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Alfred Deller
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Alfred Deller
Born 31 May 1912(1912-05-31)
Margate, Kent, UK
Died 16 July 1979(1979-07-16) (aged 67)
Bologna, Italy
Nationality English
Occupation Singer
Years active 1940–1979

Alfred George Deller CBE (31 May 1912 – 16 July 1979), was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularizing the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th Century.


CD1:
01. Pat-a-Pan (Burgundian)
02. We Three Kings of Orient Are
03. I Saw Three Ships
04. Coventry Carol (2): ‘Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child’
05. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
06. Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
07. Once in Royal David’s City
08. Hajej, nynej, Jezishku (Rocking Carol) (Czech)
09. The First Nowell (English)
10. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)
11. Wither’s Rocking Hymn (‘Sweet baby, sleep! What ails my dear?’), carol for chorus
12. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
13. Wassail Song (‘Here We Come A-Wassailing’), carol
14. Dormi Jesu!
15. The Boar’s Head Carol
16. Past Three O’clock, carol (English)
17. Lullay my liking, for soprano & chorus, Op. 34/2, H. 129
18. Adam Lay Ybounden
19. Herrick’s Carol, for voice & ensemble
20. Angelus ad virginem (English)
21. The Holly and the Ivy (English)
22. O Jesulein süss, sacred song for voice & continuo, BWV 493 (BC F234)
23. Song of the Nuns of Chester (‘The Chester Carol’) (English)
24. Winter-Rose, carol (English)
25. In dulci jubilo, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 368 (BC F110)

THE DELLER CONSORT
Alfred Deller, counter-tenor
April Cantelo, soprano
Gerald English, tenor
Maurice Bevan, baritone
Desmond Dupre, lute
Stanley Taylor, recorder
RECORDED JUNE 1956 CRICKLEWOOD CHURCH, LONDON

CD2:
01. Deck the Halls (Gales)
02. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn’s Festgesang

for the Gutenberg Festival)
03. Lute-Book Lullaby
04. Ye Shepherds, folk song
05. Joy to the World (theme by Handel)
06. Down in Yon Forest, carol (English)
07. People, Look East! (Besançon carol)
08. Blessed Be That Maid Marie (English)
09. Sir Christèmas
10. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming), for chorus
11. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)
12. The Twelve Days of Christmas
13. Wassail Song (‘Here We Come A-Wassailing’), carol
14. All my heart this night rejoices, hymn
15. Joseph dearest, Joseph mine (Joseph, lieber Joseph mein), carol
16. I Saw Three Ships
17. How Far Is It to Bethlehem? (Children’s Song of the Nativity)
18. The Birds
19. The old yeare now away is fled (English)
20. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English)

THE DELLER CONSORT
Alfred Deller, counter-tenor
Ellen Poulter & Mary Thomas, sopranos
Wilfred Brown & Gerald English, tenors
Maurice Bevan, baritone
Desmond Dupre, lute
RECORDED JULY 19 AND SEPTEMBER 14, 1960
CONWAY HALL, LONDON

CD3:
01. Gymel
02. Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True (‘Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, this is the salutation’)
03. Sanctus
04. Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English)
05. Qui Natus Est
06. Burden and Carol, for consort
07. Nova, Nova, Ave fit ex Eva
08. Angelus ad virginem (English)
09. Hail Mary Full of Grace (15th Century)
10. In Die Nativitas
11. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English)
12. Kyrie, for 3 voices, MB 1
13. Quid Petis, O Fili?, carol for 4 voices
14. I Saw (English)
15. Out Of Your Sleep (Seldon manuscript)
16. Fauxbourdon, for ensemble
17. Quam pulcra es, antiphon for 3 voices, MB 44

THE DELLER CONSORT
Honor Sheppard, soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Mark Deller & Alfred Deller, counter-tenors
Maurice Bevan, baritone
Musica Antiqua, Wien
Dr. René Clemencic, director
Recorded May 1963 .
Mozartsaal & Grossersaal
Konzerthaus, Vienna

CD4:
01. De Nativitate Domino
02. Ave Maria
03. Decet huius cunctis horis
04. In nativitate domini à 4
05. O Regina, lux divina à 3
06. Hodie Christus natus est, for 4 voices
07. Nesciens Mater
08. Et in terra pax
09. Crist and Sainte Marie
10. Sancta Maria, non est tibi similis, respond & antiphon for 3 voices, MB 48
11. O Maria virgo (isorythmic motet)
12. Gloria
13. Puer natus est nobis/Et filius, introit for 6 voices
14. Foeno iacere
15. Maria zart
16. Beata progenies, for 3 voices
17. Alleluya Psallat

THE DELLER CONSORT
Honor Sheppard, soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Mark Deller & Alfred Deller, counter-tenors
Maurice Bevan, baritone
Música Antiqua, Wien
Dr. Rene Clemencic, director
RECORDED 1965
VIENNA, AUSTRIA


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