O Ravishing Delight: Airs Anglais

~ Release by Alfred Deller (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Miserere, My Maker
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
Miserere My Maker
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
[anonymous]5:49
2Shall I Sue?
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 19: "Shall I Sue, Shall I Seek for Grace?"
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist) (in 1600)
part of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
John Dowland2:51
3I Care Not for These Ladies
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
I Care Not for These Ladies
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and Thomas Campion (English composer, poet & physician, 1567-1620)
Thomas Campion1:51
4Come, Heavy Sleep
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 20: “Come, Heavy Sleep”
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist) (in 1597)
part of:
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres
John Dowland4:54
5Of All the Birds I Have Known
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
Of all the birds that I do know
composer:
John Bartlet (English renaissance composer)
John Bartlet1:50
6I Saw My Lady Weep
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 1: "I Saw My Lady Weep"
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist) (in 1600)
part of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
John Dowland3:54
7Wilt Thou, Unkind
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 15: "Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me?"
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist) (in 1597)
part of:
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres
John Dowland1:36
8The Cypress Curtain of the Night
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The cypress curtain of the night (music set by T. Campion)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas Campion (English composer, poet & physician, 1567-1620)
is based on:
The cypress curtain of the night (poem only (no music))
Thomas Campion4:45
9What Then Is Love but Mourning?
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
What Then Is Love but Mourning?
composer:
Philip Rosseter (composer)
Philip Rosseter2:23
10Rest, Sweet Nymphs
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
Rest, Sweet Nymphe
composer:
Francis Pilkington (English composer, singer & lutenist, 1565-1638)
Francis Pilkington2:25
11The Fair Lover and His Black Mistress
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The Fair Lover and His Black Mistress
composer:
John Blow (composer)
John Blow3:36
12The Self-Banished
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The Self-Banished
composer:
John Blow (composer)
John Blow2:33
13The Glory of the Arcadian Groves
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The Glory of the Arcadian Groves
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist)
Jeremiah Clarke2:14
14Oh! The Mighty Power of Love
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
Oh! The Mighty Power of Love
composer:
John Eccles (English composer, c. 1668-1735)
John Eccles2:19
15In Her Brave Offspring
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
In Her Brave Offspring
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist)
Jeremiah Clarke1:57
16My Time, o Ye Muses
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
My Time, o Ye Muses
composer:
William Croft (English composer & organist)
William Croft2:55
17O Ravishing Delight
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
O Ravishing Delight
composer:
Daniel Purcell (composer)
Daniel Purcell4:48
18A Hymn to God the Father
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
Harmonia Sacra, Book I: Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin "A Hymne to God the Father"
composer:
Pelham Humfrey (aka 'Humphrey', composer)
Pelham Humfrey3:14
19When Then Is Love but Mourning
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
What Then Is Love but Mourning?
composer:
Philip Rosseter (composer)
Philip Rosseter2:13
20Fine Knacks for Ladies
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 12: "Fine Knacks for Ladies"
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist) (in 1600)
part of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
John Dowland2:32
21Flow My Tears
flute:
Richard Lee (flautist) and David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
harpsichord [clavecin]:
Robert Elliott (harpsichord / organist)
lute and viola da gamba:
Desmond Dupré (lutenist and viola da gamba player)
countertenor vocals:
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
recording of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 2: "Flow My Tears"
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist) (in 1600)
part of:
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
John Dowland5:33