Harmonia Mundi: '50 - Le Coffret du Cinquantième Anniversaire

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Annotation

Cardboard box; all mediums in separate cardboard sleeves. Individual cat#s run from HMX 2908250 - HMX 2908279.

Includes an extensive booklet, + a CD-ROM with most texts of the vocal works tranlated into French, English and German, where necessary (.pdf).

Annotation last modified on 2014-09-18 05:01 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1: Historic Organs (CD 1): François Couperin - Messe à l'usage des Paroisses / Concert à l'orgue de Covarrubias
CD 2: Historic Organs (CD 2): Georg Muffat - Apparatus Musico-Organisticus
CD 3: Alfred Deller Years (CD 1): Henry Purcell - King Arthur (1)
CD 4: Alfred Deller Years (CD 2): Henry Purcell - King Arthur (2) / The Folksong Recital
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1King Arthur: Act IV, Scene. 2: Syrens: "Two Daughters"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
soprano vocals:
Jean Knibbs and Honor Sheppard (soprano)
orchestra:
The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV. "Two daughters of this aged stream" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV
Henry Purcell1:50
2King Arthur: Act IV, Scene. 2: Alto: "How Happy The Lover"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
bass-baritone vocals:
Maurice Bevan (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Deller Choir
countertenor vocals:
Mark Deller (countertenor)
soprano vocals:
Rosemary Hardy (soprano) and Honor Sheppard (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices)
orchestra:
Continuo, Deller Consort and The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV. Passacaglia "How happy the lover" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV
Henry Purcell7:45
3King Arthur: Act V, Scene. 2: Trumpet Tune, Aeolus: "Ye Blust'ring Brethren"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
baritone vocals:
Maurice Bevan (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
harmonia mundi s.a. (not for release label use!) (from 1979 to present)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. "Ye Blust'ring brethren" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. Trumpet Tune (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell3:26
4King Arthur: Act V, Scene. 2: Symphony; Song Tune, Nereid & Pan: "Round Thy Coasts", Alto, Tenor & Bass: "For Folded Flocks"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
bass-baritone vocals:
Maurice Bevan (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Deller Choir
countertenor vocals:
Mark Deller (countertenor)
soprano vocals:
Jean Knibbs
tenor vocals:
Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices)
orchestra:
The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. "For folded flocks" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. "Round thy coast" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. Symphony (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell7:07
5King Arthur: Act V, Scene. 2: Song Tune: "Your Hay"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
choir vocals:
Deller Choir
orchestra:
Continuo, Deller Consort and The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. "Your hay it is mow'd" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell2:42
6King Arthur: Act V, Scene. 2: Venus: "Fairest Isle"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
soprano vocals:
Honor Sheppard (soprano)
orchestra:
The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
harmonia mundi s.a. (not for release label use!) (from 1979 to present)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. "Fairest isle" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell3:38
7King Arthur: Act V, Scene. 2: Soprano: "You Say", Bass: "This Not My Passion", Bass: "But One Soft Moment"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
bass-baritone vocals:
Maurice Bevan (bass-baritone)
soprano vocals:
Honor Sheppard (soprano)
orchestra:
Continuo, Deller Consort and The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. Duet. "You say 'tis love" (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell4:58
8King Arthur: Act V, Scene. 2: Trumpet Tune, Honour: "St. George"
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
choir vocals:
Deller Choir
soprano vocals:
Honor Sheppard (soprano)
orchestra:
The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. Trumpet Tune (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell4:28
9King Arthur: Act V, Scene. 2: Chaconne
audio engineer:
Alberto Paulin (in 1978-10)
orchestra:
The King’s Musick
conductor:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. Chaconne (in 1978-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell3:45
10The Folksong Recital: The three ravens
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]2:51
11The Folksong Recital: Black is the colour of my true love's hair
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]1:53
12The Folksong Recital:: Sweet nymph, come to thy lover
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
Thomas Morley1:41
13The Folksong Recital: I go before my darling
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
Thomas Morley1:24
14The Folksong Recital: The oak and the ash
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]3:08
15The Folksong Recital: Barbara Allen
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]2:31
16The Folksong Recital: Lord Rendall
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]4:03
17The Folksong Recital: Water wide
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]2:32
18The Folksong Recital: The tailor and the mouse
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]1:28
19The Folksong Recital: Down by the sally garden's
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]2:18
20The Folksong Recital: I will give my love an apple
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]1:45
21The Folksong Recital: Miraculous love's wounding
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
Thomas Morley2:55
22The Folksong Recital: Sweet Kate
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
A Musical Dreame or the Fourth Booke of Ayres 1609: II. Sweet Kate
composer:
Robert Jones (English lutenist and composer)
part of:
A Musical Dreame or the Fourth Booke of Ayres 1609
Robert Jones1:34
23The Folksong Recital: Bushes and briars
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]2:34
24The Folksong Recital: The foggy, foggy dew
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]2:08
25The Folksong Recital: She moved through the fair
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]3:39
26The Folksong Recital: Evening prayer
recorded in:
Kent, England, United Kingdom
guitar and lute:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
[anonymous]1:01
CD 5: Voices from the Middle Ages (CD 1): Prière de Maria-Madeleine / Messe de saint Marcel / La Comtessa de Dia / Laudes & Vêpres pour la fête de sainte Ursule
CD 6: Voices from the Middle Ages (CD 2): Guillaume Dufay - Intégrale des Motets isorythmiques
CD 7: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 1): J.S. Bach - Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (1)
CD 8: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 2): J.S. Bach - Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (2)
CD 9: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 3): J.S. Bach - Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (3) / Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079
CD 10: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 4): J.S. Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
CD 11: The "Atys" Years: Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys
CD 12: The "Atys" Years: Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys
CD 13: The "Atys" Years: Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys (3) / Marin Marais - La Gamme
CD 14: The Masters of Baroque Music (CD 1): Claudio Monteverdi - Pianto della Madonna / Heinrich Ignaz Biber - Rosenkranz-Sonaten / Antonio Vivaldi - Stabat Mater
CD 15: The Masters of Baroque Music (CD 2): Georg Philipp Telemann - Trauer-Kantate / Jean Henry d'Anglebert - Pièces de clavecin
CD 16: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 1): Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book
CD 17: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 2): Adriano Banchieri - Barca di Venetia per Padova / Georg Philip Telemann - "La Bizarre" / Armand-Louis Couperin - Simphonie de clavecins / Johann Schobert - Quatuor
CD 18: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 3): Reinhard Keiser - Croesus (1)
CD 19: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 4): Reinhard Keiser - Croesus (2)
CD 20: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 5): Reinhard Keiser - Croesus (3)
CD 21: The Classical Style Revisited: Joseph Haydn - Piano trio n°39 / W.A. Mozart - 6 Deutsche Tänze KV 509 / Joseph Haydn - Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre Hob. VIIb:1 / W.A. Mozart - Symphonie n°38 "Prague"
CD 22: The Heart of Romanticism (CD 1): Gioacchino Rossini - Petite Messe solennelle
CD 23: The Heart of Romanticism (CD 2): Gioacchino Rossini - Sonate a quattro / Robert Schumann - Frauenliebe und -leben op. 42 / Johannes Brahms - Sonate pour clarinette et piano, op. 120 / Hugo Wolf - Goethe-Lieder
CD 24: A New Look at Masterpieces (CD 1): Jean-Philippe Rameau - Suite en Sol / Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonie N°3 op. 55 "Eroica"
CD 25: A New Look at Masterpieces (CD 2): Hector Berlioz - Nuit d'été op. 7 / Manuel de Falla - El amor brujo
CD 26: A New Generation of Musicians (CD 1): Franz Schubert - Fantaisie en Ut Majeur / Sonate D.960
CD 27: A New Generation of Musicians (CD 2): Frederic Chopin - Complete Ballades / Franz Liszt - La Lugubre Gondole / Dmitry Shostakovich - String Quartet no. 8 op. 110
CD 28: From the Past to the Future (CD 1): Ernest Chausson - Quatuor / Aaron Copland - Trio Vitebsk / Leoš Janáček - Sur un sentier recouvert
CD 29: From the Past to the Future (CD 2): Leoš Janáček - Quatuor à cordes n°2 "Lettres intimes" / Béla Bartók - Contrastes / Arvo Pärt - Berliner Messe

Credits

Release

lute:Paul O’Dette (American conductor and lute player specialising in early music)
pipe organ:René Saorgin
orchestra:Les Arts Florissants
La Chapelle Royale (French baroque vocal ensemble)
Continuo
Deller Consort
Huelgas Ensemble (Belgian early music ensemble)
The King’s Musick
conductor:William Christie (harpsichordist and conductor)
Marcus Creed (conductor)
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
Philippe Herreweghe (Belgian conductor)
Paul Van Nevel (Belgian conductor & musicologist)
choir vocals:Collegium Vocale Gent
Deller Consort
RIAS Kammerchor (German chamber choir)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4432254 [info]
ASIN:FR: B000VIFM1S [info]