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William Byrd, arr. Edmund Fellowes, : Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs of Sadness and Piety, made into Music of Five Parts, 1588 -- Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
George Frideric Handel: Theodora-Oratorio (1750), HWV 68 -- Sweet Rose, and Lilly, flow'ry Form
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Wilfred Brown (tenor), The Handel Festival Orchestra, Anthony Lewis (conductor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Eileen Poulter (soprano)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part II -- Accompanied recitative: Thus, long ago
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Max Worthley (Tenor)
Henry Purcell: Elegy on the death of Queen Mary, 1695 -- The Queen's Epicedium
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
George Frideric Handel: Jephta-Oratorio (1752), HWV 70 -- O spare your daughter
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Eileen Poulter (soprano), Wilfred Brown (tenor), The Handel Festival Orchestra, Anthony Lewis (conductor)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part I -- Accompanied recitative: He chose a mournful Muse
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Max Worthley (Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part I -- Air: The Prince, unable to conceal
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Max Worthley (Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part I -- Recitative: 'Twas at the royal feast
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Max Worthley (Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part II -- Accompanied recitative: Now strike the golden Lyre again
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Max Worthley (Tenor), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor)
George Frideric Handel: Orlando-Opera (1733-London) -- Ah! Stigie larve
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Wilfred Brown (tenor), The Handel Festival Orchestra, Anthony Lewis (conductor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Eileen Poulter (soprano)
Thomas Campian: Rosseter's Book of Ayres, 1601 -- Air: I care not for these ladies
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Consort of Viols of the Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble, Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord), Desmond Dupré Lute
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part II -- Largo: Behold the ghastly band
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Max Worthley (Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part I -- Overture (Maestoso–Allegro ma non troppo–Andante)
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Max Worthley (Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 170 "Vergnügte Ruh' beliebte Seelenlust" -- Aria: Wie leid ist mir das Leben
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble, Gustav Leonhardt (Organ/Conductor)
George Frideric Handel: Theodora-Oratorio (1750), HWV 68 -- To thee thou glorious son of worth
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Eileen Poulter (soprano), Wilfred Brown (tenor), The Handel Festival Orchestra, Anthony Lewis (conductor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part I -- Accompanied recitative: With downcast looks
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Max Worthley (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel: Theodora-Oratorio (1750), HWV 68 -- Wide spread his name
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), The Handel Festival Orchestra, Anthony Lewis (conductor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Eileen Poulter (soprano), Wilfred Brown (tenor)
Johann Sebastian Bach: from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, 1725 -- Bist du bei mir
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
George Frideric Handel: Theodora-Oratorio (1750), HWV 68 -- Kind Heav'n, if Virtue be thy care
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Anthony Lewis (conductor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Eileen Poulter (soprano), Wilfred Brown (tenor), The Handel Festival Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 170 "Vergnügte Ruh' beliebte Seelenlust" -- Aria: Wie jammern
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Gustav Leonhardt (Organ/Conductor), Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part I -- Chorus: The many rend the skies
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Max Worthley (Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part II -- Accompanied recitative: Give the vengeance due
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Max Worthley (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast – Part I -- Air and Chorus: Bacchus, ever fair
Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra & Alfred Deller (Conductor), Max Worthley (Tenor), Maurice Bevan (Baritone)
John Dowland: Book of Airs, 1597 -- Air: Can she excuse my wrongs ?
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Desmond Dupré Lute, Consort of Viols of the Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble, Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord)
Robert Johnson: Fitwilliam Virginal Book -- Alman for harpsichord (set by Gilles Farnaby) (instr.)
Alfred Deller (Counter Tenor), Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord), Desmond Dupré Lute, Consort of Viols of the Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble