The Mouse 1:28
• Anonymous: Down By The Sally Gardens 2:18
• Anonymous: I Will Give My Love An Apple 1:45
• Thomas Morley: Miraculous Love's Wounding (Canzonet) 2:55
• Robert Jones: Sweet Kate Robert Jones 1:35
• Anonymous: Bushes And Briars 2:34
• Anonymous: The Foggy, Foggy Dew 2:08
• Anonymous: She Moved Through The Fair 3:39
• Anonymous: Evening Prayer 1:02

CD x 4

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Harmonia Mundi

18-05-2012

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