Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen - King Richard II - Old Bachelor

arr. Basil Lam
Alfred Deller, Basil Lam, Terence Weil
His Master's Voice C.4247 [78rpm, 30cm]

Matrix number (engraved on disc):
side 1: 2EA 17540
side 2: 2EA 17541

Contents:

Henry Purcell (m) / Tate (t): The history of King Richard II, after Shakespeare

1. Retired from any mortal's sight

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Henry Purcell (m) /Congreve (t): The Old Bachelor

2. Thus to a ripe consenting maid

Henry Purcell (m), Anon. (t): The Fairy Queen, after Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

3. Hark, how all things

Playing time: 4' 37" + (3' 10" + 2' 23") = 10' 10"

Performers:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Basil Lam (harpsichord), Terence Weil (cello)

Recording site and date:
No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, England [07/08/1953];
Rel.: 1953

Excerpts:
[1] EMI EX769741-1 [LPx8] Record of Singing, Volume 4
[1] EMI CHS7 69741-2 [CDx7] Record of Singing, Volume 4
[3] EMI / His Master's Voice "The HMV Treasury" HLM 7234 [LP] Alfred Deller - The Early Recordings: 1949-1953.
[3] HMV Classics 5 73 451-2 Art of the Countertenors
[3] EMI 55 054-2 (or in France: EMI 191 384) Le Temps des Castrats

Compilation:
EMI Classics "References" 7243 5 65501 2 4 [CD] Alfred Deller - HMV Recordings, 1949-1954.

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Diapason (#-p.):

Comments:
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