Henry Purcell – Olinda

Henry Purcell
Theatre Music and Sacred Songs
Deller Consort – Alfred Deller, dir.
Harmonia mundi « Musique d'Abord » HMA 190 214 [CD]
Harmonia mundi « Musique d'Abord » HMA 43 214 [Cass.]

Contents:

    Henry Purcell, autographic ms, Guildhall Library, London (Z. 404, 1694)
  1. Olinda

    2. Henry Purcell (m) / John Dryden & Robert Howard (t), « The Indian Queen » Act III (Z. 630, 1695)
  2. Ismeron: Ye twice ten hundred deities

    3. Henry Purcell (m) / John Dryden & Robert Howard (t), « The Indian Queen » Act III (Z. 630, 1695)
  3. Boy: Wake, Quivera, wake

    4. Henry Purcell (m) / Thomas Shadwell (t) – Cupid and Bacchus
    Masque for Shakespeare's «The History of Timon of Athens, The Man-Hater » (Z. 632, 1694)
  4. Duet (Cupid, Nymph): Hark! how the songsters of the grove (Z. 632/2)

    5. Henry Purcell (m) / Abraham Cowley (t), (Z. 543)
  5. Ode: How pleasant is the flowery plain and grove

    6. Henry Purcell (m) / William Congreve (t), « The Old Bachelor » (Z. 607/10, 1693)
  6. Thus to a ripe, consenting maid

    7. Henry Purcell (m) / Thomas Betterton (t), « Dioclesian » (Z. 627/16, 1691)
  7. Chaconne

    8. Henry Purcell: Birthday Ode for Queen Mary Z. 323/5a, 1694)
  8. Strike the Viol

    9. Henry Purcell (m) / Anon. (t), after Shakespeare's Midsummer's night dream « The Fairy Queen » (Z. 629/13b, 1695)
  9. One charming night

    10. Henry Purcell (m) / William Congreve (t), edited in « Orpheus Britannicus » (Z. 513, 1608)
  10. There ne'er was so wretched a lover as I (Z. 513, 1690)

    11. Henry Purcell (m) / William Mountfort (?) (t); melody from « The History of Dioclesian » (Z. 627, 1691 or 1694)
  11. O how happy's he

    12. Henry Purcell (m) / John Dryden & Robert Howard (t) « Oedipus », Act III (Z. 583, 1679, version 1692)
  12. Hear, ye sullen pow'rs below
  13. Come Away, do not stay

    14. Henry Purcell, Ode for St. Cecilia's day (Z. 334, ca 1685)
  14. Raise, raise the voice

    15. Henry Purcell (m), MS, British Museum (Z. 749, before 1680)
  15. Pavane in A minor & Trio

    16. Henry Purcell (m) / Anon. (t), Henry Playford (pub.), from Harmonia Sacra « A hymn upon the Last Day » (Z. 182, 1688)
  16. Awake, awake, ye dead !

    17. Henry Purcell (m) / Francis Quarles (t), Henry Playford (pub.), from Harmonia Sacra « A Hymn to our Savior's Passion » (Z. 197, 1688)
  17. The earth trembled

Performers:
The Deller Consort
[1]-[3], [11]-[15], [17] Honor Sheppard (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), John Buttrey (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Carolyn Sparey (violin), Jonathan Sparey (violin), Desmond Dupré (viola di Gamba), Robert Elliott (harpsichord) Alfred Deller, dir.
[4]-[10], [16] Honor Sheppard (soprano), Suzanne Green (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Norman Platt (bass), David Munrow (recorder), Richard Lee (recorder), Desmond Dupré (viola di gamba)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Playing time: 61' 37" app.

Recording site and date:
See links below;
Rel.: 1990 (HMA 190)

Excerpts (from original recordings):
[1]-[3], [11]-[15], [17] Harmonia mundi « Deller Recordings » DR 218 [LP] Ayres de Henry Purcell - Musique de scène, Airs et Opéra, Odes et Musique sacrés
[4]-[10], [16] Harmonia mundi « Deller Recordings » DR 214 [LP] Henry Purcell – Deller Consort: Ayres avec flûtes, gambes et clavecin; aka: Musique de théâtre

Reviewed in: See links above

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Pierre-F. Roberge