Alfred Deller - The Early Recordings 1949-1953

Alfred Deller - The Early Recordings 1949-1953
Songs and Arias by Dowland, Campion, Rosseter, Purcell & Handel
Alfred Deller with various artists
EMI / His Master's Voice "The HMV treasury" HLM 7234 [LP]
EMI / La Voix de son Matre "The HMV treasury" 7234 [LP, France]

Contents:

    John Dowland
  1. Fine knacks for ladies

    2. John Dowland
  2. In darkness let me dwell

    3. John Dowland
  3. Sorrow, sorrow stay

    4. Thomas Campion
  4. (a) It fells on a summer's day
    Philip Rosseter
    (b)What then is love but mourning ?

    5. John Dowland
  5. Flow my tears

    6. Henry Purcell (ref.: Shakespeare's " The Fairy Queen", arr. Tippett & Bergman)
  6. Epithalamium

    7. ----
    Henry Purcell/Norton: Pausanias, arr. Tippett & Bergman
  7. Sweeter than roses

    8. Henry Purcell (m) / J. Dryden & N. Lee (t): Oedipus (arr.: Tippett & Bergmann)
  8. Music for a while

    9. Henry Purcell (m) / H. Heveningham (t) (arr. Tippett & Bergmann)
  9. If music be the food of love (1st setting)

    10. Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (after Shakespeare), arr. Lam
  10. Hark, how all things

    11. George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare
  11. Alma del gran Pompeo

    12. George Frideric Handel: Messiah
  12. O thou that tellest
  13. He was despised

Playing time: ??' ??"

Artists:
For specific artists other than A. Deller, refer to individual links in "Excerpts" section.

Date of release:
1982 - For specific site and date of recording, refer to individual links in "Excerpts" section. All tracks were recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Original releases:
[1]-[2] HMV C 3951 (78 r.p.m)
[3]-[4] HMV C 4178 (78 r.p.m)
[5] HMV C 4236 (78 r.p.m)
[6]-[7] HMV C 4044 (78 r.p.m)
[8]-[9] HMV C 3890 [78 r.p.m] Music for a while
[10] HMV C 4247 (78 r.p.m)
[11]-[12] HMV C 4222 (78 r.p.m)
[13] HMV B 10 682 (78 r.p.m, 25cm)

Excerpts (similar release):
Tracks [1]-[12] have been later released (with many more) in a similar CD Anthology (EMI Classics References 7243 5 65 501 2 4 Alfred Deller, HMV Recordings 1949-1954), but not the three Handel's tracks.

Excerpts (other than original release):
Refer to individual links in "Excerpts (original releases)" section

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

Comments:
Information from owned LP.

To FAQ references to this recording.

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Pierre-F. Roberge