The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume 4: Music of Handel Bach and English Renaissance

Release by Alfred Deller & The Deller Consort

Track list

CD 1: The Connoisseur's Handel / Handel: 3 Coronation Anthems

=> 1 Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Air: 'Tis Heaven's All-Ruling Pow'r (3:03)
=> 2 Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Quartet: O Spare Your Daughter (2:36)
=> 3 Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Air: Laud Her All Ye Virgin Train (3:09)
=> 4 Serse (Opera, 1738, London): Air: Ombra Mai Fù (4:19)
=> 5 Orlando: Air: Ah! Stigie Larve (8:05)
=> 6 L'Allegro, Il Pensoroso Ed Il Moderato, Hwv 55: Air: Let Me Wander (2:01)
=> 7 Orlando: Air; Cielo! Se Tu Il Consenti (5:21)
=> 8 Rinaldo: Air: Lascia Ch'Io Pianga (4:40)
=> 9 Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air; Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (2:35)
=> 10 Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air; Wide Spread His Name (2:33)
=> 11 Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air: Sweet Rose, and Lilly, Flow'Ry Form (3:12)
=> 12 Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Duet: To Thee Thou Glorious Son of Worth (5:16)
=> 13 Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest (Andante Maestoso 4/4) (5:28)
=> 14 Coronation Anthems: The King Shall Rejoice: I. Allegro Moderato, 4/4 / II. Allegro, 3/4 / III. A Tempo Giusto, 4/4 / IV. Allegro Non Presto, 3/4 / V. Allegro Non Presto, 4/4 (2:49)
=> 15 Coronation Anthems: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened: I. Allegro Moderato, 4/4 / II. Larghetto, 3/4 (17:43)

CD 2: Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / Bach: Cantatatas 54 & 170

=> 1 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor Solo (Largo): Eternal Source of Light Divine (6:56)
=> 2 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Soprano Solo (Andante): Let All the Winged... (2:59)
=> 3 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Countertenor Solo (Andante): Let Flocks... (2:25)
=> 4 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor and Bass Duet: Let Rolling Streams... (2:47)
=> 5 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Sopranos Duet (Andante): Kind Health Descends (6:04)
=> 6 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Bass Solo (Allegro): Let Envy Then Conceal Her Head (2:26)
=> 7 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor Solo and Double Chorus (Allegro): United Nations Shall Combine (3:19)
=> 8 Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Vergnügte Ruh' (6:52)
=> 9 Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Recitative: Die Welt, Das Sündenhaus (1:11)
=> 10 Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Wie Jammern (8:17)
=> 11 Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Recitative: Wer Solte Sich (1:00)
=> 12 Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Wie Leid Ist Mir Das Leben (6:00)
=> 13 Mass, in B Minor: Agnus Dei (9:01)
=> 14 Cantata No. 54" Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde": Aria: Widerstehe (1:07)
=> 15 Cantata No. 54" Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde": Recitative: Die Art (3:25)
=> 16 Cantata No. 54" Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde": Aria: Wer Sunde Tut (5:34)

CD 3: Handel: Alexander's Feast (Beginning

=> 1 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Overture: I. Maestoso / II. Allegro Ma Non Troppo / III. Andante (6:46)
=> 2 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): 'Twas at the Royal Feast (1:25)
=> 3 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air and Chorus (Tenor, Followed by Chorus and Solo): Happy, Happy, Happy (5:04)
=> 4 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): Timotheus, Plac'd on High (0:35)
=> 5 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano): The Song Began (1:03)
=> 6 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Andante): The List'Ning Crowd (2:42)
=> 7 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Allegro Ma Non Presto): With Ravish'd Ears (4:05)
=> 8 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): The Praise of Bacchus (0:37)
=> 9 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air and Chorus (Bass Followed by Chorus, Andante): Bacchus, Ever Fair (4:12)
=> 10 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): Sooth'd With the Sound (0:57)
=> 11 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano, Adagio E Piano): He Chose a Mournful Muse (1:28)
=> 12 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Large E Piano): He Sung Darius (3:43)
=> 13 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano): With Downcast Looks (1:11)
=> 14 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Larghetto): Behold Darius (3:34)
=> 15 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): The Mighty Master Smil'd (0:40)
=> 16 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Largo): Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures (3:26)
=> 17 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Tenor, Andante Allegro): War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble (5:40)
=> 18 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Andante): The Many Rend the Skies (3:59)
=> 19 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano) And Chorus (Allegro Moderato): The Prince, Unable to Conceal (7:46)
=> 20 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus Da Capo: The Many Rend the Skies (4:09)
=> 21 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) And Chorus: Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again (1:34)
=> 22 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Allegro Ma Non Troppo): Break His Bands of Sleep Asunder (1:54)
=> 23 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Bass, Andante Allegro): Revenge, Revenge (2:03)
=> 24 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Aria (Largo): Behold, a Ghastly Band (4:52)

CD 4: Handel: Alexander's Feast (Conclusion

=> 1 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Da Capo); Revenge, Revenge (2:10)
=> 2 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor): Give the Vengeance Due (2:09)
=> 3 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Tenor, Allegro): The Princes Applaud (2:29)
=> 4 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano) And Chorus (Andante Larghetto): Thais Led the Way (5:03)
=> 5 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) And Chorus: Thus, Long Ago (2:54)
=> 6 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus: At Last Divine Cecilia Came (4:35)
=> 7 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor and Bass): Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize (0:34)
=> 8 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus and Soloists (Andante - Allegro): Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize (3:53)
=> 9 Book of Airs, 1597: Air: Can She Excuse My Wrongs? (4:11)
=> 10 A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke: Air for Three Viols (instrumental) (1:30)
=> 11 A Book of Ayres...: Air: Of All the Birds That I Do Know (2:01)
=> 12 Fitwilliam Virginal Book: Alman for Harpsichord (Set by Gilles Farnaby) (instrumental) (1:16)
=> 13 Book of Airs, 1597: Air: If My Complaints Could Passions Move (4:26)
=> 14 Pavan for Four Viols (instrumental) (5:57)
=> 15 Rosseter's Book of Ayres, 1601: Air: I Care Not for These Ladies (1:44)
=> 16 Air for Lute Solo: My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (instrumental) (1:03)
=> 17 Air: Pandolpho (Orn. For Lute) (7:23)
=> 18 Fantasia in C for Four Viols (instrumental) (4:59)
=> 19 A Pilgrim's Solace: Air: From Silent Night (5:18)
=> 20 Fitwilliam Virginal Book: Variations for Harpsichord on "Up Tails All" (instrumental) (5:56)

CD 5: Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I / William Byrd and His Age

=> 1 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae (1:11)
=> 2 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Aleph; Quomodo Sedet (2:36)
=> 3 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Beth (0:29)
=> 4 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Plorans Ploravit (4:07)
=> 5 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: De Lamentatione Jeremiae Prophetae (1:36)
=> 6 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Ghimel (0:59)
=> 7 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Migravit Judas (1:58)
=> 8 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Daleth (0:32)
=> 9 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Omnes Persecutores (3:27)
=> 10 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Heth (0:32)
=> 11 The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Facti Sunt (4:44)
=> 12 Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jesu Salvator Saeculi (5:15)
=> 13 Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Deus Tuorum Militum (4:10)
=> 14 Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: O Nata Lux De Lumine (2:09)
=> 15 Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jam Christus Astra Ascenderat (5:38)
=> 16 Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Salvator Mundi Domine (5:18)
=> 17 My Sweet Little Darling (3:03)
=> 18 Guichardo (4:39)
=> 19 What Bootheth Love? (3:16)
=> 20 Ah, Silly Poor Joas (1:48)
=> 21 Buy New Broom (1:23)
=> 22 Elegy on the Death of Thomas Tallis, 1585: Ye Sacred Muses (3:51)
=> 23 Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs of Sadness and Piety, Made Into Music of Five Parts, 1588: Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby (7:00)
=> 24 In a Merry May Morn (1:25)
=> 25 Pandolpho (4:06)
=> 26 Come, Pretty Babe (1:31)
=> 27 O Death, Rock Me Asleep (3:03)

CD 6: Deller's Choice (Selections

=> 1 The Self-Banished (3:33)
=> 2 The Nightingale (1:36)
=> 3 Rodelinda, 1725: Dove Sei (4:14)
=> 4 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir (2:58)
=> 5 Melothsia, 1673: Voluntary in G for Organ (1:09)
=> 6 Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary, 1695: The Queen's Epicedium (7:09)
=> 7 Melothsia, 1673: Voluntary in F for Organ (1:32)
=> 8 Harmonia Sacra, Book I, 1688: A Hymn to God the Father (3:32)
=> 9 The First Book of Canzonets to Two Voices, 1595: Sweet Nymph, Come to Thy Lover (1:40)
=> 10 "Love's Goddess" Birthday Song for Queen Mary, 1692: Sweetness of Nature (3:40)
=> 11 "A Musicall Dreame" or 4th Book of Airs: Sweet Kate (1:45)
=> 12 Canzonets for Two Voices: Miraculous Love's Wounding (2:58)
=> 13 Canzonets for Two Voices: I Go Before, My Darling (1:27)
=> 14 Amphion Anglicus: If My Celia Could Persuade (3:00)
=> 15 Amphion Anglicus: Ah Heav'n! What Is It I Hear? (3:17)
=> 16 Cantica Sacra: O Bone Jesu (3:10)
=> 17 Cantica Sacra: Gaudent in Coelis (1:32)
=> 18 Tudor Carol: Ah, My Dear Son (6:08)

Labels

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MC 195

Release events

2008

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