"O Ravishing Delight": Dowland, Campion, Blow, Purcell, etc.
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré, Robert Elliott
1h06
Digital
190215
Excerpt:O Ravishing Delight
The extraordinary voice of Alfred Deller “seemed to belong to a weightless world, a voice of crystal, effortlessly stretched out to the limits of the possible, without vibration, giving the impression of belonging to another universe in which the spirit would sing without the heaviness of the flesh” (Jean-François Labie). It was in the field of the English Renaissance song that Deller’s artistry found its most perfect expression, distilling the peculiar melancholy of this inexhaustible repertoire in a manner which has never been equaled.
ANONYMOUS · Miserere my Maker (5'42) JOHN DOWLAND [1562/1563-1626] · Shall I sue (2'45) THOMAS CAMPION [c.1567-1619] · I care not for these ladies (1'45) JOHN DOWLAND [1562/1563-1626] · Come heavy sleep (4'48) JOHN BARTLET · Of all the birds (1'44) JOHN DOWLAND [1562/1563-1626] · I saw my lady weep (3'48) · Wilt thou unkind (1'29) THOMAS CAMPION [c.1567-1619] · The Cypress curtain (4'38) PHILIP ROSSETER [1567-1623] · What then is love (2'17) FRANCIS PILKINGTON [1570-1638] · Rest sweet Nymphs (2'19) JOHN BLOW [1649-1708] · The fair lover and his black mistress (3'31) · The Self-Banished (2'27) JEREMIAH CLARKE [1674-1707] · The glory of the Arcadian groves (2'06) JOHN ECCLES [1668-1735] · Oh! the mighty pow'r of love (2'13) JEREMIAH CLARKE [1674-1707] · In her brave offspring (1'51) WILLIAM CROFT [1678-1727] · My time, o ye Muses (2'50) HENRY PURCELL [1659-1695] · O Ravishing Delight (4'40) PELHAM HUMFREY [1647-1674] · A Hymne to God the father (3'09) PHILIP ROSSETER [1567-1623] · What then is love but mourning (2'13) JOHN DOWLAND [1562/1563-1626] · Fine knacks for ladies (2'30) · Flow, my tears (5'33)
