Performers:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
Michel Piguet (oboe), Eduard Melkus (baroque violin), Marie Leonhardt
(baroque violin), Kurt Theiner (baroque viola), Alice Hoffelner
(baroque viola), Nicolaus Harnoncourt (baroque 'cello), Alfred
Planiawsky (baroque double-bass), Gustav Leonhardt (organ)
Gustav Leonhardt, dir.
Playing time: 23' 08" + (5' 29" + 13' 26") = 42' 03"
Recording site and date:
Franziskanerkirche, Vienna [05/1954];
Rel.: 1954; Fra Bernardo release: 2015
Compilation:
Vanguard (Arcade) Classics « Alfred
Deller edition » 08 5069 71 [CD, Europe] Bach: Cantata
10, 54 & Agnus Dei - Haendel: Airs
Diapason « Les Indispensables de ...
» No 3 [CD] Alfred Deller: Œuvres de
Bach, Purcell, Dowland, Parsons, Bartlett & Campian
Musical Concepts MC 195 [CDx6 + CD-ROM]
Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume
FOUR: Music of Handel Bach and English Renaissance
Excerpts:
[6] Vanguard VSD 729/30 [LPx2] The Art
of Alfred Deller
Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 33/395-425 (Apr 1956)
Comments:
Information from LP & CD.
This is the very first recording on historic instruments made by
Gustav Leonhardt and Nikolaus Harnoncourt (as per Omega Vanguard
CD booklet). This LP was considererd as a "cult" recording,
praised by many; it has reappeared in the North American catalogue
(june 1997) after being "no longer available" for more
than 30 years. Leonhardt said: "Deller was superb, we were
atrocious". If you want to purchase only one Deller's recording,
for Deller only, purchase this one without the slightest hesitation;
but, if you want to purchase only one copy of cantata no. 54, then
purchase the Gould/Oberlin's video.
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Pierre-F. Roberge