Le Choix de Deller

~ Release by Purcell, Bach, Blow, Haendel; Alfred Deller (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Music for a While
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1964)
recording of:
Music for a While
lyricist:
John Dryden (English poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
Henry Purcell4:05
2Sweeter Than Roses
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1964)
recording of:
Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585: I. "Sweeter than roses"
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585
Henry Purcell3:36
3If Music Be the Food of Love
harpsichord:
Walter Bergmann
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1964)
recording of:
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379
lyricist:
Col. Henry Heveningham
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 379)
Henry Purcell2:37
4In te, Domine, Speravi (Symphoniae Sacrae)
organ:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
Symphoniae Sacrae I, op. 6 No. 3: In te, Domine, speravi
composer:
Heinrich Schütz (composer)
part of:
Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SWV 259)
part of:
Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6
Heinrich Schütz5:23
5Organ Voluntary en sol majeur (Melothesia)
organ:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
partial recording of:
Melothesia
composer:
Matthew Locke (English Baroque composer, c. 1621-1677)
Matthew Locke1:09
6The Queen's Epicedium (Elégie sur la mort de la Reine Mary)
harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
The Queen's Epicedium
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
Henry Purcell7:10
7Organ Voluntary en fa majeur (Melothesia)
organ:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
partial recording of:
Melothesia
composer:
Matthew Locke (English Baroque composer, c. 1621-1677)
Matthew Locke1:32
8A Hymn to God the Father (Harmonia Sacra)
organ:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
Harmonia Sacra, Book I: Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin "A Hymne to God the Father"
composer:
Pelham Humfrey (aka 'Humphrey', composer)
Pelham Humfrey3:29
9De Ancor che c'ol partire
harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
Anchor que col partire
composer:
Cipriano de Rore (Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer)
Cipriano de Rore4:17
10Toccata terza pour clavecin en ré majeur (Promo Libro)
harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
Toccata Terza, F 2.03
composer:
Girolamo Frescobaldi (composer) (in 1615)
part of:
Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online (number: F 2.03)
part of:
Il primo libro de toccate (1615) (Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo (Rome: Borboni, 1615))
part of:
Il primo libro de toccate (1616) (Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo (Rome: Borboni, 1616))
part of:
Il primo libro de toccate (1637) (Il primo libro de toccate d’intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, partite di diverse arie et corrente, balletti, ciaccone, passachagli (Rome: Borboni, 1637))
Girolamo Frescobaldi2:54
11The Self-Banished
harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
The Self-Banished
composer:
John Blow (English composer)
John Blow3:31
12The Wakeful Nightingale
harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
The Wakeful Nightingale
composer:
John Weldon
John Weldon1:35
13Dove sei (de Rodelinda)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
Georg Friedrich Haendel4:14
14Toccata pour clavecin en ré mineur
harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
Toccata II in D minor, FbWV 102
composer:
Johann Jakob Froberger (composer)
part of:
Froberger Werke-Verzeichnis (number: FbWV 102)
part of:
Libro Secondo: Parte prima
Johann Jakob Froberger2:48
15Bist du bei mir (du Petit Livre d'Anna Magdelena Bach)
harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1959-04)
recording of:
Aria, BWV 508 “Bist du bei mir” (previously attributed to Bach)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (composer)
previously attributed to:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bachs Notenbibliothek (BNB) (number: BNB I/S/4), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated second edition, 1998, BWV²ᵃ) (number: BWV 508), Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) (number: 25), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 508) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (second edition, 1990, BWV²) (number: BWV 508)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:56

Credits

Release

producer:Seymour Solomon (producer and founder of Vanguard Records)
cello:Robert Scheiwein (Austrian cellist)
harpsichord:Walter Bergmann
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor, harpsichordist)
George Malcolm (English harpsichordist, conductor)
violin:Marie Leonhardt
countertenor vocals:Alfred Deller (countertenor)