Music for a while

Music for a while - The vocal art of Henry Purcell
A. Deller, A. Cantelo, M. Bevan, W. Bergman, G. Malcolm
Vanguard "Everyman classics" SRV 280 SD [LP]

Content:

    Henry Purcell (m) / H. Heveningham (t) (arr. Tippett & Bergmann)
  1. Song: If music be the food of love (1st version, 1692), Z. 379A

    2. Henry Purcell (m) / Norton (t): Pausanias (1695), Z. 585 (arr.: Tippett & Bergmann)
  2. Sweeter than roses

    3. Henry Purcell:
  3. I love and I must, Z. 382

    4. Henry Purcell: Bonduca (1695), Z. 574
  4. O Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom

    5. Henry Purcell (m) / Shakespeare (t): The Fairy Queen (1692), Z. 629 (arr.: Tippett & Bergmann)
  5. Epithalamium (Thrice happy lovers)

    6. Henry Purcell
  6. Tell Me, Some Pityng Angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation) (1693), Z. 186

    7. Henry Purcell: King Arthur (1691), Z. 628
  7. Fairest Isle

    8. ----
    Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen (1695), Z. 630
  8. I attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly

    9. Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Part I (1694), Z. 578
  9. Let the Dreadful Engines

    10. Henry Purcell
  10. Not All My Torments, Z. 400

    11. Henry Purcell (m) / J. Dryden & N. Lee (t): Oedipus (1692), Z. 583 (arr.: Tippett & Bergmann)
  11. Song: Music for a while

    12. Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Part III, Z. 578
  12. From Rosy Bowers

    13. Henry Purcell
  13. Upon a quiet conscience: Close Thine Eyes and Sleep Secure (1688), Z. 184

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[2], [4]-[5], [7]-[8], [10]-[12] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Walter Bergman (harpsichord)
[3], [6] George Malcolm (harpsichord), April Cantelo (soprano)
[9] George Malcolm (harpsichord), Maurice Bevan (baritone)
[13] George Malcolm (harpsichord), April Cantelo (soprano), Maurice Bevan (baritone)

Released:
1969

Compilation:
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-570 / 71 [LPx2] Homage to Purcell

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Comments:
Information from Nancy Frudenthal.
This is a specific LP from excerpts of BG-570 and contains only tracks where Alfred Deller is a singer.

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Pierre-F. Roberge