Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume SIX

Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume SIX

French and Italian Discoveries 1200-1700
Alfred Deller – The Deller Consort
Musical Concepts MC 197 [CDx6 + CD-ROM]

Contents:

CD-1
Sacred and Secular Music of Medieval France

Sacred Music

Anon., France, ca 1200

1. Conductus: Pater noster commiserans

Anon. (now attr. to Philippe le Chancelier), France, ca 1200

2. Conductus: Dic Christi veritas

Anon., France, ca 1200: Hallelujah for the fourth Sunday after Easter

3. Alleluja Christus resurgens
   Clausula "Mors"

Perotin: Hallelujah for the Feast of the Birth of Mary

4. Alleluja Nativitas

Secular Music

Anon., ca 1280

5. Hoquetus: In seculum
6. Amor potest conqueri

Anon., ca 1300

7. In seculum d'Amiens longum

Anon., 13th c.

8. El mois de mai

Anon., 14th c.

9. La Manfredina

Jehan Vaillant

10. Par maintes foys

Solage

11. Pluseurs gens voy

Matheus de Perusio

12. Ne me chant

Guillaume de Machaut

13. S'il estoit
14. Comment qu'a moy

Matheus de Perusio

15. Andray soulet
16. Or sus vous dormez trop

Solage

17. Helas je voy

Grimace

18. Alarme, Alarme

CD-2
Guillaume de Machaut: Messe Notre-Dame

Guillaume de Machaut: Notre Dame mass

19. Kyrie
20. Gloria
21. Credo
22. Sanctus
23. Agnus Dei
24. Ite missa est

Perotin: Graduale for the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ

25. Graduale: Viderunt omnes

Perotin: Graduale for the Feast of St. Stephen

26. Graduale: Sederunt principes

CD-3
François Couperin: Leçons des Ténèbres

François Couperin: Leçons des Ténèbres - First Lesson

27. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae
28. Aleph Quomodo sedet
29. Beth Plorans ploravit
30. Ghimel, Migravit Judas
31. Daleth, Viae Sion lugent
32. He, Facti sunt
33. Jerusalem, Jerusalem

François Couperin: Leçons des Ténèbres - Second Lesson

34. Vau, Eet egressus est
35. Zain, Recordata est
36. Heth, Peccatum peccavit
37. Teth, Sordes ejust
38. Jerusalem, Jerusalem

François Couperin: Leçons des Ténèbres - Third Lesson

39. Jod, Manum suam
40. Caph, Omnis populus
41. Lamed, O vos omnes
42. Mem, De excelso misit
43. Nun, Vigilavit jugum
44. Jerusalem, Jerusalem

CD-4
Michel-Richard de Lalande: De Profundis

Michel-Richard de Lalande: De Profundis

45. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine
46. Fiant aures tuae
47. Si inequitates
48. Quia apud
49. Sustinuit anima mea
50. Speravit anima mea
51. A custodia matutina
52. Quia apud Dominum
53. Et ipse redime Israel – Requiem – Et lux perpetua

CD-5
Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate

Claudio Monteverdi / O. Rinuccini (t)
Published in Ottavo libro de' madrigali (Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi ...), Venice, 1638
Ballo delle ingrate (sv167)

54. Ouverture
55. Amore: De l'implacabili Dio
56. Sinfonia
57. Venere: Udite, Domne, udite
58. Plutone: Belle madre d'Amor
59. Amore e Venere: Ecco ver noi
60. Ballo
61. Plutone: Dal tenebroso orror
62. Ballo
63. Una delle Ingrate: Ahi troppo e duro

CD-6
Deller's Choice (selections) / Italian Songs / Duets for Countertenors (selections)

Lodovico Viadana (aka: Lodovico Grossi, c.1560-1627): Cento Concerti Ecclesiastici, Venise 1602

64. Exaudi me Domine

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Symphoniae Sacrae, Venice 1629

65. In te Domine speravi

Giulio Caccini

66. Pien d'amoroso affeto

Claudio Saracini

67. Pallidetta qual viola

Giulio Caccini

68. Amarilli mia bella

Marco da Gagliano

69. Valli profonde

Alessandro Scarlatti

70. Difesa non ha
71. O, cessate di piagarmi
72. Belleza che s'ama

Giovanni Pietro Berti

73. Da grave incendio

Alessandro Scarlatti

74. O dolcissima speranza

Claudio Saracini

75. Da te parto

Baldessare Donato

76. Dolce mio ben

Alessandro Scarlatti

77. La speranza mi tradisce

Giaches de Wert

78. Dunque basciar

Cipriano de Rore (m) / Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis del Vasto (t); Bovicelli (vocal line orn.)
Published in Regole, Passagi di Musica, Madrigali, e Motetti Paseggiati, 1594

79. Anchor che col partire

Heinrich Schütz: Small Sacred Concertos, 1636/1639

80. Erhore mich, wenn ich rufe

Claudio Monteverdi
Published in Sacred Monodies and Motets, Venice, 1625

81. Currite, populi, psallite timpanis (sv297)

Heinrich Schütz: Small sacred concertos

82. Der Herr ist gross

Claudio Monteverdi / Petrarch (t)
Published in Sacrae cantiunculae liber primus, Venice, 1582

83. Angelus ad pastores ait (sv222)

Claudio Monteverdi
Published in Sacred Monodies and Motets, Calvo, 1620

84. Fuge anima mea mundum (sv305)

Claudio Monteverdi
Published in Sacred Monodies and Motets, Venice, 1625

85. Salve Regina (sv327)

CD-ROM

Performers, recording site and date:
See links below;
Rel.: 2009

Playing time: 45'08" + 47'09" + 47'04" + 34'53" + 44'41" + 68'58"

Reviewed in: Diapason (#-p.): 574-74 (Nov. 2009)

Excerpts:
[1]-[18] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 656 [LP] Music of medieval France 1200-1400, sacred and secular
[19]-[26] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 622 [LP] Music at Notre Dame, 1200-1375: Guillaume de Machaut « Notre Dame Mass » & works of Perotin
[27]-[44] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 613 [LP] François Couperin: Leçons des Ténèbres
[45]-[53] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 640 [LP] Michel-Richard de Lalande: De Profundis
[54]-[63] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 567 [LP] Claudio Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate – Masterpieces of the Italian Baroque
[64]-[65], [79] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 612 [LP] Deller's Choice – A Concert of Music both Rare and Rewarding
[66]-[78] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 565 [LP] Italian Songs for solo voice with lute, harpsichord and viola da gamba – Masterpieces of the Italian Baroque
[80]-[85] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 691 [LP] Duos de Contre-Ténors - Duets for Counter-tenors

Comments:
Information from CD-ROM and Stefan in Germany.
CD-ROM contains original cover art, liner notes and lyrics.
Although originaly announced as VOLUME FIVE and titled "Music of the French and Italian Renaissance" (in CD-ROM), it was released as VOLUME SIX (MC 197) – French and Italian Discoveries 1200-1700.

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