The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume 4: Music of Handel Bach and English Renaissance
Gustav Leonhardt · Alfred Deller · Gerald English · Maurice Bevan
The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume 4: Music of Handel Bach and English Renaissance, CD, on Musical Concepts. Music by George Frideric Handel, Thomas Tallis, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Dowland, performed by Gustav Leonhardt, Alfred Deller, Gerald English, Maurice Bevan; 96 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Air: 'Tis Heaven's All-Ruling Pow'r
George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 42. Air "'Tis Heaven's all-ruling pow'r" (Hamor)
Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Quartet: O Spare Your Daughter
George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 25. Quartet "O spare your daughter!" (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)
Jephtha (Oratorio, 1752), Hwv 70: Air: Laud Her All Ye Virgin Train
George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 40. Air "Laud her, all ye virgin train" (Zebul)
Serse (Opera, 1738, London): Air: Ombra Mai Fù
George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
Orlando: Air: Ah! Stigie Larve
George Frideric Handel - Orlando, HWV 31: Atto II, Scena XI. Recitativo Accompagnato "Ah! stigie larve!"
L'Allegro, Il Pensoroso Ed Il Moderato, Hwv 55: Air: Let Me Wander
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 19. Air “Let Me Wander Not Unseen” (L’Allegro)
Orlando: Air; Cielo! Se Tu Il Consenti
George Frideric Handel - Orlando, HWV 31: Atto II, Scena III. Aria "Cielo! Se tu il consenti"
Rinaldo: Air: Lascia Ch'Io Pianga
George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air; Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care
George Frideric Handel - Theodora, HWV 68: Act I, Scene 6, no. 26. Air “Kind Heav’n, if virtue be thy care” (Didymus)
Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air; Wide Spread His Name
George Frideric Handel - Theodora, HWV 68: Act II, Scene 1, no. 31. Air “Wide spread his name” (Valens)
Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Air: Sweet Rose, and Lilly, Flow'Ry Form
George Frideric Handel - Theodora, HWV 68: Act II, Scene 5, no. 47. Air “Sweet rose and lily, flow’ry form" (Didymus)
Theodora (Oratorio, 1750), Hwv 68: Duet: To Thee Thou Glorious Son of Worth
George Frideric Handel - Theodora, HWV 68: Act II, Scene 5, no. 51. Duet “To thee, thou glorious son of worth” (Theodora, Didymus)
Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest (Andante Maestoso 4/4)
George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
Disc 2
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor Solo (Largo): Eternal Source of Light Divine
George Frideric Handel - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Soprano Solo (Andante): Let All the Winged...
George Frideric Handel - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Countertenor Solo (Andante): Let Flocks...
George Frideric Handel - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Counter-Tenor and Bass Duet: Let Rolling Streams...
George Frideric Handel - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Sopranos Duet (Andante): Kind Health Descends
George Frideric Handel - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Bass Solo (Allegro): Let Envy Then Conceal Her Head
George Frideric Handel - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Vergnügte Ruh'
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Recitative: Die Welt, Das Sündenhaus
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Wie Jammern
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Recitative: Wer Solte Sich
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Cantata No. 170" Vergnügte Ruh' Beliebte Seelenlust": Aria: Wie Leid Ist Mir Das Leben
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Cantata No. 54" Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde": Aria: Widerstehe
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 54 "Widerstehe doch der Sünde"
Disc 3
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Overture: I. Maestoso / II. Allegro Ma Non Troppo / III. Andante
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 1. Overture
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): 'Twas at the Royal Feast
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 2. Recitative "'Twas at the royal feast" (Tenor)
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): Timotheus, Plac'd on High
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 5. Recitative "Timotheus plac'd on high"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano): The Song Began
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 6. Recitative "The song began from Jove"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Andante): The List'Ning Crowd
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 7. Chorus "The list'ning crowd"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Allegro Ma Non Presto): With Ravish'd Ears
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 8. Aria "With ravish'd ears" (Soprano)
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): The Praise of Bacchus
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 9. Recitative "The praise of Bacchus"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air and Chorus (Bass Followed by Chorus, Andante): Bacchus, Ever Fair
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 10. Aria and Chorus "Bacchus ever fair and young"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): Sooth'd With the Sound
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 11. Recitative "Sooth'd with the sound"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 12. Recitative "He chose a mournful muse"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Large E Piano): He Sung Darius
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 13. Aria "He sung Darius, great and good" (Soprano)
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Soprano): With Downcast Looks
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 14. Recitative "With downcast looks"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Larghetto): Behold Darius
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 15. Chorus "Behold Darius great and good"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor): The Mighty Master Smil'd
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 16. Recitative "The mighty master smil'd"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano, Largo): Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 17. Arioso "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Tenor, Andante Allegro): War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 18. Aria "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Andante): The Many Rend the Skies
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 19. Chorus "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 20. Aria "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus Da Capo: The Many Rend the Skies
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 21. Chorus "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 1. Recitative and Chorus "Now strike the golden lyre again"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus (Allegro Ma Non Troppo): Break His Bands of Sleep Asunder
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 2. Chorus "Break his bands of sleep asunder"
Disc 4
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Da Capo); Revenge, Revenge
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 4. Aria "Revenge, Timotheus cries" (Bass)
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor): Give the Vengeance Due
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 6. Recitative "Give vengeance the due"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Tenor, Allegro): The Princes Applaud
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 7. Air and Chorus "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Air (Soprano) And Chorus (Andante Larghetto): Thais Led the Way
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 8. Air and Chorus "Thais led the way"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) And Chorus: Thus, Long Ago
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 9. Recitative "Thus long ago"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Chorus: At Last Divine Cecilia Came
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 10. Chorus "At last divine Cecilia came"
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast": Recitative (Tenor and Bass): Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 11. Recitative "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 12. Chorus "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
Book of Airs, 1597: Air: Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
John Dowland - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 5: “Can She Excuse My Wrongs?”
A Book of Ayres...: Air: Of All the Birds That I Do Know
Book of Airs, 1597: Air: If My Complaints Could Passions Move
John Dowland - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 4: "If My Complaints Could Passions Move"
Rosseter's Book of Ayres, 1601: Air: I Care Not for These Ladies
Disc 5
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (I), P. 102: Incipit lamentatio
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Aleph; Quomodo Sedet
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Beth
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part I: Plorans Ploravit
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (I), P. 102: Plorans ploravit
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: De Lamentatione Jeremiae Prophetae
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (II), P. 110: De lamentatione
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Ghimel
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (II), P. 110: Ghimel
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Migravit Judas
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (II), P. 110: Migravit Iuda
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Daleth
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (II), P. 110: Daleth
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Omnes Persecutores
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (II), P. 110: Omnes persecutores
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Heth
The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, Part II: Facti Sunt
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah (II), P. 110: Facti sunt hostes
Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jesu Salvator Saeculi
Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Deus Tuorum Militum
Hymns for Alternating Plainsong and Polyphony: Jam Christus Astra Ascenderat
Disc 6
George Frideric Handel - Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19: Atto I, no. 12. "Dove sei, amato bene?" (Bertarido)
Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel - Aria, BWV 508 “Bist du bei mir”
The First Book of Canzonets to Two Voices, 1595: Sweet Nymph, Come to Thy Lover
Thomas Morley - Canzonets to Two Voices: Sweet Nymphe Come to Thy Lover