Henry Purcell - Music for a while

Henry Purcell - Music for a while
Deller / Kuijken / Christie / Skeaping
Harmonia Mundi HM 249 [LP]
Harmonia Mundi HM 40 249 [Cass.]
Harmonia Mundi "Black Label" HMB 249 [LP]

Contents:

    Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Z 629, 1693 version)
  1. (Act V) Oberon, a Woman: The Plaint

    2. Henry Purcell
  2. If music be the food of love (Z 379a)

    3. Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen (Z 630, 1695)
  3. (Act III) Aerial spirits: I attempt from Love's sickness

    4. Henry Purcell: King Arthur or the British Worthy (Z 628, 1691)
  4. (Act V, scene 2) Fairest Isle

    5. Henry Purcell: Pausanias or the Betrayer to his Country (Z 595, 1595)
  5. Sweeter than roses

    6. Henry Purcell
  6. Not all my torments (Z 400)

    7. Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Z 629, 1692)
  7. (Act V) Junon: Thrice Happy Lovers

    8. ----
    Henry Purcell
  8. (Now that the sun hath veiled his light) An Evening Hymn (Z 193, 1688)

    9. Henry Purcell: The Comical History of Don Quixote (Z 578)
  9. (Act V) From rosy bow'rs

    10. Henry Purcell: Bonduca or the British Heroine (Z 574, 1695)
  10. O lead me to some peaceful gloom

    11. Henry Purcell: The History of the Sicilian Usurper or King Richard the Second (Z 581, 1681)
  11. Retired from any mortal's sight

    12. Henry Purcell: Oedipus (Z 583, 1692)
  12. (Act III): Music for a while

    13. Henry Purcell: The Prophetess or the History of Dioclesian (Z627, 1690)
  13. Since from my dear Astrea's sight

Performers:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Wieland Kuijken (bass viol), William Christie (harpsichord), Roderick Skeaping (baroque violon)

Playing time: 22' 49" + 26' 03" = 48' 52"

Recording site and date:
Unknown [first day of spring 1979]
Rel.: 1979

Compilation:
Harmonia mundi HM 90 249 Henry Purcell - Music for a while / O solitude
Harmonia mundi HMX 290 835/37 Inoubliable Alfred Deller A Portrait

Excerpts:
[2]-[4], [9] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 261 / 264 [CDx4] Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend
[8] Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8174 L'Angleterre baroque - Baroque England / Un siècle de musique anglaise (1650-1760) - Masks, Anthems & Semi-operas

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 245- (December 1979)

Comments:
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Pierre-F. Roberge