Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (1683) - Blow: Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell

Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (1683) - Blow: Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell
Deller Consort - Kalmar Orchestra of London
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-590 [LP-mono]
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BGS-5015 [LP-stereo]

Contents:

    Henry Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures, Z339
    (Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683)
  1. Ouverture (sinfonia)
    1. Maestoso
    2. Vivace
  2. Welcome to All the Pleasures
  3. Here the Deities approve (counter-tenor)
  4. While Joys Celestial (trio)
  5. Then Lift Up Your Voices (bass, chorus)
  6. Adagio (harpsichord)
  7. Beauty Thou Scene of Love (tenor)
  8. In a Consort of Voices (tenor, chorus)

    9. ----
    John Blow: Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell
  9. Mark how the lark and linnet sing
  10. But in the close of the night
  11. So ceas'd the rival crew
  12. We beg not Hell
  13. The pow'r of harmony too well they knew
  14. The heav'nly choir
  15. Ye brethren of the lyre

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[8] The Deller Consort
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), April Cantelo (soprano), Eileen McLoughlin (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Owen Grundy (baritone), Maurice Bevan (bass)
Kalmar Chamber Orchestra
Walther Bergman (harpsichord).
Alfred Deller, dir.
[9]-[15] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), John Whitworth (counter-tenor) "early instruments ensemble":
Christopher Taylor (recorder), Richard Taylor (recorder), Walther Bergmann (harpsichord), Anna Shuttleworth (cello)

Recording site and date:
[1]-[8] Unknown [05/1959]
[9]-[15] Walthamstow Hall, London, England [06/1959]

Compilation:
Musical Concepts MC 194 [CDx6 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume TWO: Music of Henry Purcell

Excerpts:
[1]-[8] Vanguard Classics 08 8027 71 [CD, Europe] Purcell - Come Ye Sons of Art
[9]-[15] Vanguard Classics 08 5044 71 [CD, Europe] Blow: Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell
[9]-[15] Omega Vanguard Classics OVC 8 108 [CD, NA] Michel-Richard de Lalande: De Profundis & John Blow: Ode on the death of Henry Purcell

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

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Pierre-F. Roberge