The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume 2: Music of Henry Purcell

Album by Henry Purcell & Alfred Deller & Deller Consort

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Fantasia upon a ground in D minor for 3 violins and continuo, Z. 731
    5:44
  2. 2.
    Oedipus (1692), Z. 583: Song. "Music for a while"
    4:05
  3. 3.
    Song, Z. 382 "I love and I must"
    2:58
  4. 4.
    The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578: Part I: "Let the dreadful engines"
    7:45
  5. 5.
    The Faerie Queen, Z. 629: Epithalamium. "Thrice happy lovers"
    3:07
  6. 6.
    Song, Z. 379A (1st version, 1692) "If music be the food of love"
    2:37
  7. 7.
    The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation, Z. 186 "Tell me, some pitying angel"
    7:51
  8. 8.
    Song, Z. 400 "Not all my torments"
    2:22
  9. 9.
    Upon a Quiet Conscience, Z. 184 "Close thine eyes"
    4:17
  10. 10.
    King Arthur, Z. 628: Venus's Song. "Fairest isle, all isles excelling"
    2:42
  11. 11.
    Pausanias, Z. 585: "Sweeter than roses"
    3:35
  12. 12.
    Song, Z. 421 "The fatal hour comes apace"
    4:22
  13. 13.
    Ode on Queen Mary's birthday (1693), Z. 321: "Crown the altar"
    2:50
  14. 14.
    The Indian Queen, Z. 630: "I attempt from love's sickness to fly"
    2:17
  15. 15.
    Bonduca, Z. 574: Bonduca's Song. "Oh! lead me to some peaceful gloom"
    3:10
  16. 16.
    Dioclesian, Z. 627: "What shall I do to show all much I love her?"
    3:53
  17. 17.
    The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578: Part III: "From rosy bow'rs"
    7:17

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Secrecie's Song
    2:04
  2. 3.
    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Mystery's Song
    0:56
  3. 4.
    Cantate "If Ever I More Riches Did Desire" Z. 544: Song (4vv, 2 Violin) "Here Let My Life"
    2:52
  4. 5.
    Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z 339: Here the Deities Approve
    4:40
  5. 6.
    The Prophetess or the History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Song "Since From My Dear Astrea's Sight"
    3:58
  6. 7.
    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: The Plaint (O Let Me Weep)
    7:27
  7. 8.
    Ten Sonatas in Four Parts: Sonata No. 9" F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Allegro
    1:20
  8. 9.
    Ten Sonatas in Four Parts: Sonata No. 9" F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Adagio
    1:46
  9. 10.
    Ten Sonatas in Four Parts: Sonata No. 9" F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Canzona Allegro
    1:44
  10. 11.
    Ten Sonatas in Four Parts: Sonata No. 9" F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Grave
    1:21
  11. 12.
    Ten Sonatas in Four Parts: Sonata No. 9" F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Allegro
    1:24
  12. 13.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: I. Song Tune in C, Z. T694
    1:04
  13. 14.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: II. Con Spirito, Z. 647
    0:53
  14. 15.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: III. March in C, Z. 648
    0:57
  15. 16.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: IV. New Minuet in D Minor, Z. T689
    1:22
  16. 17.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: V. Minuet in a Minor, Z. 649
    1:03
  17. 18.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: VI. Minuet in a Minor, Z. 650
    0:53
  18. 19.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: VII. A New Scotch Tune in G, Z. 655
    1:26
  19. 20.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: VIII. A New Ground in E Minor, Z. T682
    2:28
  20. 21.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: IX. A New Irish Tune, Z. 646
    0:33
  21. 22.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: X. Rigadoon in C, Z. 653
    0:46
  22. 23.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: Xi. Sefauchi's Farewell, in D Minor, Z. 656
    2:05
  23. 24.
    Musick's Hand-Made, Part II: Music Lessons 1-12: Xii. Minuet in D Minor, Z. T688
    1:07
  24. 25.
    Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo, Z. 780: Adagio-Moderato
    2:55
  25. 26.
    Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo, Z. 780: Adagio Con Espressione
    1:45
  26. 27.
    Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo, Z. 780: Vivace
    1:14
  27. 28.
    Suite in D for Harpsichord, Z. 667: Prelude
    0:23
  28. 29.
    Suite in D for Harpsichord, Z. 667: Almand
    2:40
  29. 30.
    Suite in D for Harpsichord, Z. 667: Hornpipe
    1:08

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
    2:46
  2. 4.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" (Belinda, Chorus)
    1:07
  3. 5.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment" (Dido)
    4:06
  4. 6.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Grief increases by concealing..." (Belinda, Dido)
    0:35
  5. 7.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "When monarchs unite, how happy their state" (Chorus)
    0:26
  6. 8.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Whence could so much virtue spring" (Dido, Belinda)
    2:01
  7. 9.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Fear no danger to ensue" (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus)
    1:45
  8. 10.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "See, your royal guest appears" (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
    0:57
  9. 11.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Cupid only throws the dart" (Cupid)
    0:44
  10. 12.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "If not for mine, for empire's sake" (Aeneas)
    0:30
  11. 13.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Pursue thy conquest, Love" (Belinda)
    0:49
  12. 14.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "To the hills and the vales" (Chorus)
    1:26
  13. 15.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. The Triumphing Dance
    1:15
  14. 16.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. Prelude for the Witches
    1:16
  15. 17.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Wayward sisters, you that fright" (Sorceress, First Witch)
    1:17
  16. 18.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Harm's our delight and mischief all our skill" (Chorus)
    0:20
  17. 19.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate" (Sorceress)
    0:54
  18. 20.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Ha, ha, ha" (Chorus)
    0:14
  19. 21.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun" (Witches, Sorceress)
    1:19
  20. 22.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Ha, ha, ha" (Chorus)
    0:11
  21. 23.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "But ere we this perform" (Witches)
    1:25
  22. 24.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "In our deep vaulted cell" (Chorus)
    0:59
  23. 25.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. Echo Dance of the Furies
    1:02
  24. 26.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. Ritornello
    0:35
  25. 27.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Thanks to these lonesome vales" (Belinda, Chorus)
    1:14
  26. 28.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Oft she visits this lov'd mountain" (Second Woman)
    2:09
  27. 29.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Behold, upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido)
    0:34
  28. 30.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Haste, haste to town" (Belinda, Chorus)
    0:55
  29. 31.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command" (Spirit, Aeneas)
    3:08
  30. 32.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. Prelude for the sailors
    0:39
  31. 33.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "Come away, fellow sailors" (First Sailor, Chorus)
    1:19
  32. 34.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. The Sailors' Dance
    0:51
  33. 35.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "See the flags and streamers curling" (Sorceress, Witches)
    0:58
  34. 36.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "Our next motion" (Sorceress)
    0:43
  35. 37.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "Destruction's our delight" (Chorus)
    0:37
  36. 38.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "The Witches' Dance" (Jack of the Lanthorn Dance)
    1:20
  37. 39.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
    4:20
  38. 40.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "Great minds against themselves conspire" (Chorus)
    1:15
  39. 41.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "Thy hand, Belinda" (Dido)
    0:52
  40. 42.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
    3:06
  41. 43.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "With drooping wings ye Cupids come" (Chorus)
    2:32

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z49: Anthem
    9:29
  2. 5.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: Ouverture (Sinfonia): I. Slow
    1:03
  3. 6.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: My Beloved Spake
    0:55
  4. 7.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: For, Lo, the Winter Is Past
    1:47
  5. 8.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: The Time of the Singing
    1:46
  6. 9.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: And the Voice of the Turtle
    1:31
  7. 10.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: The Fig Tree
    1:03
  8. 11.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: Arise
    0:35
  9. 12.
    My Beloved Spake, Z28: My Beloved Is Mine
    3:06
  10. 13.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z339: Ouverture (Sinfonia): I. Maestoso / II. Vivace
  11. 14.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: Welcome to All the Pleasures
  12. 15.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: Here the Deities Approve (Counter-Tenor)
  13. 16.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: While Joys Celestial (Trio)
  14. 17.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: Then Lift Up Your Voices (Bass, Chorus)
  15. 18.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: Adagio (Harpsichord)
  16. 19.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: Beauty Thou Scene of Love (Tenor)
  17. 20.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: In a Consort of Voices (Tenor, Chorus)
  18. 21.
    Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: Mark How the Lark and Linnet Sing
    3:56
  19. 22.
    Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: But in the Close of the Night
    4:54
  20. 23.
    Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: So Ceas'd the Rival Crew
    2:50
  21. 24.
    Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: We Beg Not Hell
    2:05
  22. 25.
    Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: The Pow'r of Harmony Too Well They Knew
    2:46
  23. 26.
    Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: The Heav'Nly Choir
    3:38
  24. 27.
    Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: Ye Brethren of the Lyre
    2:48

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): I. Solo (Soprano) & Chorus: Call the Nymphs and the Fauns From Woods
    1:44
  2. 6.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): II. Air (Soprano): Let the Graces and Pleasures Repair
    0:55
  3. 7.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): III. Duet (Basses): Come, Come Away, No Delay
    1:07
  4. 8.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): IV. Chorus: Behold, o Mighty'St of Gods
    4:17
  5. 9.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): V. Paspe (Passepied)
    0:52
  6. 10.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): VI. Duet (Sopranos): Oh the Sweet Delights of Love
    1:40
  7. 11.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): VII. Air (Soprano) & Chorus: Let Monarchs Fight for Power and Fame
    1:53
  8. 12.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): VIII. Duet (Tenor and Baritone): Make Room for the Great God
    0:49
  9. 13.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): IX. Solo (Bacchus) Trio & Chorus: I'm Here With My Jolly Crew
    2:26
  10. 14.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): X. Dance of Bacchanals
    1:29
  11. 15.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): Xi. Air (Soprano): Still I'm Wishing, Stil Desiring
    1:51
  12. 16.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (First Part): Ritornello - XII: Can Drusilla Give No More?
    3:11
  13. 17.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (Conclusion): XIII. Canaries
    0:31
  14. 18.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (Conclusion): XIV. Dialogue (Soprano and Baritone): Tell Me Why, My Charming Fair
    6:45
  15. 19.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (Conclusion): XV Dance
    0:53
  16. 20.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (Conclusion): XVI. Air (Tenor) & Chorus: All Our Days and Our Nights
    2:05
  17. 21.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (Conclusion): XVII. Dance
    0:49
  18. 22.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (Conclusion): XVIII. Trio & Chorus: Triumph Victorious Love
    5:18
  19. 23.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): First Music
    2:01
  20. 24.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): First Act Tune or Hornpipe
    0:41
  21. 25.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music) [Unknown]
    0:42
  22. 26.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): Dance of the Furies
    2:38
  23. 27.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): Second Act Tune
    1:24
  24. 28.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music) [Unknown]
    1:24
  25. 29.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): The Chair Dance
    0:43
  26. 30.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): Third Act Tune
    0:49
  27. 31.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): Butterfly Dance
    1:39
  28. 32.
    The Masque in Dioclesian (instrumental Music): Country Dance
    1:05

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Overture: Symphony
  2. 7.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Soli and Chorus: Hail! Bright Cecilia
  3. 8.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Duet: Hark, Each Tree
  4. 9.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Alto Solo: 'Tis Nature Voice
  5. 10.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Chorus: Soul of the World
  6. 11.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Soprano Solo: Thou Tun'St This World
  7. 12.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Trio: With That Sublime Celestial Lay
  8. 13.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Bass Solo: Wond'Rous Machine
  9. 14.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Alto Solo: The Airy Violin
  10. 15.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Duet: In Vain the Am'Rous Flute
  11. 16.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Alto Solo: The Fife and All the Harmony of War
  12. 17.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Duet: Let These Among Themselves Contest
  13. 18.
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, Z. 328" Hail! Bright Cecilia": Great Chorus: Hail! Bright Cecilia
  14. 19.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": Ouverture (Sinfonia): I. Largo / II. Allegro / III. Adagio
  15. 20.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "Come, Come, Ye Sons of Art" (Counter-Tenor, Chorus)
  16. 21.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "Sound the Trumpet Till Around" (Counter-Tenors)
  17. 22.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "Come, Come, Ye Sons of Art" (Chorus)
  18. 23.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "Strike the Viol" (Counter-Tenor)
  19. 24.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "The Day That Such a Blessing Gave" (Bass, Chorus)
  20. 25.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano, Oboe)
  21. 26.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "These Are the Sacred Charms That Shield" (Bass)
  22. 27.
    Ode for the Birthday of Mary II, 1694, Z. 323 "Come, Ye Sons of Art": "See Nature, Rejoicing" (Soprano, Bass, Chorus)

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