Purcell – Music for a while

Henry Purcell – Music for a while

Alfred Deller, Walter Bergmann
His Master's Voice 7 EP 7 068 [45rpm, ext. play]

Contents:

Henry Purcell (m) / J. Dryden & N. Lee (t): Oedipus (arr.: Tippett & Bergmann)

1. Music for a while

Henry Purcell (wds: Congreve): The Old Bachelor (arr.: Lam)

2. Thus to a ripe consenting maid

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Henry Purcell (m) / H. Heveningham (t) (arr. Tippett & Bergmann)

3. If music be the food of love (1st setting)

Henry Purcell (after Shakespeare): The Fairy Queen (arr.: Lam)

4. Hark, how all things

Playing time: (4' 13" + 2' 33") + (3' 10" + 2' 23") + ?' ??"

Performers:
[1], [3] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Walter Bergman (harpsichord)
[2], [4] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Basil Lam (harpsichord), Terence Weil (cello)

Recording site and date:
[1], [3] No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, UK [03/1949]
[2], [4] No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, UK [06/1953]

Excerpts:
[1] Vanguard TR 5008 [45rpm] Henry Purcell Music for a while / The fatal hour
[1], [3] HMV C 3890 [78 rpm] Music for a While
[1], [3] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-570 / 71 [LPx2] Homage to Henry Purcell
[1], [3] Vanguard SRV 280 [LP] Music for a While
[1], [3] Vanguard VSD 729 / 30 [LP] The Art of Alfred Deller - The most famous recordings
[2], [4] HMV C 4247 [78 rpm] Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen - King Arthur - Old Bachelor

Compilation (first release):
EMI / His Master's Voice « The HMV treasury » HLM 7234 [LP] Alfred Deller The early recordings 1949-1953
EMI Classics 7243 5 65501 2 4 [CD] HMV Recordings, 1949-1954, Alfred Deller

Compilation (other than first release):
Refer to individual links in "Compilation (first release)" section.

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 36/428-374 [Jan 1959]

Comments:
Information from "Deller, A Singularity of Voice" (discography by Thomas Howlett) and The Gramophone.
Thomas Howlett states "... with organ works by Thurston Dart"; the precise title is not known to me.

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