Henry Purcell - Ayres (vol. 2)

Henry Purcell
Musique de scène - Airs d'opéras - Odes et Chants sacrés
Deller Consort - Alfred deller, dir.
Harmonia mundi "Deller Recordings" HMD 218 (sleeve) / DR 218 (LP) [LP]
Harmonia mundi / Edigsa EHM 218 [LP]
Harmonia mundi "Musique d'Abord" HMA 218 [LP]
Harmonia mundi "Musique d'Abord" HMA 40 218 [Cass.]

Contents:

    Henry Purcell (m)

    Autographic MS, Guildhall Library, London
  1. Olinda

    2. John Dryden & Robert Howard (t), « The Indian Queen » (1695, exc.) (Z.630)
  2. (Act III) Ismeron: Ye twice ten hundred deities

    3. Francis Quarles (t), Henry Playford (pub.), from Harmonia Sacra « A Hymn to our Savior's Passion » (1688) (Z.197)
  3. The earth trembled

    4. Ode for St. Cecilia's day (c1685) (Z.334)
  4. Raise, raise the voice

    5. ----
    William Mountfort (?) (t); melody from « Dioclesian » (1691, exc.) (Z.627)
  5. O how happy's he

    6. Anon. (t), after Shakespeare's Midsummer's night dream « The Fairy Queen » (1695, exc.) (Z.629)
  6. (Act V) Oberon, a Woman: The Plaint

    7. John Dryden & Robert Howard (t), « The Indian Queen » (1695, exc.) (Z.630
  7. (Act I) Boy: Wake, Quivera, wake

    8. MS, British Museum
  8. Pavane in a minor & Trio

    9. John Dryden & Robert Howard (t) « Oedipus » (1679, version 1692, Act III) (Z.583)
  9. Hear, ye sullen pow'rs below
  10. Music for a while
  11. Come Away, do not stay

Playing time: 21' 50" + 24' 40" = 46' 30"

Performers:
Deller Consort
Honor Sheppard (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), John Buttrey (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Carolyn Sparey (violin), Jonathan Sparey (violin), Desmond Dupré (viola da gamba), Robert Elliott (harpsichord)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
All Saints' Church, Boughton Aluph, Kent, UK [1969 or prior];
Rel.: 1970

Excerpts:
[1]-[5], [7]-[11] HMA 190 214 [CD] Henry Purcell - Olinda
[1], [5] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 261 / 264 [CDx4] Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 149-23 (sept. 1970), 306-187 (june 1985 (as HMA 190 214))
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 55/657-1455 (feb. 1978 (as HMD 218))
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

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