The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume 4: Music of Handel Bach and English Renaissance

Compilation by Alfred Deller & The Deller Consort

Released 2008

Tracklist

  • CD 1: The Connoisseur's Handel / Handel: 3 Coronation Anthems
  • 1
    Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Air: 'Tis Heaven's All-Ruling Pow'r
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:03
  • 2
    Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Quartet: O Spare Your Daughter
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:36
  • 3
    Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Air: Laud Her All Ye Virgin Train
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:09
  • 4
    Serse (Opera, 1738, London): Air: Ombra Mai Fù
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:19
  • 5
    Orlando: Air: Ah! Stigie Larve
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    8:05
  • 6
    L'Allegro, Il Pensoroso Ed Il Moderato, Hwv 55: Air: Let Me Wander
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:01
  • 7
    Orlando: Air; Cielo! Se Tu Il Consenti
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:21
  • 8
    Rinaldo: Air: Lascia Ch'Io Pianga
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:40
  • 9
    Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air; Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:35
  • 10
    Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air; Wide Spread His Name
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:33
  • 11
    Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air: Sweet Rose, and Lilly, Flow'Ry Form
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:12
  • 12
    Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Duet: To Thee Thou Glorious Son of Worth
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:16
  • 13
    Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest (Andante Maestoso 4/4)
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:28
  • 14
    Coronation Anthems: The King Shall Rejoice: I. Allegro Moderato, 4/4 / II. Allegro, 3/4 / III. A Tempo Giusto, 4/4 / IV. Allegro Non Presto, 3/4 / V. Allegro Non Presto, 4/4
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:49
  • 15
    Coronation Anthems: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened: I. Allegro Moderato, 4/4 / II. Larghetto, 3/4
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    17:43
  • CD 2: Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / Bach: Cantatatas 54 & 170
  • 1
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor Solo (Largo): Eternal Source of Light Divine
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    6:56
  • 2
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Soprano Solo (Andante): Let All the Winged...
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:59
  • 3
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Countertenor Solo (Andante): Let Flocks...
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:25
  • 4
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor and Bass Duet: Let Rolling Streams...
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:47
  • 5
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Sopranos Duet (Andante): Kind Health Descends
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    6:04
  • 6
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Bass Solo (Allegro): Let Envy Then Conceal Her Head
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:26
  • 7
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor Solo and Double Chorus (Allegro): United Nations Shall Combine
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:19
  • 8
    Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Vergnügte Ruh'
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    6:52
  • 9
    Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Recitative: Die Welt, Das Sündenhaus
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    1:11
  • 10
    Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Wie Jammern
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    8:17
  • 11
    Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Recitative: Wer Solte Sich
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    1:00
  • 12
    Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Wie Leid Ist Mir Das Leben
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    6:00
  • 13
    Mass, in B Minor: Agnus Dei
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    9:01
  • 14
    Cantata No. 54" Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde": Aria: Widerstehe
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    1:07
  • 15
    Cantata No. 54" Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde": Recitative: Die Art
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    3:25
  • 16
    Cantata No. 54" Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde": Aria: Wer Sunde Tut
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    5:34
  • CD 3: Handel: Alexander's Feast (Beginning
  • 1
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Overture: I. Maestoso / II. Allegro Ma Non Troppo / III. Andante
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    6:46
  • 2
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): 'Twas at the Royal Feast
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:25
  • 3
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air and Chorus (Tenor, Followed by Chorus and Solo): Happy, Happy, Happy
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:04
  • 4
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): Timotheus, Plac'd on High
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:35
  • 5
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano): The Song Began
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:03
  • 6
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Andante): The List'Ning Crowd
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:42
  • 7
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Allegro Ma Non Presto): With Ravish'd Ears
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:05
  • 8
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): The Praise of Bacchus
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:37
  • 9
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air and Chorus (Bass Followed by Chorus, Andante): Bacchus, Ever Fair
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:12
  • 10
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): Sooth'd With the Sound
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:57
  • 11
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano, Adagio E Piano): He Chose a Mournful Muse
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:28
  • 12
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Large E Piano): He Sung Darius
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:43
  • 13
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano): With Downcast Looks
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:11
  • 14
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Larghetto): Behold Darius
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:34
  • 15
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): The Mighty Master Smil'd
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:40
  • 16
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Largo): Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:26
  • 17
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Tenor, Andante Allegro): War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:40
  • 18
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Andante): The Many Rend the Skies
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:59
  • 19
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano) And Chorus (Allegro Moderato): The Prince, Unable to Conceal
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    7:46
  • 20
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus Da Capo: The Many Rend the Skies
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:09
  • 21
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) And Chorus: Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:34
  • 22
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Allegro Ma Non Troppo): Break His Bands of Sleep Asunder
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:54
  • 23
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Bass, Andante Allegro): Revenge, Revenge
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:03
  • 24
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Aria (Largo): Behold, a Ghastly Band
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:52
  • CD 4: Handel: Alexander's Feast (Conclusion
  • 1
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Da Capo); Revenge, Revenge
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:10
  • 2
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor): Give the Vengeance Due
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:09
  • 3
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Tenor, Allegro): The Princes Applaud
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:29
  • 4
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano) And Chorus (Andante Larghetto): Thais Led the Way
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:03
  • 5
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) And Chorus: Thus, Long Ago
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:54
  • 6
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus: At Last Divine Cecilia Came
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:35
  • 7
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor and Bass): Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:34
  • 8
    Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus and Soloists (Andante - Allegro): Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:53
  • 9
    Book of Airs, 1597: Air: Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
    John Dowland
    4:11
  • 10
    A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke: Air for Three Viols (instrumental)
    Thomas Morley
    1:30
  • 11
    A Book of Ayres...: Air: Of All the Birds That I Do Know
    John Bartlet
    2:01
  • 12
    Fitwilliam Virginal Book: Alman for Harpsichord (Set by Gilles Farnaby) (instrumental)
    Robert Johnson
    1:16
  • 13
    Book of Airs, 1597: Air: If My Complaints Could Passions Move
    John Dowland
    4:26
  • 14
    Pavan for Four Viols (instrumental)
    John Jenkins
    5:57
  • 15
    Rosseter's Book of Ayres, 1601: Air: I Care Not for These Ladies
    Thomas Campion
    1:44
  • 16
    Air for Lute Solo: My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (instrumental)
    John Dowland
    1:03
  • 17
    Air: Pandolpho (Orn. For Lute)
    Robert Parsons
    7:23
  • 18
    Fantasia in C for Four Viols (instrumental)
    John Jenkins
    4:59
  • 19
    A Pilgrim's Solace: Air: From Silent Night
    John Dowland
    5:18
  • 20
    Fitwilliam Virginal Book: Variations for Harpsichord on "Up Tails All" (instrumental)
    Giles Farnaby
    5:56
  • CD 5: Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I / William Byrd and His Age
  • 1
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
    Thomas Tallis
    1:11
  • 2
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Aleph; Quomodo Sedet
    Thomas Tallis
    2:36
  • 3
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Beth
    Thomas Tallis
    0:29
  • 4
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Plorans Ploravit
    Thomas Tallis
    4:07
  • 5
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: De Lamentatione Jeremiae Prophetae
    Thomas Tallis
    1:36
  • 6
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Ghimel
    Thomas Tallis
    0:59
  • 7
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Migravit Judas
    Thomas Tallis
    1:58
  • 8
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Daleth
    Thomas Tallis
    0:32
  • 9
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Omnes Persecutores
    Thomas Tallis
    3:27
  • 10
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Heth
    Thomas Tallis
    0:32
  • 11
    The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Facti Sunt
    Thomas Tallis
    4:44
  • 12
    Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jesu Salvator Saeculi
    Thomas Tallis
    5:15
  • 13
    Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Deus Tuorum Militum
    Thomas Tallis
    4:10
  • 14
    Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: O Nata Lux De Lumine
    Thomas Tallis
    2:09
  • 15
    Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jam Christus Astra Ascenderat
    Thomas Tallis
    5:38
  • 16
    Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Salvator Mundi Domine
    Thomas Tallis
    5:18
  • 17
    My Sweet Little Darling
    [anonymous]
    3:03
  • 18
    Guichardo
    [anonymous]
    4:39
  • 19
    What Bootheth Love?
    William Corkine
    3:16
  • 20
    Ah, Silly Poor Joas
    [anonymous]
    1:48
  • 21
    Buy New Broom
    Thomas Whythorne
    1:23
  • 22
    Elegy on the Death of Thomas Tallis, 1585: Ye Sacred Muses
    William Byrd
    3:51
  • 23
    Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs of Sadness and Piety, Made Into Music of Five Parts, 1588: Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
    William Byrd
    7:00
  • 24
    In a Merry May Morn
    Richard Nicholson
    1:25
  • 25
    Pandolpho
    Robert Parsons
    4:06
  • 26
    Come, Pretty Babe
    William Byrd
    1:31
  • 27
    O Death, Rock Me Asleep
    [anonymous]
    3:03
  • CD 6: Deller's Choice (Selections
  • 1
    The Self-Banished
    John Blow
    3:33
  • 2
    The Nightingale
    John Weldon
    1:36
  • 3
    Rodelinda, 1725: Dove Sei
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:14
  • 4
    Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:58
  • 5
    Melothsia, 1673: Voluntary in G for Organ
    Matthew Locke
    1:09
  • 6
    Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary, 1695: The Queen's Epicedium
    Henry Purcell
    7:09
  • 7
    Melothsia, 1673: Voluntary in F for Organ
    Matthew Locke
    1:32
  • 8
    Harmonia Sacra, Book I, 1688: A Hymn to God the Father
    Pelham Humfrey
    3:32
  • 9
    The First Book of Canzonets to Two Voices, 1595: Sweet Nymph, Come to Thy Lover
    Thomas Morley
    1:40
  • 10
    "Love's Goddess" Birthday Song for Queen Mary, 1692: Sweetness of Nature
    Henry Purcell
    3:40
  • 11
    "A Musicall Dreame" or 4th Book of Airs: Sweet Kate
    Robert Jones
    1:45
  • 12
    Canzonets for Two Voices: Miraculous Love's Wounding
    Thomas Morley
    2:58
  • 13
    Canzonets for Two Voices: I Go Before, My Darling
    Thomas Morley
    1:27
  • 14
    Amphion Anglicus: If My Celia Could Persuade
    John Blow
    3:00
  • 15
    Amphion Anglicus: Ah Heav'n! What Is It I Hear?
    John Blow
    3:17
  • 16
    Cantica Sacra: O Bone Jesu
    Richard Deering
    3:10
  • 17
    Cantica Sacra: Gaudent in Coelis
    Richard Deering
    1:32
  • 18
    Tudor Carol: Ah, My Dear Son
    [anonymous]
    6:08

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